Values trophy
The values trophy’s purpose is to recognize and reward the Rafa Nadal Tour by Santander’s player who shows the most positive values, attitudes and behaviors in his/her performance. The tour organizers consider these factors as key elements for the appropriate personal and athletic development of the participants.
For this purpose, besides the tournament's competition ranking, a ranking of values has been created and it is updated at every tournament.
There are three different areas within the ranking of values: attitude, values activities and behavior, each of them with its own scoring. The player with the highest rating in this ranking within each category will have the eighth place to compete in the master tournament, as the values trophy winner.
HOW DO THE SCORING WORKS?
1. ATTITUDE
The behavior and attitude shown by a player during the tournament, both on the court and during the off-court values activities, are rated.
- Court: performance during the matches.
- Values activities: player's attitude when carrying out the off-court activities.
2. VALUES ACTIVITIES
Regarding the activities created to train the different values and attitudes, the following elements are taken into account:
- Participation: a proactive attitude adds points.
- Record: an activity by which the players can register personal or collective marks that will add to their rankings.
3. BEHAVIOR
Inappropriate behavior during the tournaments is penalized, among others:
- Abuse: inappropriate use of the racquet and verbal abuse.
- No handshake: refusal to shake hands with the opponent at the end of the match.
- Not to apologize: lack of apology when the occasion requires it.
4. FOULS OR CODE VIOLATIONS
Besides those three areas mentioned above, through which the players can add points to their rankings of values, there is also a list of fouls/code violations that will penalize for the ranking of values by subtracting points as indicated:
FOULS OR CODE VIOLATIONS |
POINTS SUBTRACTED |
WO in the first round (with a non-valid medical note) |
-20 |
Disqualification by the referee or the competition committee |
-100 |
Unsportsmanlike conduct during the tournament (in the hotel, locker rooms, restaurant, courts, etc.) |
-60 |
WO after the first round |
-10 |
Audible obscenity, foul language or verbal abuse |
-30 |
Disqualification by the referee for not changing clothes |
-30 |
Visible obscenity or vulgar behavior |
-30 |
Racket/ball abuse |
-30 |
Failure to use the best efforts during the competition |
-25 |
Disqualification for leaving the court during a match without the authorization of the chair umpire, referee or assistant referee |
-25 |
To withdraw from a match without a justified reason before it is finished |
-25 |
To withdraw after the lists, draws and order of play have been published (even with a justified reason). This decision is made by the competition committee of the tour |
-20 |
To receive instructions from a coach, parents, etc. after a first warning by the chair umpire, referee, assistants or any member of the organization |
-25 |
Leaving the towel next to a coach, parent, etc. after a single warning by the chair umpire, referee, assistants or any member of the organization |
-25 |
Lack of punctuality once the game has been called and the court has been ready to play for 10 minutes |
-5 |
Delay in starting a game (after 5 minutes of warm-up) |
-5 |
Use of inappropriate clothing as contemplated in the Spanish Tennis Federation regulationss |
-5 |
Use of illegal products, bribery, gambling and aggravating conduct |
-50 |
HOW TO GET THE EIGHTH PLACE IN THE MASTER TOURNAMENT
In case of a tie between two or more players in the ranking of values, the following factors will be taken into account:
- 1. Tour ranking
- 2. Matches between tied players
- 3. Completed rounds in the tournaments
- 4. The number of tournaments played
- 5. National ranking
HOW DO THE SCORING WORKS?
| RANKING OF VALUES SCORING | |||
| Attitude and behavior | Court | 0 - 25 | 50% |
| Values activities | 0 - 25 | ||
| Values activities | Participation* | 0 - 15 | 30% |
| Record activity | 0 - 15 | ||
| Behavior** | Abuse (verbal, racquet) | -10 | 20% |
| No handshake | -10 | ||
| No apology | -10 | ||
| Faults or code violations: are deducted from the ranking of values based on the list of faults or code violations of the circuit. | |||
| Attendance: the values activities take place 6 times per tournament, if a player attends a minimum of 4 times, he will have the maximum coefficient of attendance (1). In case of less attendance, the coefficient is proportional to the number of times he/she attends. |
* The proactive involvement of participants will be valued.
** All players start with 20% of points and, in case of any misconduct, the corresponding points will be subtracted.
