The annual men’s 55 & Over Intersectional event, the Keith Donoff Cup, will take place at the USTA National Campus for the first time in its history. This year’s edition, running from Friday, Nov. 9 through Sunday, Nov. 11, features teams from the Florida, Middle States, Midwest and Southern Sections. Southern comes in as the defending champions.

The Donoff Cup is composed of the following age divisions: 55s, 60s, 65s, and 70s. The four Sections will have a team competing in those divisions, where they will face off in round robin dual matches.

A dual match consists of three singles and two doubles matches per division, each counting for one team point. Singles contests will be the best of three tiebreak sets using regular scoring; doubles matches will be two tiebreak sets using regular scoring with a 10-point match tiebreak as a deciding set.

The winner of a team match is determined by the Section that wins the most individual matches; a team can earn up to 20 points in a single dual. If two or more Sections end the weekend with the same number of individual victories, head-to-head results will determine the overall team champion.

Below is the full schedule of play for the 2018 Donoff Cup.

Friday, Nov. 9

8:30-10:00am Florida vs. Middle States singles

10:00-11:30am Midwest vs. Southern singles

1:30-3:00pm Florida vs. Middle States doubles

3:00-4:30pm Midwest vs. Southern doubles

Saturday, Nov. 10

8:00-9:30am Florida vs. Midwest singles

9:30-11:00am Southern vs. Middle States singles

1:00-2:30pm Florida vs. Midwest doubles

2:30-4:00pm Southern vs. Middles Stages doubles

4:00-5:30pm Midwest vs. Middle States AND Southern vs. Florida doubles

Sunday, Nov. 11

8:00-9:30am Midwest vs. Middle States singles

9:30-11:00am Southern vs. Florida singles

For more information on the 2018 Donoff Cup, click here.