Qualifying Procedures: [Effective 03/01/03] In order to earn an appointment to the U.S. National Team, benchmark performances must be reached at selected qualifiers. Currently, the team is made up of:

• A top professional from each tour (1 each, IRT/male & LPRA/female = 2)
• The top-three (3) finishers from the U.S. National Singles Championships 
  (3 each, male & female = 6)
• Finalists from the U.S. National Doubles Championships 
  (4 teams/2 each, male & female = 8)
• Intercollegiate National champions (1 each, male & female = 2) 

By reaching these benchmarks, individuals are appointed to the U.S. Team for a term of one year, and are then added to a pool of athletes, from which international competitive squads are selected, by event [see expanded selection procedures]. U.S. Team members are bound by U.S. Olympic Committee anti-doping policies [www.usantidoping.org].

NOTE: U.S.Team appointments are made for one year from the date earned -- meaning that those athletes who qualified in one year remain on the team until they either re-qualify - or fail to do so - at the following year's event. Athletes may also re-qualify at the next available opportunity, thereby "double-qualifying" and extending their current appointments accordingly.