Date: August 1, 2026, Saturday
Venue: Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA)
923 S Mason Road, Katy, Texas 77450
Registration fee: $40 per person (including lunch and drink). Registration fee by Quick pay sinoprofessional@gmail.com or cash or check (Payto SPA)
Registration deadline: July 28, 2026, subject to receipt of the registration fee. If registration is full, registration will end early.
Organizer: Sino Professionals Club (www.sinoprofessionals.org )
Tournament Rules:
1. Divisions: The tournament is divided into Division Elite (Elite), Division A (Advanced), Division B (Intermediate), Division C (Beginning) according to the overall level of the participating teams. Each team is composed of 3-4 players, regardless of age or gender. For Division Elite, there is no maximum USATT rating limit. For Div A, B and C, the total rating of the top three athletes shall not exceed 6000 (Division A)/5400 (Division B)/4500 (Division C). Division Elite player’s rating has no limit. Division A player’s rating should not exceed 2200. Division B player’s rating should not exceed 2000. Division C player’s rating should not exceed 1700. Eligible rating cut-off date is 7/1/2026. Seed rating cut-off date is 7/28/2026. Those who do not have an active USATT rating will be assigned a rating by the tournament committee according to their actual level. A player can only sign up for one team.
2. Schedule: The team match is 4 singles and 1 doubles match: single, single, double, single, single. The team wins three sets wins. Each person is limited to two singles or one single and double. Player rosters cannot be changed after the registration deadline.
The proposed limit is 16 teams in each Division. The first round is a round robin (RR), and the rest are single elimination (SE) till the first, second and third places are determined.
The match sequence is first two sets of singles, then one set of doubles, and finally two sets of singles. It is best of five games. After drawing lots to determine the home and guest teams before the game, the home team decides ABC, and the guest team decides XYZ, which cannot be changed. According to the regulations of the ITTF, the third player must play doubles, match order: the first match A vs X, the second match B vs Y, the third match A+C vs X+Z, the fourth match B vs Z, the fifth match C vs Y.
3. Award: the top three teams in Division Elite will be awarded prizes (the first, second and third team will receive $420, $360 and $300 respectively) and a trophy per player; the top three teams in Division A will be awarded prizes (the first, second and third team will receive $300, $240 and $210 respectively) and a trophy per player; the top three teams in Division B will be awarded prizes (the first, second and third teams will each receive $210, $180 and $150) and a trophy per player; the top three teams in Division C will be awarded a trophy per player.
Note: due to the time constraints and if the venue permits, the organizing committee has the right to require two teams to play two matches at the same time. Violations during the matches, such as serving and tossing the ball not high enough, if the player does not correct it after two warnings, the opponent has the right to ask an umpire for the match if available.
4. Tournament ball: Yinghe H40+ 3 star table tennis ball
5. This tournament is not USATT sanctioned and will not affect USATT ratings. The organizing committee has the right to interpret the tournament rules.
6. Each team must designate a captain. The captain is responsible for registration, payment, filling out the waiver form, passing on the tournament information etc. The team captain must provide email address and mobile phone number. The team registration and waiver form are as follows:
Registration and Waiver Form Link
7. Refund: Registration fees will be refunded 100% before the registration deadline. Registration fees will NOT be refunded after the registration deadline.
8. Liability Waiver: Players accept full responsibility for participation and relieve Sino Professional Club staff, umpires and practice partners of any liability resulting from injury or damage to the property. Players are aware of their health situation and play at own risk. （Parents or Guardian required to sign for child under 18).
9. The organizing committee has the final decision on the matters related to this tournament.
Tournament Director:
Ning Cheng ning_cheng@hotmail.com (713) 498-5859
Tournament Committee:
Jun Lu junlu2002@hotmail.com (832) 421-4512
Mark Xu myxu11@yahoo.com (713) 894-7588
James Wang jamesy_wang63@yahoo.com (281)323-5062
HITTA: Manny Velazquez hittaponggm@gmail.com （713)737-5310