VII. THE COMPETITION 2) On-Site Entry - ATP Tour - See 7.03 B. 1) c) On-Site Entry - ATP Challenger Tour Tournaments VII. THE COMPETITION his written entry or written withdrawal is received on or before the entry or with - drawal deadline by a player relations staff member, ATP Supervisor or through the  PlayerZone. A player must have entered in order to be moved into the main draw  as a direct acceptance because of the withdrawals of other players. For each ATP  Tour Masters 1000 tournament, players with a FedEx ATP Rankings position that  qualifies them as a direct acceptance or alternate, shall be automatically entered  by ATP.  * For the mandatory ATP Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, this section is applicable  for withdrawals only as entries are automatic. ** Commitment players are automatically accepted into the main draw of all ATP  Tour 500 events in which they have entered in a proper manner.  (See ATP Ad- dendum, page 386) 2) Once a player enters he is subject to all the withdrawal provisions. 3) Withdrawals, retirements or defaults during an ATP Tour or ATP Challenger Tour  tournament must be made through the Supervisor. B.Main Draw - Doubles 1) Advance Entry – ATP Tour Only a)  No team shall be considered entered or withdrawn from an ATP Tour tourna - ment *  unless their written entry or written withdrawal is received on or before  the entry or withdrawal deadline by a player relations staff member or ATP  Supervisor. A team must have entered in order to be moved into the main  draw as a direct acceptance because of the withdrawals of other players.  b) Once a team enters they are subject to all the withdrawal provisions. * The top 13 teams from the final 2020 ATP Doubles Team Rankings shall re - ceive automatic Direct Acceptance into the first 5 Masters 1000 events in the  2021 season (if not included as a Direct Acceptance on their own merit). To  qualify for automatic acceptance a team must have competed as a team in 11  ATP Tour or Grand Slam events during the 2020 season. For each of the remaining four (4) Masters 1000 events, the top 13 teams in  the Team Race at the advanced entry deadline for that event, shall receive  automatic Direct Acceptance into that Masters 1000 event (if not included as  a Direct Acceptance on their own merit). To qualify for automatic acceptance into the first 5 Masters 1000 events a  team must have competed together as a team in each week of the 2021  season where both players were playing in that week. The exception would  be when they were both involved in the singles of different events. To qualify for automatic acceptance into the final 4 Masters 1000 events,  once a team has competed together as a team, they must compete together  as a team in each week of the 2021 season where both players were playing  in that week. The exception would be when they were both involved in the  singles of different events. 110 111 3) Challenger & ATP Tour.  There shall also be an Alternate sign-in on the day of  first round qualifying play, this deadline is one-half hour prior to the first scheduled  qualifying match. This is a new sign-in and any player who is on-site and with a  FedEx ATP Ranking (singles or doubles) is eligible to sign-in. b) The ATP Tour Qualifying Alternate sign-in shall begin no later than 4 p.m.  and close at 6 p.m. local time on the night prior to the start of the qualifying  competition (Friday night for a qualifying commencing on Saturday).  a) Direct acceptances to ATP Tour qualifying are not required to sign-in. 2) ATP Tour. The ATP Challenger Qualifying Sign-in shall begin no later than 1 p.m. and close  at 3 p.m. local time on the day prior to the start of the qualifying competition (Sun - day for a qualifying commencing on Monday). The ATP Challenger Qualifying  Alternate Sign-in shall close 30 minutes prior to the start of play on the day of the  qualifying competition.  1) Challenger. (See Challenger Addendum, page 401) C.Qualifying  Players may be entered in the main draw (singles or doubles) as qualifiers based on  their success in the respective qualifying competition. Note: Proper procedure for any emailed or faxed entries would be  to ask for a confirmation from the person who the entry was sent.  Barring confirmation, you should make personal contact prior to the  entry deadline. Decision:  No. To be considered as a valid entry the official at the  site of the doubles event (Supervisor, Referee or Tour Manager)  must have actually viewed the email. The same decision would be  made on undelivered faxes or an entry left on voice mail. Case:  The Supervisor/Referee is sent a doubles entry via email.  The email was not seen by the Supervisor/Referee until after the  entry deadline. The date/time of the email show that it was received  prior to the deadline. Is this a valid entry? Emailed Doubles Entry e) Each member of a team wishing to enter the doubles event must be either an  ATP Player Member or an ATP Registered Player. d) The Tour Manager or Supervisor may sign-in and enter doubles teams. c) Written entries submitted by a player(s) who is not on-site and who has not  been able to talk to the Tour Manager or Supervisor, must be received by the  on-site Supervisor prior to the deadline. b) If neither player of the team is able to sign the list then such team may enter  the doubles event by submitting a written entry to ATP or by personally con - tacting the Tour Manager or Supervisor at the tournament he wants to play. a) No team shall be accepted for on-site entry into the doubles event unless one  player of the team personally signs the on-site entry list unless subsection d)  applies.