I V. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS I V. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 7) Late Withdrawals / Substitutions 2) Daily Order of Play - The Tie 8) Alternate Team Selection 9) Withdrawals after Start of the Competition D. Competition Format 1) Round Robin – The Groups The Draw-Teams 1-12 be submitted to the ATP Appeals Tribunal, which consideration is limited to  the fine only. a) Number 1 player withdraws after the deadline, 28 December 2020. i) The team remains in the competition as long as there is a minimum of  three (3) ATP Ranked players on the team, two of which must have an  ATP Ranking (Singles), unless otherwise approved by ATP or, an Alter - nate is inserted as approved by ATP.  b)  A top 2 singles player withdraws prior to 12 Noon local time in Melbourne, the  day prior to the start of the competition. i) The next highest ranked player from that country may be added to the  team. c)  One of the positions (players 3-5) withdraws prior to 12 Noon local time in  Melbourne, the day prior to the start of competition. i) The next player from that country with the highest ATP Ranking (Singles or Doubles) may be added to the team. d) All substitutions are subject to ATP approval. e) If through the withdrawal of the number 1 player or the numbers 1 and 2  players between the deadline (28 December 2020) and 12 Noon local time in  Melbourne, the day prior to the start of competition, a team may be withdrawn  and replaced by an alternate team if they do not have at least one member of  the team ranked 250 or better in singles. a) The Alternate Team will be the first team out of the final selection. b) If needed, the individual players may be granted a release from any other  ATP Tour event they are entered during the period of the ATP Cup Compe - tition, pending ATP approval, following consultation with the ATP Tour event  during the week of ATP Cup, or from any ATP Challenger Tour event. c) The Alternate Team may be selected for participation until 12 Noon local time  in Melbourne, the day prior to the starrt of competition. a) Any team that through withdrawals of team members has only two (2) players  remaining may continue in the competition as long as both players have, at a  minimum, one player with a FedEx ATP Ranking and one player with a FedEx  ATP Doubles Ranking, unless approved by ATP. These two players must play  singles and doubles. b) If a team has only one (1) eligible player, the team loses by Walkover and no  matches will be played. No points are awarded for Walkovers. c) A team may add an alternate player after the competition has begun as long  as the player is not violating ATP rules for “No Play after Withdrawal” or “One  Tournament per Week”, or as approved by ATP. In no case may a player  compete in two events offering FedEx ATP Ranking points which are held in  the same ranking week. a) The draw for the placement of teams 1-12 shall take place, at a day/time to  be determined, following the 28 December 2020 deadline.  60 61 b) The teams shall be positioned from 1 to 12 in accordance with the ATP Rank - ing (Singles) as of 28 December 2020, of the number 1 player of each team  accepted at the 28 December 2020 deadline.  c) The top four (4) teams shall be placed in separate groups. d) The next four (4) teams in rank order (5-8) shall be drawn at random into the  four (4) groups. e) The final four (4) teams (9-12) selected at the first deadline shall be drawn at  random for each of the four (4) groups. f) A team included in the draw by a player’s Protected Ranking will be drawn  with the 9-12 group. a) A tie consists of two (2) singles matches and one (1) doubles match.  b) Each team Captain shall submit to the ATP Supervisor, in writing, the name  of the two (2) singles players and the doubles team selected to compete in  the Tie. The singles players shall be the top two (2) ranked players (including  protected ranking) as of the date of the entry deadline, unless there is a med - ically supported substitution. c) The deadline to submit the names of the competing players (singles/doubles)  is 3:00pm local time, the day prior to the scheduled Tie. d)  For each Tie, the highest-positioned (hereafter, number one) singles player  named from each team shall compete against each other and the second po - sitioned (hereafter, number two) singles player named from each team shall  compete against each other. The order of positions in each team shall be  based upon the most recent FedEx ATP Ranking as of the Monday prior to  the start of the competition. The order of matches shall be as follows: i) Number 2 Singles followed by  ii) Number 1 Singles followed by  iii) Doubles f) The doubles match must be played regardless of the results of the two sin - gles matches.* e) Upon the completion of the doubles match, the winner of the tie shall be the  team that wins at least two (2) of the three (3) matches.  Note:  “Not Before” times may be assigned to the Number 1 singles match  and the Doubles match as determined by the organizers in consultation with  the ATP Supervisor. *For the Finals, if the tie is decided following the 2nd singles match then the  doubles match will not be played.  3) Determination of Semi-Final Teams Group Winners a) Number of ties won  b) Number of Ties Played Comment : 2-1 win-loss beats 2-0 win-loss. A 1-2 win-loss beats a 1-1 or 1-0  record. A team winning by walkover shall have the tie count in its results as a  tie played. The team causing the walkover shall not have the tie counted as a  tie played. c) Head-to-Head results if only two (2) teams are tied. d) In a tie between three (3) teams, the following shall apply:  i) If three (3) teams have the same number of wins, then the team having  played fewer total matches (singles & doubles) will be eliminated and the 