Tournament Modifications
There have been rule changes and format changes throughout the tournament's brief history. These include, but are not limited to: "Non-playing captain" roles were introduced in the 2003 event; however these were removed in the 2004 tournament. In 2004 the doubles matches were re-formatted to be scotch doubles. In 2005, a 30-second shot clock was introduced, and caused controversy due to timing malfunctions. The 2006 tournament started with a team-versus-team match followed by two trebles matches. That year also saw the reintroduction of the non-playing captain role.
The 2009 tournament included several new features:
- No pairing in the doubles matches could be repeated.
- The event included four blocks of consecutive matches, organized so that five slots were available for each side, in which every player was required to play exactly once.
- In two singles matches, each player was selected by the opposing team captain.
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