[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:
- Top professional (accepting the invitation) from each tour (1 each, IRT/male & WPRO/female)
- Top four (4) finishers from the U.S. National Singles Championships (4 each, male & female)
- Finalists from the U.S. National Doubles Championships (4 teams * 2 each, male & female)
- Intercollegiate National Champions (1 each, male & female)
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.