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ITTF Handbook 2009 / 2010
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7.02  EVENTS, DRAW AND SCHEDULE 
7.02.01  The events should include men’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles and women’s doubles; any associated team events should be completed before individual events begin. 
7.02.02  There should be a knock-out of not more than 64 places in singles and not more than 32 places in doubles, with 25% of the places for seeds, 25% for other direct entries, 25% for byes and 25% for qualifiers; singles qualifying competitions should be run on the basis of round-robin groups of at least 4 players. 
7.02.03  Direct entry should be based on ranking except that, where necessary, the organising Association may allocate up to 2 wild card entries in singles and 1 in doubles to ensure that 2 of its players in singles, and 1 of its pairs in doubles, are given direct entry. 
7.02.04  In the knockout stage, matches should not be scheduled to start before 10:00 h. or to end after 22:00 h. and no player should be required to play more than 4 matches in a day.