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How do you become an ITF player?
Players will need an ITF Junior Ranking to get into the Main Draw of ITF events. Players will also usually need an ITF Ranking to get into the qualifying of Grade A, 1, and 2 events. Players without an ITF ranking are more likely to obtain entry into the qualifying of Grade 3, 4 and 5 events.
How do you qualify for a pro tennis tournament?
There are 3 ways players can qualify: 1) rank among the top 104 players who sign up for the Grand Slam; 2) win 3 rounds in the qualifying; and 3) receive a wild card. A total of 128 players get to play in the main draw of each Grand Slam: 104 through ranking, 16 through qualifying, and 8 through wild cards.
How do you qualify for ITF junior tournament?
Players must have reached their 13th birthday in order to participate in an ITF Junior Circuit tournament. Players are able to enter ITF Junior Circuit events via their IPIN account from the age of 12 years 11 months.
Can you become pro tennis player?
Once players reach a certain level of play or turn 19 years old, they are eligible to play on the USTA’s professional circuit. Players must win or play at a very high-level at the junior and amateur level to be eligible for professional tournaments.
Can I go pro in tennis?
Technically, the only things you need to become a tennis player are a racket, a tennis ball, and a court. However, in order to become a professional player, you must learn the game, practice relentlessly, and earn ranking points by winning tournament matches.
What is the ITF Tennis Tour?
The results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the ATP Ranking, which enables professionals to progress to the ATP Challenger Tour and ATP Tour, and ultimately the Grand Slams. The Tour offers approximately 550 tournaments across 70 countries and incorporates two prize money levels of tournaments: $15,000 and $25,000.
What is the deadline to enter an ITF professional tournament?
Unless otherwise stated, deadlines are as follows: Entry Deadline: 14:00 hrs (2:00 pm) GMT on Thursday, eighteen (18) days prior to the Monday of the Tournament Week. Players cannot enter an ITF professional tournament online after this deadline; players are not committed to any ITF tournament until the Withdrawal Deadline.
How much do tennis players get paid in tournaments?
On the Junior’s, Men’s, and Women’s Circuit players develop their game and try to move up the rankings, many of them pursuing their dream of making the ATP and WTA Tour. Tournaments are currently worth between $10,000 (men & women) and $100,000 (women).
How does the ITF tournament acceptance process work?
Players accepted into a Main Draw or Qualifying competition of any ITF professional tournament are removed from all but one tournament according to the criteria set out in the regulations. Players are then committed to play the ITF tournament. Alternates will remain on multiple acceptance lists until the Freeze deadline.