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ITF Worldtennistour ITF WorldTennisTour December 2018 Contents 2 Why change is necessary 3 Branding 6 Tour structure 8 Ranking point conversion 18 Singles Acceptance 21 Doubles Acceptance 36 Tournament Organisation 41 Why change is necessary (1) 3 ▪ Extensive ITF research (supported by WTA and ATP) showing poor return on investment for players and nations with integrity risks. ▪ 14,000 “professionals”; approximately 600 “break even” ▪ Only 75 out of 210 ITF nations host pro tournaments ▪ Emerging talent takes longer to break through ▪ Governance of professional tennis is the responsibility of ATP and WTA, who have the right to decide the starting point for entry in their events and with it determine the structure of professional tennis, including the number of professional players. ▪ ATP has determined that Challenger level is an appropriate starting point for professional tennis, a position supported by the Independent Review Panel (IRP). ▪ ATP points will be reduced at $25k level in 2019 and removed in 2020. Why change is necessary (2) 4 New ITF World Tennis Tour is designed to: • Provide a continued and improved route into professional tennis, as well as link junior tennis with the professional game. • Help more players earn a financial living from the game • Provide more local playing opportunity at the $15,000 level through reduced costs for tournament organisers • Better identify the role of the ITF and National Associations and organisers and assistance provided to players on the pathway journey. Branding / naming (1) 5 ▪ The Player Pathway will be known under the overall name of the ITF World Tennis Tour. ▪ This is the umbrella name for a collection of ITF Circuits played in 2017 by over 22,000 players from 179 countries across 1,662 tournaments. ▪ Branding press release and toolkits provided to National Associations and Tournament Organisers in early November. Branding / naming (2) 6 ▪ Tournaments will be categorized by gender, prize money (or grade), city, and colour. ▪ 15s (offering $15,000 in prize money, “fifteens”) ▪ 25s ($25,000, “twenty-fives”) ▪ 60s ($60,000) ▪ 80s ($80,000) ▪ 100s ($100,000) ▪ Options for combined events, hospitality and week number ▪ Immediate take-up encouraged but ITF has a practical approach to allow existing 2019 promotional materials to remain unchanged. Branding / naming (3) 7 ▪ Multiple branding assets available including: wind breaks, net signage, accreditation, posters, perimeter signage ▪ ITF Brand department to work with National Associations and Tournament Directors as required TOUR STRUCTURE - Ranking points - Player progression - Tournament format Men – Tour structure 9 2018 STRUCTURE 2019 STRUCTURE ATP WORLD TOUR ATP WORLD TOUR ATP CHALLENGER TOUR ATP CHALLENGER TOUR ITF PRO CIRCUIT $25K ITF PRO CIRCUIT $15k ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT 9 Women – Tour structure 10 2018 STRUCTURE 2019 STRUCTURE WTA TOUR WTA TOUR ITF PRO CIRCUIT $60k - $100k ITF PRO CIRCUIT ITF PRO CIRCUIT $25k $15k ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT 10 Men – What type of points will be earned where? 11 Remaining Main Draw Winner Finalist SF Qualifying rounds Many players will have two (2) rankings and play at both levels ATP Tour / Grand Slam Results in RED to ATP Challenger make up a player’s ATP ranking (Best 18 tournaments – Singles and Doubles) ITF World Tennis Tour 25s Results in BLUE to make up a player’s ITF World Tennis Ranking (Best 14 ITF World Tennis tournaments – Singles Tour 15s and Doubles) ATP ranking points ITF World Tennis Ranking Points BOTH ATP ranking points and ITF World Tennis Ranking Points Women – What type of points will be earned where? 12 Remaining Main Draw Winner Finalist SF Qualifying rounds WTA Tour / Grand Slam Results in RED to make ITF World Tennis up a player’s WTA Tour 60s-100s ranking (Singles: Best 16 tournaments; Doubles: Best 11 tournaments) ITF World Tennis Tour 25s Results in BLUE to make ITF World Tennis up a player’s ITF World Tour 15s Tennis Ranking (Singles and Doubles: Best 14 tournaments) WTA ranking points ITF World Tennis Ranking Points 12 Men – What type of points will be earned where? 13 Final Tournament Level Winner Finalist SF QF R16 R32 Qualifier qualifying round ATP Challengers ATP points for Singles/Doubles announced Sept 2018 30 - ITF World Tennis Tour 25s +H Singles 5 / 225 3 / 135 1 / 67 27 9 0 4 1 Doubles 5 / 225 3 / 135 1 / 67 27 0 - - - ITF World Tennis Tour 25s Singles 3 / 150 1 / 90 45 18 6 0 3 1 Doubles 3 / 150 1 / 90 45 18 0 - - - ITF World Tennis Tour 15s +H Singles 150 90 45 18 6 0 3 1 Doubles 150 90 45 18 0 - - - ITF World Tennis Tour 15s Singles 100 60 30 12 4 0 2 1 Doubles 100 60 30 12 0 - - - ATP ranking points ITF World Tennis Ranking points 13 Women – What type of points will be earned where? 14 Final qualifying Tournament Level Winner Finalist SF QF R16 R32 Qualifier round ITF World Tennis Tour WTA ranking points for Singles and Doubles - to be announced 25-60-80-100 ITF World Tennis Tour 15s +H Singles 150 90 45 18 6 0 3 1 Doubles 150 90 45 18 0 - - - ITF World Tennis Tour 15s Singles 100 60 30 12 4 0 2 1 Doubles 100 60 30 12 0 - - - WTA ranking points ITF World Tennis Ranking points 14 Women – how do players progress through the system? 15 ITF World Tennis Tour 25s 1) 25s tournaments main draws to reserve up to 5 places for best ITF World Tennis Ranked players 2) Additional direct acceptance for players with ITF World Tennis Rankings ITF World Tennis Tour 15s ITF World Tennis Tour 15s main draws to reserve up to 5 places for Top 100- ranked Juniors ITF Junior Tour WTA ranking points ITF World Tennis Ranking Points ITF Junior Ranking Points 15 Men – how do players progress through the system? 16 ATP Challengers All Challengers (except current $150k+H) to reserve 4 places in the main draw for players with ITF World Tennis Rankings and ITF World 3 places in the qualifying draw. Tennis Tour 25s 25s main draws to reserve up to ITF World Tennis Ranking 5 places for ITF-ranked players (including ATP Challenger qualifying) ITF World Tennis Tour 15s In addition, players can be directly accepted into ATP Challengers, ITF 15s and 25s tournaments by ITF World Tennis 15s main draws to reserve up Ranking - after ATP ranking in the order of acceptance. to 5 places for Top 100-ranked Juniors ATP ranking points ITF World Tennis ITF Junior ITF World Tennis Tour Ranking Points Ranking Points Juniors 16 Tournament format 17 ▪ All tournaments below ATP and WTA main tour level to be 7 days in duration ▪ Men’s ITF World Tennis Tour 15s, 25s; Women’s 15s, 5s, 60s, 80s, 100s ▪ ATP Challengers ▪ All ITF tournaments to have a 32 Singles Main Draw and 24 Singles Qualifying Draw, and 16 team Doubles Main Draw ▪ All ITF tournaments to run from Monday to Sunday, including qualifying. ▪ All ITF tournaments (men and women) match format: ▪ NEW. Singles qualifying: Best of three sets with match tie-break (10 point) at one set all. Ad- scoring remains. ▪ NO CHANGE. Singles main draw: best of 3 tie-break sets; ad-scoring ▪ NO CHANGE. Doubles main draw. Best of three sets with match tie-break (10 point) at one set all. No ad-scoring. RANKING POINT CONVERSION Ranking conversion/introduction (1) 19 ▪ 31 December 2018. Official conversion of ATP / WTA rankings; introduction of ITF World Tennis Ranking ▪ 2018 performance gets converted into what it would look like under the 2019 points structure (see slides 12, 13). ▪ ATP Singles and Doubles ranking – Best 18 tournaments; WTA Singles ranking – Best 16 (Doubles Best 11) ▪ ITF World Tennis Ranking – Best 14 (men and women, Singles and Doubles) ▪ Many players will have both an ATP/WTA and an ITF World Tennis Ranking ▪ ATP/WTA/ITF “shadow” rankings available on IPIN / PlayerZone from June / July. MEN ▪ Performance at ATP Tour, ATP Challengers and later rounds of $25,000 tournaments retained as ATP points (Best 18 tournaments) ▪ Performance at $15,000, $25,000 and qualifying rounds in ATP Challengers converted into ITF World Tennis Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments) Ranking conversion/introduction (2) 20 WOMEN ▪ Performance at $25,000 level and above retained as WTA ranking points (Best 16 tournaments). 2019 WTA ranking point structure not yet published. ▪ Performance at $15,000 level converted into ITF World Tennis Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments) All ranking points will count for 52 weeks, including any conversion. Example: I earn 18 ATP points for winning a $15,000 tournament in June 2018. On 31 December 2018, those ATP points are formally converted into 100 ITF World Tennis Ranking Points. The ITF points will “drop off” my ranking in June 2019. Tournament entry ▪ 2018 tournaments, 2018 entry process, 2018 points. ▪ 2019 tournaments, 2019 entry process, 2019 points ▪ Shadow rankings will be used for acceptance into tournaments in the first 3 weeks of the 2019 season (where the entry deadline will fall in 2018) SINGLES ACCEPTANCE SINGLES – Player acceptance into tournaments (1) 22 Men’s and Women’s ITF World Tennis tournaments (15s, 25s, 60s, 80s, 100s) will have the following 6 types of places: Direct $15k $25k $60k-$100k 1. Direct Acceptance Acceptances (Men and Women) (Men and Women) (Women) Main Draw 17 17 22 Qualifying 19 20 20 DA Total 36 37 42 The order of acceptance (“Systems of Merit”) is: 1. ATP/WTA ranking 2. ITF World Tennis Ranking 3. National Rankings 4. Unranked (if necessary) (Special Exempts and Junior Exempts, if required, are taken from the DA allocation. ITF Junior ranking cannot be used for DA entry.) 22 SINGLES – Player acceptance into tournaments (2) 23 R 2.
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