2019 Competitive Pathway Independent Review Panel January 2016 The Independent Review Panel was set up by the governing bodies of tennis to review all aspects of the sport’s anti-corruption protocols, structures and resources Integrity issues and 14,000 Gambling on vulnerabilities at lower professionals, tennis is a $5 levels of professional only 600 break BILLION per tennis even year industry Reducing the number of ATP & WTA ranked Improvements players from 2500+ to 500 – 750 Improving player Professional player jobs, income, and services the quality of the professional tennis product will be improved by the changes at the entry-level into Providing a better professional tennis by: reflection of professional tennis Improving integrity in the sport Player Development Officiating Pro Circuit Analytics Integrated Committees Approach Private Sector Jr Comp Working Groups Collegiate Adult Comp Integrated Approach Phases Research and Discovery Education Analysis Integration Planning Competitive Pathway Department Pro Circuit 54 Events Idelle Pierre-Louis Competitive Transition Tour Pathway 49 Events Megan Rose Ian Vazquez Junior Competition 213 Events ITF Juniors & Lew Brewer Levels 1-3 Professional Pathway - Women WTA Finals & Grand WTA & Slams Grand Slam WTA $125K Qualifying Pro Circuit $25K - ITF $100K Transition ITF Juniors Tou r College Professional Pathway - Men ATP World To u r & G r a n d ATP & Grand Slams Slam ATP Qualifying Challenger ATP To u r Challenger ITF Transition Qualifying To u r ITF Juniors College Men Tou r Structure 2018 STRUCTURE 2019 STRUCTURE ATP WORLD TOUR ATP WORLD TOUR ATP CHALLENGER TOUR ATP CHALLENGER TOUR ITF PRO CIRCUIT ITF PRO CIRCUIT $25K $15k ITF PRO CIRCUIT $25K ITF TRANSITION TOUR ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT ATP ranking ITF World Ranking ITF Junior Ranking Points points Points Men What type of points will be earned where? Remaining Main Draw Winner Finalist SF Qualifying rounds Many players will have 2 rankings and play at both ATP Tour / Grand levels Slam Results in BLUE to make up a player’s ATP Challenger ATP ranking (Best 18 tournaments) ITF Pro Circuit $25k Results in YELLOW to ITF Transition Tour make up a player’s ITF (former $15k) World Ranking (Best 14 tournaments) ATP ranking ITF World Ranking BOTH ATP ranking points and ITF World points Points Ranking Points Women Tou r Structure 2018 Structure 2019 Structure WTA ranking ITF World Ranking ITF Junior Ranking Points points Points Women What type of points will be earned where? Remaining Main Draw Winner Finalist SF Qualifying rounds WTA Tour / Grand Results in BLUE to Slam make up a player’s WTA ranking (Best 16 tournaments) ITF Pro Circuit ($60k to $100k) ITF Pro Circuit $25k Results in YELLOW to make up a player’s ITF World Ranking (Best 14 tournaments) ITF Transition Tour (former $15k) WTA ranking points ITF World Ranking Points Tournament Format All tournaments below ATP and All ITF WTA main tour tournaments (men and level to be 7 All ITF All ITF women) match No changes to days in duration tournaments to tournaments to format in match format in • ITF Transition Tour run from Monday have a 32 Main qualifying to be Main Draw (best (men/women); $25k to Sunday, Draw and 24 best of 3 sets, of 3 tie-break (men/women); $60k, including $80k; $100k Qualifying Draw with 2 tie-break sets) qualifying. (women) sets and a match • ATP Challengers tie-break. Ad- scoring remains. Player Acceptance into Tournaments Direct Acceptance ITF tournaments (Transition Tour, $25K, $60K, $80K, $100K) will have the following 4 types of places: Direct Acceptance Typi cal l y 3 6 -42 places in each ITF tournament will be taken up DA by DAs. The number varies according to the number of wild cards and whether the tournament has specific reserved places (see next slide) The order of acceptance (“Systems of Merit”) is: 1. ATP/WTA ranking 2. ITF World 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.) Draw Composition - Transition Tour Men/Women J J J Q Q Q DA 1 DA 2 DA 3 DA 4 WC 1 WC 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 Q Q Q DA 5 DA 6 DA 7 DA 8 J J MAIN DRAW 4 5 WC 3 WC 4 4 5 6 32 DA 9 DA 10 DA 11 DA 12 DA 13 DA 14 DA 15 DA 16 DA 17 DA DA DA DA 18 19 20 21 WC 1 WC 2 DA DA DA DA QUALIFYING 22 23 24 25 WC 3 WC 4 DA DA DA DA DRAW 26 27 28 29 WC 5 DA DA DA DA 30 31 32 33 24 J Up to 5 main draw places reserved for DA DA DA x Top 100 Juniors 34 35 36 Draw composition – Pro Circuit $25K Men/Women DA DA DA DA ITF ITF Q Q Q ITF 3 WC 1 WC 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 DA DA DA DA ITF ITF Q Q Q MAIN DRAW 5 6 7 8 4 5 WC 3 WC 4 4 5 6 DA DA DA DA 9 10 11 12 32 DA DA DA DA 13 14 15 16 DA 17 DA DA DA DA WC 1 WC 2 18 19 20 21 DA DA DA DA QUALIFYING 22 23 24 25 WC 3 WC 4 DRAW DA DA DA DA 26 27 28 29 ITF Up to 5 main draw places reserved for players with ITF World DA DA DA DA x Rankings 30 31 32 33 24 DA DA DA DA 34 35 36 37 Draw composition – ATP Challengers Men Q Q DA 1 DA 2 DA 3 DA 4 DA 5 DA 6 ITF ITF WC 1 WC 2 1 2 1 2 DA DA DA DA 7 DA 8 DA 9 10 11 12 ITF ITF WC 3 WC 4 3 4 DA DA DA DA DA DA MAIN DRAW 13 14 15 16 17 18 WC 5 DA DA DA DA DA DA 48 19 20 21 22 23 24 DA DA DA DA DA DA 25 26 27 28 29 30 DA DA DA DA DA DA 31 32 33 34 35 36 DA 37 ITF ITF WC 1 QUALIFYING 5 6 ITF 4 places reserved in the Main Draw ITF x 3 places reserved in the Qualifying Draw DRAW 7 4 Draw composition Pro Circuit $60k-$100k Women Q Q Q DA 1 DA 2 DA 3 DA 4 DA 5 WC 1 WC 2 1 2 3 DA Q Q Q DA 6 DA 7 DA 8 DA 9 MAIN DRAW 10 WC 3 WC 4 4 5 6 DA DA DA DA DA 11 12 13 14 15 32 DA DA DA DA DA 16 17 18 19 20 DA DA 21 22 WC 1 WC 2 QUALIFYING WC 3 WC 4 DRAW 24 Doubles All ITF tournaments will have a Doubles competition of a Main Draw of 16 teams. No qualifying Doubles 13 of 16 will be Direct Acceptance 3 Wild Cards ATP Challengers will reserve 2 spaces for the best teams with ITF World Ranking Transition Tour • Players must have been accepted into the Singles competition to be eligible for Direct Acceptance • Players accepted into the main draw will have priority over those in the qualifying competition. Ranking Conversion/ Introduction • Official conversion of ATP and WTA rankings; official introduction of ITF World Ranking • 2018 performance gets converted into what it would look like December 31, 2018 under the 2019 points structure (see slide 10). • ATP ranking – Best 18 tournaments; WTA ranking – Best 16 • ITF World Ranking – Best 14 (men and women) • Performance at ATP Tour, ATP Challengers and later rounds of $25,000 tournaments retained as ATP points (Best 18 tournaments) Men • Performance at $15,000, $25,000 and qualifying rounds in ATP Challengers converted into ITF World Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments) Ranking Conversion/ Introduction (continued) • Performance at $25,000 level and above retained as WTA ranking points (Best 16 tournaments). Women • Performance at $15,000 level converted into ITF World Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments) All ranking points will count for 52 weeks, including any conversion • 2018 tournaments, 2018 entry process, 2018 points. • 2019 tournaments, 2019 entry process, 2019 points Tournament Entry • Shadow rankings will be used for acceptance into tournaments in the first 3 weeks of the 2019 season (the entry deadline will fall in 2018) Data Research Study - 2019 % of points Mobility & earned by Americans Progression % of draw consisting of American players 2020 Competitive Pathway Structure & Strategy Wildcard Criteria We have an opportunity to use Transition Tour wildcards and entry level Pro Circuit wildcards to strengthen our American Pathways of Competition. The allocation system will be objective and transparent. Men's and Next American in Next Best Women's Rating (ATP/WTA/TT) National Opens Junior Results Collegiate Pre-Qualifying or Junior Results Events Ranking Pathway Juniors Momentum/ (as reflected by Top 100 benchmarks) Return from Injury Resources Visit our website: www.PlayerDevelopment.USTA.com/CompetitivePathway Email any questions to: [email protected] ITF World Tennis Tour we bpa ge : www.itftennis.com/procircuit/transition-tour/english Questions.