ITF World Tennis Tour central to international player pathway
A New Year means a new start for tennis players worldwide, with a fresh crop of elite juniors among those setting out in 2022 to make their mark on the ITF World Tennis Tour - a central component of the international player pathway towards the upper echelons of the sport.
The ITF World Tennis Tour provides entry-level international tennis tournaments and with it a pathway between the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors and the elite levels of professional tennis.
The results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the ATP and WTA Rankings, which enables professionals to progress to the ATP Challenger Tour and ATP Tour for the men and the WTA Tour for the women, and ultimately the Grand Slams.
The Men’s and Women’s World Tennis Tours offer over 1000 tournaments worldwide. The Men’s Tour incorporates two prize money levels of tournaments – $15,000 and $25,000; on the Women’s Tour, five prize money levels – $15,000, $25,000, $60,000, $80,000 and $100,000.
The ITF World Tennis Tours are designed to target prize money effectively to help reduce costs for players and ultimately enable more players to make a living. Tournaments at $15,000 level also include reserved main draw places for Top 100-ranked ITF Juniors, providing a smooth pathway for the best new talent to break through into elite professional tennis.
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The ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors gives players aged 18 and under the opportunity to travel the world and develop their talent. With over 650 tournaments in 140 countries, the Tour sees players compete across six levels of tournament – from JA (which includes the junior Grand Slams) through to J1, J2, J3, J4 and J5, the lowest grade.
The ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors provides a launch pad for the best players to go on and achieve success in the professional game. As well as providing the next step from national and regional tournaments across the ITF's 210 member nations, ITF Juniors also incorporates player services and safeguarding programmes, such as medical and officiating standards, integrity and anti-doping measures, player and coach education programmes and Covid-19 protocols as featured on the Men's and Women's ITF World Tennis Tour.
Check out the respective tennis schedules for the ITF World Tennis Tours at the links below, featuring comprehensive tournament scheduling for the first quarter of 2022:
And follow the action live at our live scores page, featuring live streams when available from the Men’s and Women’s ITF World Tennis Tours.