What are Grand Slam Player Development Programme Touring Teams?

Each year, groups of talented players from underrepresented nations are invited to join ITF-operated Grand Slam Player Development Programme Touring Teams.

The players, who tend to be aged 18 and under but not exclusively, travel as a team, have access to high-performance coaches and can be exposed to events outside of their region.

The Touring Team programme provides crucial support for talented players who might otherwise be unable to compete at the level they do. It also enables opportunities that financial constraints may otherwise prevent and helps players in ways that would not be possible if the programme did not exist.

In short, the Touring Team programme is a key development initiative – both on and off the tennis court – and lays important foundations for players to rise to and establish themselves at a professional level.

During 2026, Touring Teams will travel to all regions of the world and compete across the tennis spectrum: at ITF World Tennis Tour events, under-18 junior events and top-level under-14 regional and international events.

 

Grand Slam Player Development Programme Touring Teams are currently in Europe. Who's involved? 

A Team: for players aged 18 and under

Boys

Damir Zhalgasbay (KAZ)

Emilio Camacho (ECU)

Kuan-Shou Chen (TPE)

Yannik Alvarez (PUR)

 

Girls

Alyssa James (JAM)

Anastasija Cvetkovic (SRB)

Marianne Angel Gonzalez (MEX)

Pietra Rivoli (BRA)

 

Coaches

Robert Raguz (CRO)

Petra Russegger (AUT)

Wilmar Nunez (COL)

 

B Team: for players aged 17 and under

Boys

Min Hyuk Cho (KOR)

Dan Brand (ISR)

Juan Miguel Bolivar (COL)

Oluwaseun Peter Ogunsakin (NGR)

 

Girls

Maria Valentina Pop (ROU)

Nathalia Pontes Tourinho (BRA)

Sabrina Balderrama (VEN)

Yeri Hong (KOR)

 

Coaches

Mohamed Ramadan (EGY)

Lan Yao-Gallop (CAN)

 

What is the schedule for the A Team in Europe?

11-16 May: J300 Santa Croce

18-24 May: J500 Milan

25-29 May: Training Camp in Italy

31 May-7 June: Roland Garros Junior Championships

 

Two-week break

 

22-25 June: Training Camp in Great Britain

26 June-3 July: J300 Roehampton

4-12 July: Junior Championships, Wimbledon (GBR)

 

What is the schedule for the B Team in Europe?

1-4 May: Training Camp in Italy

5-9 May: J200 Prato

11-16 May: J300 Santa Croce

18–24 May: J500 Milan

26-31 May: J300 Charleroi-Marcinelle

31 May-6 June: Roland Garros Junior Championships

 

Which players currently or recently within the Top 100 have been members of Touring Teams?

Men: Grigor Dimitrov (BUL), Sebastian Baez (ARG), Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG), Damir Dzumhur (BIH), Yunchaokete Bu (CHN), Hugo Dellien (BOL), Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG)

 

Women: Qinwen Zheng (CNH), Jelena Ostapenko (LAT), Ons Jabeur (TUN), Camila Osorio (COL), Viktoriya Tomova (BUL), Mayar Sherif (EGY), Alexandra Eala (PHI), Victoria Azarenka (BLR), Anhelina Kalinina (UKR), Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU), Emiliana Arango (COL), Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)