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 vulnerabilities at lower levels of professional

tennis

14,000 professionals, only 600 break

even

Gambling on tennis is a $5 BILLION per year industry

Improvements

Professional player jobs, income, and the quality of the professional tennis

product will be improved by the changes at the entry-level into

professional tennis by:

Reducing the number of ATP & WTA ranked

players from 2500+ to 500 – 750

Improving player services

Providing a better reflection of

professional tennis

Improving integrity in the sport

Player Development

Pro Circuit

Committees

Private Sector Working Groups

Adult CompCollegiate

Jr Comp

Analytics

Officiating

Integrated Approach

Integrated ApproachPhases

Discovery

Integration

Education

Planning

Research and

Analysis

Competitive Pathway Department

Competitive Pathway

Megan Rose

Pro CircuitIdelle Pierre-Louis

54 Events

Transition TourIan Vazquez

49 Events

Junior Competition Lew Brewer

213 EventsITF Juniors &

Levels 1-3

ITF JuniorsITF Transition Tour

Pro Circuit $25K -$100K

WTA $125KWTA & Grand Slam Qualifying

WTA Finals & Grand Slams

Professional Pathway - Women

College

ITF Juniors

ITF Transition Tour

ATP Challenger Qualifying

ATP Challenger Tour

ATP & Grand Slam Qualifying

ATP World Tour & Grand Slams

College

Professional Pathway - Men

MenTour Structure

ATP WORLD TOUR

ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT

ATP CHALLENGER TOURITF PRO CIRCUIT

$15kITF PRO CIRCUIT

$25K

ATP WORLD TOUR

ITF JUNIOR CIRCUIT

ATP CHALLENGER TOUR

ITF TRANSITION TOUR

2018 STRUCTURE 2019 STRUCTURE

ITF PRO CIRCUIT $25K

ITF World Ranking

Points

ATP ranking

pointsITF Junior Ranking Points

MenWhat type of points will be earned where?

Winner Finalist SF Remaining Main Draw rounds Qualifying

ATP Tour / Grand Slam

ATP Challenger

ITF Pro Circuit $25k

ITF Transition Tour (former $15k)

Results in BLUE to make up a player’s ATP ranking (Best 18 tournaments)

Results in YELLOW to make up a player’s ITF World Ranking (Best 14 tournaments)

ITF World Ranking Points

ATP ranking points

BOTH ATP ranking points and ITF World Ranking Points

Many players will have 2 rankings and play at both

levels

WomenTour Structure

ITFWorldRanking

Points

WTAranking

points

ITFJuniorRankingPoints

2018 Structure 2019 Structure

WomenWhat type of points will be earned where?

Winner Finalist SF Remaining Main Draw rounds Qualifying

WTA Tour / Grand Slam

ITF Pro Circuit ($60k to $100k)

ITF Pro Circuit $25k

ITF Transition Tour (former $15k)

Results in BLUE to make up a player’s WTA ranking (Best 16 tournaments)

Results in YELLOW to make up a player’s ITF World Ranking (Best 14 tournaments)

ITF World Ranking PointsWTA ranking points

Tournament Format

All tournaments below ATP and WTA main tour level to be 7 days in duration• ITF Transition Tour

(men/women); $25k (men/women); $60k, $80k; $100k (women)

• ATP Challengers

All ITF tournaments to have a 32 Main Draw and 24

Qualifying Draw

All ITF tournaments to

run from Monday to Sunday, including qualifying.

All ITF tournaments

(men and women) match

format in qualifying to be best of 3 sets, with 2 tie-break

sets and a match tie-break. Ad-

scoring remains.

No changes to match format in Main Draw (best

of 3 tie-break sets)

Player Acceptance into TournamentsDirect Acceptance

ITF tournaments (Transition Tour, $25K, $60K, $80K, $100K) will have the following 4 types of places:

DADirect Acceptance

The order of acceptance (“Systems of Merit”) is:

1. ATP/WTA ranking2. ITF World Ranking3. National Rankings4. 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.)

Typically 36-42 places in each ITF tournament will be taken up by DAs. The number varies according to the number of wild

cards and whether the tournament has specific reserved places (see next slide)

Draw Composition - Transition Tour Men/Women

DA 1 DA 2 DA 3 DA 4

DA 5 DA 6 DA 7 DA 8

DA 17

DA 9 DA 10 DA 11 DA 12

DA 13 DA 14 DA 15 DA 16

WC 1 WC 2

WC 3 WC 4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

J1

J2

J3

J4

J5MAIN DRAW

32

DA 18

DA 19

DA 20

DA 21

DA 22

DA 23

DA 24

DA 25

DA 26

DA 27

DA 28

DA 29

DA 30

DA 31

DA 32

DA 33

DA 34

DA 35

DA 36

QUALIFYING DRAW

24 Jx

Up to 5 main draw places reserved for Top 100 Juniors

WC 1 WC 2

WC 3 WC 4

WC 5

Draw composition – Pro Circuit $25K Men/Women

DA 1

DA 2

DA 3

DA 4

DA 5

DA 6

DA 7

DA 8

DA 17

DA 9

DA 10

DA 11

DA 12

DA 13

DA 14

DA 15

DA 16

WC 1 WC 2

WC 3 WC 4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

ITF1

ITF2 ITF 3

ITF4

ITF5MAIN DRAW

32

DA 18

DA 19

DA 20

DA 21

DA 22

DA 23

DA 24

DA 25

DA 26

DA 27

DA 28

DA 29

DA 30

DA 31

DA 32

DA 33

DA 34

DA 35

DA 36

DA 37

WC 1 WC 2

WC 3 WC 4QUALIFYING DRAW

24ITFx

Up to 5 main draw places reserved for players with ITF World Rankings

Draw composition – ATP Challengers Men

Q1

Q2

ITF1

ITF2

ITF3

ITF4

MAIN DRAW48

WC1QUALIFYING DRAW

4

ITFx

4 places reserved in the Main Draw3 places reserved in the Qualifying Draw

WC1 WC2

WC3 WC4

WC5

ITF5

ITF6

ITF7

DA1 DA2 DA3 DA4 DA5 DA6

DA7 DA8 DA9 DA10

DA11

DA12

DA13

DA14

DA15

DA16

DA17

DA18

DA19

DA20

DA21

DA22

DA23

DA24

DA25

DA26

DA27

DA28

DA29

DA30

DA31

DA32

DA33

DA34

DA35

DA36

DA37

Draw compositionPro Circuit $60k-$100k

Women

WC1 WC2

WC3 WC4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6MAIN DRAW

32

WC1 WC2

WC3 WC4QUALIFYING DRAW

24

DA1 DA2 DA3 DA4 DA5

DA6 DA7 DA8 DA9 DA10

DA11

DA12

DA13

DA14

DA15

DA16

DA17

DA18

DA19

DA20

DA21

DA22

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

• 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.

Transition Tour

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

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)

December 31, 2018

• 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 Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments)

Men

Ranking Conversion/Introduction

(continued)

• Performance at $25,000 level and above retained as WTA ranking points (Best 16 tournaments).

• Performance at $15,000 level converted into ITF World Ranking points (Best 14 tournaments)

Women

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• 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)Tournament Entry

Data Research Study - 2019

2020 Competitive Pathway Structure & Strategy

% of draw consisting

of American players

Mobility & Progression

% of points earned by Americans

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.

Wildcard Criteria

Next American in (ATP/WTA/TT)

Men's and Women's

National OpensNext Best

Rating

Collegiate Results

Pre-Qualifying Events

Junior Results or Junior Ranking

Pathway Juniors (as reflected by Top 100 benchmarks)

Momentum/ Return from Injury

ResourcesVisit our website: www.PlayerDevelopment.USTA.com/CompetitivePathway

Email any questions to: CompetitivePathway@usta.com

ITF World Tennis Tour webpage:www.itftennis.com/procircuit/transition-tour/english

Questions