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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
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