ITF World Tennis Tour Acceptance Lists Explained:

To assist players with understanding the acceptance lists available within a players IPIN account and on the ITF Website we
have provided the information below. Players should use IPIN as their official source for information, because the Website
does not update as regularly as the IPIN account updates.

$15,000 Tournaments
At the entry deadline, players are accepted into tournaments based on the applicable System of Merit (order of priority for
acceptance). Players are ordered on the Acceptance list and are classified as Main Draw, Main Draw Junior Reserved (JR),
Qualifying, or are classified as Alternates or Junior Reserved (JR) Alternates.

Main Draw Direct Acceptance

Players are accepted first by ATP or WTA ranking, secondly by ITF World Tennis Ranking, then by Top 500 National Ranking
and finally randomly for unranked players.

Depending on the week, some Main Draw Direct Acceptance lists will be filled entirely with ATP or WTA ranked players; in
other weeks (usually those with a greater number of tournaments) some ITF-ranked players may be accepted into the Main
Draw Direct Acceptance lists. This is also the case with the Qualifying lists.

Please see a sample list below. Many players have both an ATP/WTA ranking as well as an ITF World Tennis Ranking. The
entry system will automatically place players in their best position, prioritising main draw over qualifying draw.
 $15,000 Tournaments
Main Draw Junior Reserved

Each Men’s and Women’s $15,000 tournament will accept up to 3 junior players into a Main Draw category called Main
Draw Junior Reserved. These are players who have a Top 100 ITF Junior Ranking (also known as a Combined Ranking) and
who were unable to be accepted into the Main Draw as a Direct Acceptance. Players that withdraw before the Freeze
Deadline will be replaced by players on the Junior Reserved Alternates list.

Qualifying

Players listed in the Qualifying are those players unable to earn entry the Main draw based on the applicable System of Merit,
but have earned an opportunity to compete in the qualifying based on his/her ranking.
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Junior Reserved Alternates

The players listed on the Junior Reserved Alternates List will fill vacancies from withdrawals on the Junior Reserved List
until the Freeze Deadline. These junior players will be listed on both the Junior Reserved Alternates List and the Alternates
List. After the Freeze Deadline, the Junior Reserved Alternate List will no longer exist and will no longer be used to replace
players who withdrawal from the Junior Reserved List.

In the example above, there is just one junior player eligible to be a junior reserved alternate.

Alternates List

Alternate players will be used to fill vacancies created by players who withdraw from Qualifying until the Freeze Deadline.
After the Freeze Deadline, players that withdraw from the Qualifying list will be filled by players who sign-in with the ITF
Supervisor at the tournament. Players that sign-in onsite will be accepted based on the order of the Acceptance List. All
players not on the original list will be ordered after the Alternates who entered in advance.
 $25,000 Tournaments
At the entry deadline, players are accepted into tournaments based on the applicable System of Merit (order of priority for
acceptance). Players are ordered on the Acceptance list and are classified as Main Draw, Qualifying or Alternate.

Main Draw Direct Acceptance

Players are accepted first by ATP or WTA ranking, followed by ITF World Tennis Ranking, then by National Ranking and
finally randomly for unranked players.

Depending on the week, some Main Draw Direct Acceptance lists will be filled entirely with ATP or WTA ranked players; in
other weeks (usually those with a greater number of tournaments) some ITF-ranked players may be accepted into the Main
Draw Direct Acceptance lists. This is also the case with the Qualifying lists.

Please see a sample list below. Many players have both an ATP/WTA ranking as well as an ITF World Tennis Ranking. The
entry system will automatically place players in their best position, prioritising main draw over qualifying draw.
 25,000 Tournaments
Qualifying

Players listed in the Qualifying are those players unable to earn entry into the Main Draw Direct Acceptance list, based on the
acceptance procedure (System of Merit), but have earned an opportunity to compete in the Qualifying based on his/her
ranking.
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Alternates

Alternate players will be used to fill vacancies created by players who withdraw from Qualifying until the Freeze Deadline.
After the Freeze Deadline, players that withdraw from the Qualifying list will be filled by players who sign-in with the ITF
Supervisor at the tournament. Players that sign-in onsite will be accepted based on the order of the Acceptance List. All
players not on the original list will be ordered after the Alternates who entered in advance.
Women’s $60,000 - $100,000 Tournaments
At the entry deadline, players are accepted into tournaments based on the applicable System of Merit (order of priority for
acceptance). Players are ordered on the Acceptance list and are classified as Main Draw, Qualifying or Alternate.

Players may enter Women’s $60,000, $80,000 or $100,000 as Main Draw Only (MDO) entrants. This allows a player to apply
only for the Main Draw and will not be considered or accepted into the qualifying. Players will be considered for the Main
draw up until the Freeze Deadline. At the Freeze Deadline “Main Draw Only” entries which have not moved into a singles
Main Draw Acceptance List will be removed from all $6 $80,000 and $100,000 Acceptance Lists.

Main Draw Direct Acceptance

Players are accepted first by ATP or WTA ranking, followed by ITF World Tennis Ranking, then by National Ranking and
finally randomly for unranked players.
 Women’s $60,000 - $100,000 Tournaments
Qualifying

Players listed in the Qualifying are those players unable to earn entry into the Main Draw Direct Acceptance list, based on the
acceptance procedure (System of Merit), but have earned an opportunity to compete in the Qualifying based on his/her
ranking.

Women players may enter Women’s $60,000, $80,000, or $100,000 tournaments as MDO (Main Draw Only), which means
they will only be considered for an opportunity to play the Main Draw, and will not be committed to the qualifying, nor can
she play in the qualifying (except as a wild card) If the player does not move into the Main Draw by the Freeze Deadline, her
entry will be removed.
Women’s $60,000 - $100,000 Tournaments
Alternates List

Alternate players will be used to fill vacancies created by players who withdraw from Qualifying until the Freeze Deadline.
After the Freeze Deadline, players that withdraw from the Qualifying list will be filled by players who sign-in with the ITF
Supervisor at the tournament. Players that sign-in onsite will be accepted based on the order of the Acceptance List. All
players not on the original list will be ordered after the Alternates who entered in advance.

Junior Ranking =ITF Combined Junior Ranking

ATP PR=ATP Protected Ranking
WTA SR=WTA Special Ranking
Priority=Player’s Tournament Entry Priority