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FAQs

How do you get ranked in junior tennis? ›

Ranking Points are earned by winning singles and doubles matches at various types of USTA national tournaments, sectional tournaments, and designated ITF tournaments.

The highest level tournaments are the junior grand slams and the Youth Olympics, followed by the ITF Junior Masters, an event that resembles the year-end finals.

Step 1: Attend a group tennis lesson once per week. Step 2: Add an occasional Elite QuickStart Tournament or play with your child. For ages 7 and older, your child may attend a Junior Tennis Party. Step 3: Attend two tennis lessons per week.

L7 Tournaments - Open Intermediate Sectional Events

These events are open to anyone. If there is a limited draw, a bottom-up selection process will be used for this level, which means players with no ranking will be selected first. The 12U division will offer green and yellow ball events.

Level 5 - Advanced tennis competition, ranked top 4000 in the nation. Level 6 - Intermediate tennis competition experience, 4000+ in the nation. Level 7 - Intermediate tennis competition experience, new to ranked tournaments, plays recreationally.

Grade 5: These competitions take place at local club or county level and are open to players of all ages and abilities. They might be for specific age groups or cater for different age groups within one tournament. These competitions count for both ratings and rankings.

Although they don't receive prize money, they do receive ranking points that count towards their international junior ranking. If you have some spare time do wander around the outside courts and see these future stars in action, the standard of tennis is not far short of the professionals.

Players are eligible to compete on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors in the year they turn 13, if they have reached their 13th birthday on or before the start of the Singles Main Draw of the tournament they are competing in, until the end of the year in which the player turns 18 years of age.

Junior tournaments do not offer prize money. Juniors may earn income through tennis by participating on the Futures, Satellites or Challenger tours.

A great starting point for any ambitious junior player who strives to play at the collegiate level and beyond is to practice a player's “age +2” hours per week. For example, a 12-year old competitive intermediate player should strive to train 14 hours per week.

How many tennis tournaments should a junior play? ›

Most industry professionals tend to agree on a general age of about 10 or 11. Finding a balance to how many tournaments to play somewhere between 6 and 18. Juniors looking to play tennis at the higher levels (Division 1 or pro level tournaments) should play a minimum of 12 tournaments a year.

ITF recommendations: 9-11 yr olds: One hour a day, 3 to 4 times a week playing or practicing tennis. 70% of their time on tennis and 30% of their time on other sports. 12-14 yr olds: 2 to 3 hours a day, 4 to 5 times a week practicing or playing tennis with fitness included.

UNIVERSAL 9 AND 10: Upper level female collegiate player…

These players are among the best players in an area. Junior players at these levels are highly likely to play U.S. Collegiate Division 1 NCAA tennis.

At the top of the rating spectrum, a 6.0 player typically has had intensive training. They have likely played international tournaments or top-level collegiate competitions and have obtained a national ranking. The 6.5 and 7.0 are world-class players.

If a player's goal is to earn a state, sectional, or national ranking, then the bulk of their competition schedule should be comprised of USTA events. UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) events are designed to increase the probability of playing competitive matches throughout a tournament.

In order to obtain a USTA ranking one must play and win matches in sanctioned USTA singles and doubles tournaments. USTA tournaments consist of Levels 1-7, 1 being the strongest and 7 being entry level tournaments. 100% of the singles ranking points from a players' 6 best Junior Ranking Tournaments.

The ATP counts a player's points collected from the 19 best results during that 12 month time frame, and the WTA counts the points earned at a maximum of 16 of the best results for singles and 11 for doubles. When 52 weeks have passed since points were acquired, they are dropped, and any new points earned are added.

ITF Junior World Ranking points are available at all tournaments. In order to get a ranking a player must reach a round where points are available and must have won a match in the main draw. The number of points available in each round will vary depending on the Grade of the tournament and the round reached.

A player receives a Year-End Rating by playing at least three valid matches in Leagues or included Tournaments. A valid match is defined as a team match in which a majority of the individual matches played by the two competing teams have completed at least six games.