Information on how to get competing on the men’s and women’s senior tennis tours can be found below. This will help to get you looking at what is needed to take the next step up on the ladder.
ITF Men's Circuit
A player without a world ranking should look to enter Futures events. As players move up the rankings they enter Challenger and then ATP Tour events.
Futures events are probably the best place to start; they consist of four weeks of tournaments in the same country.
Getting started on the men’s tour
ITF Women's Circuit
In the women's game the tournaments are graded according to the prize money that they offer. A player without a world ranking should look to enter a $10,000 event. As a player's ranking progresses they would enter $25,000, $50,000 and $75,000 events.
Getting started on the women’s tour.