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Events will run from 3 March – 25 May 2025. Venues have until 2 February 2025 to apply to run an event, therefore, the majority of events taking place may not appear until after this date.

• Sign up to Advantage to get your ITF World Tennis Number. 
• Search for your next tournament here.  
• Select which event you want to enter.  
• Complete the online entry process.  
• Then you’re all set and ready to go – it’s that easy. 

Speak to your local venue to find out if they are hosting an event or find and enter a Play Your Way To Wimbledon event near you here: 

Enter a tournament

Play Your Way to Wimbledon is a competition for beginner to intermediate tennis players who are starting out competing or play regularly at a local level. 

There are pathways for junior (14U singles and 18U doubles), adult (19+ doubles), wheelchair juniors and adults, learning disability and visually impaired players. 

To enter an event, you will need to have an LTA Advantage account and WTN within the following range at the time of competing: 

• 14U Junior Singles – WTN 32.0 to 40.9 
• 18U Junior Doubles – WTN 28.0 to 40.9 
• 19+ Adult Doubles – WTN 25.0 to 40.9 

Once a player has won a venue stage event, they automatically qualify for the County Finals (singles) or Area Finals (doubles) and should no longer compete in another venue stage event in the relevant pathway. 

More details on entry criteria below: 

Play Your Way to Wimbledon 14U Singles  

• Any junior player under the age of 14 and born between 2011 and 2014 can enter. 
• Players can only enter a competition in their play county, for example, if they play in Yorkshire, they can only enter a Play Your Way to Wimbledon event in Yorkshire. 
• The only exception to this is if the LTA Registered Venue the player is a member/pupil at is hosting an event. This would only be relevant if a player lives in a different county to the venue they are a member/pupil at. 

Play Your Way to Wimbledon 18U Doubles  

• Any junior player under the age of 18 and born between 2007 and 2014 can enter. 
• One of the players from a pair must be from that play county at an event, e.g. if there is an event taking place at a Yorkshire venue, one of the players from the doubles pair must have a play county of Yorkshire. 
• The only exception to this is if the LTA Registered Venue the player is a member/pupil at is hosting an event. This would only be relevant if a player lives in a different county to the venue they are a member/pupil at. 

Play Your Way to Wimbledon Adult Doubles 

• Any adult player born in 2006 or earlier can enter.  
• One of the players from a pair must be from that play county at an event, e.g. if there is an event taking place at a Yorkshire venue, one of the players from the doubles pair must have a play county of Yorkshire. 
• The only exception to this is if the LTA Registered Venue the player is a member/student at is hosting an event. This would only be relevant if a player lives in a different county to the venue they are a member/student at. 

Play Your Way to Wimbledon Disability (Open) 

• Any player eligible for open competition can take part in one of the selected open Regional Series events. To qualify for the National Finals, players must reside in the UK. 
• If you believe you are eligible for these events please contact disabilitycompetitions@lta.org.uk to confirm eligibility criteria. 

14U Junior Singles

Check out the full 14U Junior Singles pathway at Play Your Way to Wimbledon: 

• Local competitions – Clubs, parks and schools 
• County Finals 
• National Finals at The All England Club 

View the full pathway

Play Your Way to Wimbledon Singles Pathway competitions are hosted at any LTA registered venues, as well as Schools in England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.  

The venue can choose the match format, which can be anything from tie-break sets to shorter formats such as FAST4 or Timed Tennis. 

The winners of these local events will then go through to their County Finals – with the majority taking place on 28 and 29 June 2025, however, some County Finals may take place on another weekend (County Finals in Scotland will take place on 14 and 15 June 2025).

County Final champions are then invited to compete in the National Finals at Wimbledon from 3-9 August 2025.

Check out the full 18U and Adult Doubles pathway at Play Your Way to Wimbledon: 

18U Junior Doubles 

• Local competitions – Clubs, parks and schools 
• Area Finals 
• National Finals at The All England Club 

Adult Doubles 

• Local competitions – Clubs, parks and schools 
• Area Finals 
• National Finals at The All England Club 

View the full pathway

Competitions are hosted at any LTA registered venues, as well as Schools (juniors only) in England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.  

The venue can choose the match format, which can be anything from tie-break sets to shorter formats such as FAST4 or Timed Tennis. 

The winners of these local events will then go through to their Area Finals – with the majority taking place on 21 and 22 June 2025.

Area Final champions are then invited to compete in the National Finals at Wimbledon from 3-9 August 2025.

Check out the wheelchair, learning disability and visually impaired competition formats: 

• Qualifying events – regional competitions  
• National Finals at The All England Club 

View the full pathway

There are 2 – 4 Regional Series Tournaments take place prior to the Finals for players to compete in across the following categories: Wheelchair (men’s and women’s), Visually Impaired (men’s and women’s, B1, B2, B3, B4-B5 categories) and Learning Disability (mixed) events.

The winners and runners up from each event are then invited to compete in the National Finals at Wimbledon from 3-9 August 2025.

Full details on qualification for the disability pathway National Finals: 

*If the same player wins multiple events, an additional lucky loser will be added 

**All players who have qualified into the PYWTW National Finals are required to have a formal classification through Sport Excel (Virtus - National or International) or Special Olympics by the 27th June 2025. 

• Player entry will be on a first come, first served basis.
• There must be a minimum of 3 players/pairs in the venue stage for the winner(s) to be eligible for the next stage of the competition.
• All players must have an ITF World Tennis Number between the following ranges at the time of the venue stage event they are competing in:
  • 14U Singles: 32.0-40.9
  • 18U Doubles: 28.0-40.9
  • 19+ Doubles: 25.0-40.9
• Junior players are eligible to play in both the singles and/or doubles pathway. However, players will only be able to compete in one event at the National Finals. i.e. If they qualify for the singles and doubles, they will need to decide which one they compete in and withdraw from the other.
• If two players pair up and one of the players subsequently withdraws or is unable to take part in the next stage of the competition, the whole pair are withdrawn from the event (reserve players may not come in to make up a pair).
• Any players that have previously received any professional tennis ranking points are not eligible to take part.

For a full list of rules and further information, see the organiser guide below, under the resources tab.

Junior and Adult pathways 

The majority of County Finals will be played on the weekend of 28 and 29 June, however, some County Finals will be played on other weekends.  

County Finals in Scotland will be played over the weekend of 14 and 15 June. 

View County Finals dates

Area Finals will be taking place over the weekend of 21 and 22 June.

View Junior Area Finals dates

View Adult Areas Finals dates

Play Your Way to Wimbledon National Finals take place at Wimbledon from 3-9 August 2025:

• 14U Singles – 3 – 7 August
• 18U Doubles - 5 – 8 August
• Adult Doubles - 6 – 9 August
• Disability Pathways – 8 – 9 August

Wheelchair qualifying 

*Includes Junior Qualification events  

Learning disability qualifying 

Visually impaired qualifying 

National Finals 

Play Your Way to Wimbledon National Finals take place at Wimbledon from 3-9 August 2025: 

• 14U Singles – 3 – 7 August 
• 18U Doubles - 5 – 8 August 
• Adult Doubles - 6 – 9 August 
• Disability Pathways – 8 – 9 August 

All results from Play Your Way to Wimbledon matches will go towards improving your ITF World Tennis Number. 

You can find and follow all the draws, scores and results from Play Your Way To Wimbledon here: 

Results 

View previous winners here.

Organiser guide

Youth poster

Adult poster

Certificate

Social media assets

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