Lexus British Tour

The LTA's Lexus British Tour events often have a range of different players competing – from junior rising stars to national level adults and pro players. 

The tournaments are open age group category with a mixture of adults and juniors competing and are LTA Grade 1 (Premier & Tier 1) & LTA Grade 2 (Tier 2) events. 

At a Lexus British Tour event, two wild cards per draw may be awarded at the discretion of the LTA Performance Team, irrespective of whether that player falls within the acceptance criteria for that draw. The Performance Team wild card will often be given to a young/junior player who doesn’t yet have an ATP/WTA singles ranking or an ATP/WTA ranked doubles player who has no ATP/WTA singles ranking and is normally allocated before or shortly after the withdrawal deadline. However, there are occasions where the wild card criteria may vary to the above.

Outside of the above exception, at Lexus British Tour events (Premier Tier, Tier 1, and Tier 2 events) 1-4 wild cards per main draw may be awarded at the discretion of the Tournament Director, providing the wild card applicant is within the main draw acceptance cut-off for that tournament. In certain circumstances and if there are spaces in the main draw, this number may be increased at the discretion of the Lexus British Tour Tournament Director. A wild card may be awarded to a player who has not entered the tournament. A wild card may also be awarded into the relevant Qualifying draw, to a non-entered player of the relevant WTN (open ranking), in a situation where all the originally entered players have moved into the event. In both the above instances, a Wild Card may be seeded.

For wild card requests (other than the LTA Performance Team wild card mentioned above), please contact the Lexus British Tour Tournament Director by Friday (midday) before the event for the Main Draw, and by the withdrawal deadline for Qualifying. These wild cards will normally be allocated in order of ATP/WTA singles ranking, then ITF World Tennis singles ranking of 1500 or better, followed by ITF World Tennis Number (LTA Open ranking will be used to determine the order of players with the same ITF World Tennis Number). For any LTA Performance Team wild card, these are discretionary and not necessarily linked to any ranking order, with these wild card’s usually allocated by the day of the withdrawal deadline.

Information for wild cards to Lexus British Pro Series tournaments to British players through the Lexus British Tour will appear here once confirmed for 2026.

Both men’s and women’s singles events are run at each tournament.

Tournament formats vary, but include

• Weeklong tournaments, typically starting on a Monday, with qualifying draws feeding through to the main draw which usually then commence on the Wednesday, and the Finals normally scheduled on the Saturday. Matches are scheduled during the daytime.
• 3-day events with a Thursday-Saturday, or Friday-Sunday format. These have one men’s and one women’s draw (no qualifying event), each with a typical draw size of 28, playing a match tie-break as the final set. Match schedule – day 1 1^st round; day 2 last 16 & quarter-final; day 3 semi-final & final. Refer to tournament information specific for that event.
• 4-day events, typically operate a one day qualifying, with main draw 3-day main draw.
• Some Premier Tier events are staged as a 16-player round robin format to knock-out.
• Some 2-day week-end events are also played as a 16-player round robin format to knock-out.

For any Lexus British Tour event, please check the tournament schedule/format for that event on the website (or with the referee) as these do vary.

Some of the tournaments are solely a Lexus British Tour competition with Men’s and Women’s Singles. However, some of the tournaments in the summer are part of a larger tournament, which also offer other events (this should be viewable when entering the competition online).

Order of acceptances is based on ATP/WTA singles ranking, then ITF World Tennis singles ranking of 1500 or better, followed by ITF World Tennis Number at the entry deadline. LTA Open ranking will be used to determine the order of players with the same ITF World Tennis Number. ATP Protected/WTA Special Ranking may be used for acceptance provided the player informs the Tournament Director before the closing deadline. It is the player’s responsibility to request and receive confirmation of this request in good time.

Seeding in all draws is based on ATP/WTA singles ranking, then ITF World Tennis singles ranking of 1500 or better, followed by ITF World Tennis Number (and then LTA Open ranking) based on the 7-day rank.

Where a qualifying event exists for a Lexus British Tour event and a vacancy arises in the main draw due to a withdrawal, the next player on the qualifying list will be moved into the main draw up to 10.00am the day before qualifying is due to start. After 10.00am, players will not move from qualifying into main draw (save in exceptional circumstances). For avoidance of any doubt, if men’s qualifying starts on a Monday, but women’s qualifying doesn’t start until Tuesday. The threshold is Sunday 10.00am for men, and Monday 10.00am for women.

Draw sizes will vary according to the number of entries, and number of courts available at each venue.

Scoring

Singles matches are either the best of 3 tie break sets or a deciding match tie-break if one set all (unless otherwise stated). Generally, the 3- or 4-day events will play a deciding match tie-break at one set all. Some finals will be appointed a chair umpire to officiate the match. A referee will be on-site for the duration of all tournaments.

Playing more than one tournament in the same week

Players can play more than 1 tournament in the same week provided they have completed the previous tournament.

Where a player has played in an ITF/ATP/WTA tournament, they should have been released by the ITF/ATP/WTA Supervisor of that tournament. Players cannot compete in multiple tournaments at the same time.

If competing in an ITF/ATP/WTA event, always notify the relevant Supervisor/referee in advance of your first match in that event.

Withdrawals

Except for a player who withdraws because they are competing in a LTA Lexus British Pro-Series/ITF World Tennis Tour /ATP/WTA event, all other players withdrawing after the withdraw deadline will receive late withdrawal points.

A leader board will operate for Lexus British Tour tournaments. The points allocated to each tournament follow the LTA British Tennis rankings point’s distribution for grade 1 & 2 tournaments, with enhanced leader board points for a player reaching the last four of a Premier Tier.

Only main draw points count towards the leader board (see below). A player’s best 8 Lexus British Tour events count towards the Leader Board. This breakdown is as follows:

Points allocated for leader board positions will fall in line with the LTA ranking’s points for grade 1 & 2 events. Player’s reaching the last 4 of Premier Tier events, receive 1.5 the number of points of a grade 1 event.

Points are assigned to the losers of the round indicated above. A player needs to have played and won a match to receive points allocated for losers of last 16, and beyond. A slightly adapted version of the above is applied where the event is a round robin format.

See Lexus British Tour Masters information, for how players qualify for the year end Masters.

Equal prize money is available in men’s and women’s main draws.

By entering a Lexus British Tour event, a player is expected to be available to compete in each part of the event which they progress to.  If a player is unable to start a match or withdraws from a match (including due to a prior commitment), the Lexus British Tour Tournament Director may decide to withhold all or part of any prize (including any prize money) won by the player.

Where the Lexus British Tour Tournament Director decides to withhold any prize pursuant to this paragraph, they will notify the player as soon as practicable. The player may appeal against the Tournament Director’s decision by providing written notice of the appeal, with details of the evidence that will be provided in support of the appeal, to the LTA Disciplinary Officer (ltadiscipline@lta.org.uk) within 72 hours of receipt of the notification of the decision to withhold all or part of the prize.

In addition, where a club has increased the prize money, the club and tournament may withhold all or part of this additional sum.

The Prize money break down for 2026 is as follows:

There are some events which increase the prize money stated above. This will be highlighted in that tournament’s information.

Bonus Pool Winner

In 2026, the male and female players who finish top of the Leader board, after the Lexus British Tour tournaments staged up to the Masters, will receive a Bonus Pool payment of £500.00.  Where there are two or more players at the top of the Leader board on the same number of points, the £500.00 Bonus Pool payment will be equally shared.

Check out the Lexus British Tour calendar for 2025 below:

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To enter a Lexus British Tour event, just follow these simple steps:  

• 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. 

You can follow all the latest draws, scores and results below:

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Watch the action from some of our Lexus British Tour events live over on our YouTube page.

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Want to see who’s top of the leaderboards? Find out below:

See leaderboards

See below, the winners of the Lexus British Tour 2025 events so far this year.

Leaderboards, prize money, withdrawals and formats

Roll of Honour 2024

LTA Wimbledon wild card play offs 2026 - Thursday 18 & Friday 19 June 2026. Information to follow.

 Lexus British Tour Masters 2026. Information to follow.