ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's Circuit is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
Contents
1 History
2 List of events
3 References
4 External links
History
It serves as a developmental circuit for the WTA Tour, which is run by the independent Women's Tennis Association (WTA). There are several hundred ITF Women's Circuit tournaments each year, spread across all six inhabited continents, with prize money ranging from USD $10,000 to USD $100,000. Players who succeed on the ITF Women's Circuit earn sufficient points to be eligible for qualifying draw or main draw entry to WTA tournaments.
Until 2011 the ITF Women's Circuit was the level immediately below the main WTA Tour, but in 2012 the WTA introduced an intermediate level, the WTA 125K series.
There is also an ITF Men's Circuit, but it only incorporates the lower-level Futures tournaments. Mid-level men's tournaments, equivalent to the WTA 125k series and the bigger money events on the ITF Women's Circuit, come under the aegis of the ATP as part of the ATP Challenger Tour.
List of events
The ITF Women's Circuit has included:
- Abierto Tampico
- Aegon GB Pro-Series Barnstaple
- Aegon GB Pro-Series Bath
- Aegon GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury
- Aegon GB Pro-Series Foxhills
- Aegon GB Pro-Series Wrexham
- Aegon Nottingham Challenge
- Aegon Pro-Series Loughborough
- Aegon Trophy
- Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
- Allianz Cup
- Ankara Cup
- ITF Women's Circuit – Anning
- Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic
- Batumi Ladies Open
- BCR Open Romania Ladies
- Beijing International Challenger
- Bendigo Women's International
- Blossom Cup
- Boyd Tinsley Women's Clay Court Classic
- Büschl Open
- Caesar & Imperial Cup
- Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby
- Challenger Banque Nationale de Saguenay
- Coleman Vision Tennis Championships
- Colorado International
- Cooper Challenger
- Copa Bionaire
- Dothan Pro Tennis Classic
- Dow Corning Tennis Classic
- Dunlop World Challenge
- EmblemHealth Bronx Open
- Empire Slovak Open
- Fergana Challenger
- FSP Gold River Women's Challenger
- Fukuoka International Women's Cup
- Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic
- Grapevine Women's $50,000 Tennis Classic
- Infond Open
- Internacional Femenil Monterrey
- Internationaux Féminins de la Vienne
- Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria
- ITF Jounieh Open
- ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya
- ITF Women's Circuit – Wenshan
- ITF Women's Circuit – Xi'an
- ITS Cup
- Izida Cup[1]
- The Jersey International
- John Newcombe Women's Pro Challenge
- Kangaroo Cup
- Kazan Summer Cup
- Kemer Cup
- Kurume Best Amenity Cup
- L'Open Emeraude Solaire de Saint-Malo
- Lale Cup
- Launceston Tennis International
- Lexington Challenger
- Lorraine Open 88
- McDonald's Burnie International
- NECC ITF International Women's Tournament
- Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open
- Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
- OEC Taipei Ladies Open
- Open Féminin de Marseille
- Open GDF Suez de Biarritz
- Open GDF Suez de Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
- Open GDF Suez de Touraine
- Open GDF Suez Nantes Atlantique
- Open GDF Suez Région Limousin
- Open GDF Suez Seine-et-Marne
- Open Saint-Gaudens Midi-Pyrénées
- Oregon Challenger
- Orto-Lääkärit Open
- Palm Beach Gardens Challenger
- Powiat Poznański Open
- President's Cup (tennis)
- RBC Bank Women's Challenger
- Red Rock Pro Open
- Reinert Open
- Royal Cup NLB Montenegro
- Samsung Securities Cup
- Save Cup
- Open Bogotá
- Seguros Bolívar Open Medellín
- Seoul Open Women's Challenger
- Siberia Cup
- Smart Card Open Monet+
- Soho Square Ladies Tournament
- South Seas Island Resort Women's Pro Classic
- Soweto Open
- Sparta Prague Open
- Tampere Open
- Tatarstan Open
- TEAN International
- Telavi Open
- Tevlin Women's Challenger
- The Bahamas Women's Open
- The Oaks Club Challenger
- Torneo Internazionale Regione Piemonte
- Trabzon Cup
- Trofeul Popeci
- USTA Player Development Classic
- USTA Tennis Classic of Macon
- Vanessa Phillips Women's Tournament
- Viccourt Cup
- ITF Women's Circuit – Wuhan
- Yakima Regional Hospital Challenger
References
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External links
- Official site