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Providing the founda onal first tournaments on the professional player pathway, the tour exists to give aspiring men and women a springboard to move on up to the elite levels of tennis. Ensuring plen ful and fair opportuni es for players to do this is a key part of our ITF2024+4 strategy. In collabora on with Na onal Associa ons and event organisers, we held 1,200 tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour, the highest number since 2016. The ITF staged men's entry-level M15 and M25 events in 2024 with prize money levels of $15,000 and $25,000 respec vely. We held women's tournaments at five levels, W15, W35, W50, W75 and W100, with prize money ranging from $15,000 to $100,000. We con nued to invest in raising prize money. In 2024 a total of $17.9 million was offered on the women's tour, a record amount for the third year running and an 18% increase since 2022. Men's prize money totalled $11.3m, a record for a second consecu ve year. Gender parity achieved In 2024 the ITF reached its target of providing women compe ng in mid- level professional tournaments (W50, W75, W100) with the same number of playing opportuni es as men. We staged a record 165 W50, W75 and W100 events, and together with 36 WTA125 events (run by the WTA with $115,000 prize money) these ensured there were over 200 women's tournaments in this bracket. This aligns with the 210 events available for men at ATP Challenger level. Reaching and maintaining this gender balance is a key goal of our Advantage All programme (see page 58). In 2025, to provide even greater parity between male and female players, we are introducing hospitality at W75 events. Accordingly, there will be approximately 25,000 For the ITF World Tennis Tour, 2024 was another year of strong growth and new milestones reached. Tours & Player Pathway ITF World Tennis Tour 22 2024 ITF Annual Review

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