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Tours & Player Pathway ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors and ITF junior team competitions The ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors caters for players aged 18 and under and is the pipeline that delivers the very best boys and girls to the professional game. Our interna onal junior team compe ons run in tandem to the tour, providing opportuni es for players at the 14-and-under and 16-and-under level to represent their country in a global compe on. Another record year In line with our ITF2024+4 goal to increase the global accessibility of the interna onal junior player pathway, last year we staged more tournaments on the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors than ever before – a record 980 events (see graphic right). Tournaments were held across 130 na ons, with Liechtenstein joining the calendar for the first me. Growth came from all tournament levels and regions. Accelerated success Tour events are available at six ranking point ers, enabling players to progress from one level to the next and ensuring that talent rises. This is reinforced by our Junior Accelerator Programme, which we run in partnership with the ATP and WTA to give the best-performing ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors players the chance to earn places in ATP Challenger and higher-level women's ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments. 24 2024 ITF Annual Review