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To be eligible for a Wild Card, such player must petition the ITF at least four (4) days prior to the Monday of the tournament week. Upon receipt of the petition the ITF shall evaluate the player's eligibility to receive a Wild Card. Futures Tournaments offering $10,000 in on-site prize money may not offer Wild Cards to players ranked 1-150 in singles. Futures Tournaments offering $10,000+H, $25,000 or $25,000+H in on- site prize money may offer one Wild Card per tournament to players ranked 101- 150 in singles. B. Categories of Tournaments ITF Men's Circuit is comprised of two prize money categories: $10,000 and $25,000 Futures tournaments, which must be scheduled in a minimum of three consecutive weeks of $10,000 each or two consecutive weeks of $25,000 each in prize money and shall be organised by a National Association, unless otherwise approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee. Individual $10,000 and $25,000 prize money tournaments may offer hospitality (see section X. Computer Points and Prize Money). For the purpose of this rule book, any Grand Slam Tournament, ATP World Tour, ATP Challenger and ITF Men's Circuit Tournaments are considered "Professional Tournaments". Any tournament sanctioned by the ITF (ITF Senior or ITF Junior tournaments) are considered "ITF Sanctioned Trournaments" and "ITF Team Competitions" (Davis Cup, Junior Davis Cup, Hopman Cup etc). Remaining tournaments (exhibition tournaments, national league tournaments etc) are considered as "Other Tournaments". C. Tournament Events Each Futures tournament must consist of a Singles Main Draw, Doubles Main Draw and Singles Qualifying (unless there are insufficient entries to run the Qualifying). Each draw will be an elimination draw. D. Match Format Each singles match shall be the best of three (3) tie-break sets, unless otherwise approved by the ITF. In each doubles match No-Ad scoring shall be used throughout the match and when the score is one set all, one match tie-break (10 points) shall be played to decide the match. E. Tournament Week Each tournament is assigned a specific tournament week on the calendar defined by the date of the Monday of that week. Except for indoor tournaments with sufficient facilities, the Singles Main Draw must be 5 ITF Men's Circuit

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