Who can play the Aegon British Tour?
The tournaments are open age group category with a mixture of adults and juniors competing. The tournaments are grade 1 (Premier & Tier 1) & grade 2 (Tier 2) and therefore primarily aimed at performance players with a rating of 5.2 or better, although any rating may enter.
Format
Both men’s and women’s singles events are run at each tournament. Most tournaments start on a Monday. Pre-qualifying and qualifying draws feed through to the main draw which usually commence on the Wednesday with the Finals normally scheduled on the Saturday. Matches are scheduled during the daytime. Please check Tournament Schedule, Tournament Fact Sheet, or with the event referee for exact days and dates, as these may vary.
Some of the tournaments are solely an Aegon British Tour competition with Men’s and Women’s Singles. However, some of the tournaments in the summer (such as Ilkley, Newcastle, & Sutton) are part of a larger tournament and therefore offer other events as well (this will be viewable when entering the competition online).
Order of acceptances is based on ATP/WTA singles ranking, followed by LTA rating and Open ranking at the entry deadline. Seeding in all draws is based on ATP/WTA singles ranking, followed by LTA rating and Open ranking at the time of making the qualifying draw (7 day rank). Wherever feasible (after ATP/WTA singles ranking), each draw is composed of players in ratings groups.
Once qualifying draws have been published, only in exceptional circumstances, will any players be moved from a pre-qualifying draw to qualifying draw, or qualifying draw to main draw.
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Main Draw
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Qualifying/Pre-qualifying
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Draw size
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Max 32
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Varies based on number of entries and number of courts
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Direct Acceptances
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Max 28
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-
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Qualifiers
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Varies
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-
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All draw sizes will vary according to the number of entries, rating of entries, and number of courts available.
Wild Cards
Between 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 Aegon 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 or Pre-Qualifying draw, to a non-entered player of the relevant rating, 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 please contact the Aegon British Tour Tournament Director, by Friday (midday) before the event for Main Draw, and by the withdrawal deadline for Qualifying or Pre-Qualifying.
Wild cards will normally be allocated in order of ATP/WTA world ranking, followed by LTA rating (LTA Open ranking will be used to determine the order of players with the same rating)
Aegon GB Pro-Series / Pro events
The following rules apply when there is an Aegon GB Pro-Series/ ITF Pro-Circuit, ATP/WTA Tour and an Aegon British Tour in the same week:
- If a player is in the main draw of a Pro event (Aegon GB Pro-Series/ITF Pro/ATP/WTA) in either singles or doubles they cannot compete in an Aegon British Tour in the same week.
- If a player is in the qualifying of a Pro event (Aegon GB Pro-Series/ITF Pro/ATP/WTA) they may also compete in an Aegon British Tour in the same week – if a player qualifies for the main draw of the Pro event they then must withdraw (free from penalty) from the Aegon British Tour. At ATP/WTA events a player losing in Qualifying still needs to be ‘released’ by the ATP / WTA Supervisor.
- A player must have lost in the qualifying of a Pro event, before playing their first match in the Aegon British Tour.
It is the responsibility of the player to contact the relevant Aegon British Tour event.
Scoring
All singles matches are the best of 3 tie break sets (unless otherwise stated). A small number of finals will be appointed a chair umpire to officiate the match. A referee will be on-site for the duration of all tournaments.
Leaderboard
A leaderboard will operate for Aegon British Tour tournaments. The points allocated to each tournament follow the Aegon British Tennis rankings point’s distribution for grade 1 & 2 tournaments, with enhanced leaderboard points for a player reaching the last four of a Premier Tier. Only main draw points count towards the leader board (see below). Points gained from ALL Aegon British Tour events played count towards the Leader Board. This breakdown is as follows:
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Premier Tier (grade 1)
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Tier 1
(grade 1)
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Tier 2
(grade 2)
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Winner
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1500
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1000
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750
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Runner-up
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1125
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750
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565
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Losing semi-finalist
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825
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550
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415
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Losing quarter-finalist
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400
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400
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300
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Losers of the last 16
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300
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300
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225
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Losers of the last 32
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1
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1
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1
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Points allocated for leaderboard positions will fall in line with the new LTA ranking’s points which come into effect from 1 April 2015, and will then be applied retrospectively to the leaderboard points for the January-March events. Players reaching the last 4 of a Premier Tier event, 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.
See Aegon British Tour Masters information, for how players qualify for the year end Masters.
Prize Money
Equal prize money is available in men’s and women’s main draws.
By entering an Aegon 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 Aegon British Tour Tournament Director may decide to withhold all or part of any prize (including any prize money) won by the player. Where the Aegon British Tour Tournament Director decides to withhold any prize pursuant to this paragraph, they will notify the player as soon as it is 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 (at 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 2015 is as follows:
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Premier Tier
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Tier 1
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Tier 2
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Winner
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£1,500
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£750
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£250
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Runner-up
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£800
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£400
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£150
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Losing semi-finalist
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£450
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£250
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£80
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Losing quarter-finalist
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£225
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£135
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na
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Premier, Tier 1 & Tier 2 Breakdown
In 2015 there are 37 events, plus the end of year Masters.
The following table highlights the main differences with each Tier:
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Premier Tier
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Tier 1
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Tier 2
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Tournament Grade
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1
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1
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2
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No. of tournaments in 2015
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2 (possibly 3 tbc)
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12
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23
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Rating Guideline
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1.1 – 4.2 (only a guide)
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1.1 – 4.2 (only a guide)
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1.1 – 5.1 (only a guide)
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Total Tournament Prize Money
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£8,200
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£4,380
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£1,120
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Prize Money – Singles Winner
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£1,500
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£750
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£250
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Feed Up to Aegon GB Pro-Series
Wild cards to Aegon GB Pro-Series tournaments will be awarded to British players (within a 12 month period) as follows
(Men & Women):
- Winner of ABT Premier or Tier 1 events will receive a wild card into the main draw of an Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament ($10k) - to be determined by the Men’s or Women’s Tennis Team
- Winner of ABT Tier 2 will receive a wild card into the qualifying draw of a men’s Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament ($10k) - to be determined by the Men’s or Women’s Tennis Team
- If a player wins 3 ABT Tier 2 events during 2015 they will receive a wild card into the main draw of an Aegon GB Pro-Series tournament ($10k) - to be determined by the Men’s or Women’s Tennis Team
LTA WIMBLEDON WILD CARD PLAY OFFS (18-19 JUNE 2015)
1. Felixstowe (Premier Tier) 24-29 May, the winner of the Men’s & Women’s events will receive a wild card into the LTA Wimbledon Wild Card Play Offs. If the winner does not require a Wild Card, this will be offered to the runner-up. If the runner-up does not require a wild card then the wild card will be released.
2. A wild card slot will also be allocated to the player at the top of the Aegon British Tour leader board after Felixstowe (24-29 May). If not required by the player at the top this will be offered to the second placed player, and so on down to the 5th placed player only. If the wild card is not taken up then it will be released.
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