‘Standards’ Recognition Award Criteria
‘Standards’ Recognition Award Criteria
Tournaments must meet all 3 criteria to be considered:
Tournament Feedback Survey – On the Wednesday of the tournament week, a survey is sent to the IPIN registered email address of players who participated in the tournament. Players are asked to rate key elements of the tournament and their overall experience. These results are used as a measure of player satisfaction with the tournament delivery.
Tournament Supervisor Report – ITF Supervisors are required to submit a report following each tournament. Supervisors are required to rate the equivalent metrics to the Tournament Feedback Survey. No metric can score less than 3 (‘average’). This report must be received for the tournament to be considered.
National Association / Tournament Administration – National Associations must ensure a timely submission of the tournament application, tournament fact sheet and any required additional documentation for the tournament to be considered.
Criteria
The award is based upon the data from the most recent tournament (or swing), and if the standards have fallen based upon the above-mentioned criteria, then the award is removed. Tournament Recognition awards will be considered twice a year, in advance of the next edition of the tournament. January to June tournaments will be informed in the final quarter of the previous year (December 2023 for launch of programme). July to December tournaments will be informed by March the same year.
It is acknowledged that the higher the grade the better the feedback metrics. On this basis the Tours will split the categories and have different ‘overall satisfaction’ metric criteria. The breakdown and metric (measured on a 1-5 scale) is as follows:
ITF World Tennis Tour |
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W15 & W35 |
4.4 |
W50 – W100 |
4.5 |
Whilst the initial intention is to recognise 5-10% of tournaments, as more tournaments meet the criteria it is anticipated the number of tournaments achieving the recognition award will increase year on year. A nation can have more than one tournament receiving an Award in any period.
ITF World Tennis Tour Women’s Tournaments to be recognised for 2024
W50-W100
W15 & W35