jcgatennismom
Hall of Fame
I am not sure if this is right board for this post or not, but does anyone know how many alternates usually get in 10K Futures? Also do most wild cards go to players at host clubs, players from local colleges or players who won tournaments offering a wild card? Can players write to request a wild card? What would be the criteria-e.g. would winning a large draw jr tournament in the same state as the Future be a reason to request a Qualifying WC?
I know with the junior ITFs, alternates in the 100+ range often got in Qualifying but I dont know how it works with the adult low level tourneys. It is amazing that usually 300 players sign up for these 10Ks with 32 main draw and 64-128 qualifying draw. The low level pros play, the college players or even whole teams who play Qualifying instead of an invitational, the recent grads who played tennis and the juniors too. Son is higher on alternate list than some current D1 players or recent grads. However some of them may get in on WC.
Since son is on the USTA top 500 list (for those of you who wonder how players are chosen for Qualifying without any ATP points, this might be of interest (https://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/top_500_list/), he probably has a decent chance of getting in Qualifying as a on site alternate. He barely missed out on getting a WC to a Challenger once; he finished 2nd in a 70+ draw tourney that gave the winner a Challenger Qualifying WC. Does anyone know if there is a complete list of tourneys whose winners receive WCs to Qualifying for Futures/Challengers? I know the top 5 finishers at Kzoo gets some WCs, but son isnt in that group. Son will play D1 tennis next year and wants to play for the experience. It is unlikely he would make it out of Qualifying, but that is fine as he attends public school and can only miss so many Fridays and Mondays each semester.
Any advice on gauging the odds of getting in a 10K off alternate list would be appreciated. While the first 10K is only a couple hour drive and we have relatives in the city, the next two are 6 hour drives, so we wouldnt want to make the drive, if he wouldnt get in Qualifying.
I know with the junior ITFs, alternates in the 100+ range often got in Qualifying but I dont know how it works with the adult low level tourneys. It is amazing that usually 300 players sign up for these 10Ks with 32 main draw and 64-128 qualifying draw. The low level pros play, the college players or even whole teams who play Qualifying instead of an invitational, the recent grads who played tennis and the juniors too. Son is higher on alternate list than some current D1 players or recent grads. However some of them may get in on WC.
Since son is on the USTA top 500 list (for those of you who wonder how players are chosen for Qualifying without any ATP points, this might be of interest (https://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Player-Development/top_500_list/), he probably has a decent chance of getting in Qualifying as a on site alternate. He barely missed out on getting a WC to a Challenger once; he finished 2nd in a 70+ draw tourney that gave the winner a Challenger Qualifying WC. Does anyone know if there is a complete list of tourneys whose winners receive WCs to Qualifying for Futures/Challengers? I know the top 5 finishers at Kzoo gets some WCs, but son isnt in that group. Son will play D1 tennis next year and wants to play for the experience. It is unlikely he would make it out of Qualifying, but that is fine as he attends public school and can only miss so many Fridays and Mondays each semester.
Any advice on gauging the odds of getting in a 10K off alternate list would be appreciated. While the first 10K is only a couple hour drive and we have relatives in the city, the next two are 6 hour drives, so we wouldnt want to make the drive, if he wouldnt get in Qualifying.
