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Money Tournaments


This is a duplicate from another thread but I suddenly thought it deserved a thread of its own, maybe even as a reference tool for British players (I talked to one a few months ago who had no idea of the scope of money available elsewhere in individual tournaments - team tennis gets quite a lot of press but there is serious money in individual tournaments in Europe)

 

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There are approx 40 major money tournaments each year in France (40 for men, slightly less for women)

The total prize money goes from about 8,000 euros (the very biggest last year was 8,900) to 4,000 euros.

That's 40 x approx 5,000 euros !!!!!!!

It's called the 'Circuits nationaux des Grands Tournois' (CNGT)

Progressive draws (so no need to be there the whole time)

(there are also hundreds and hundreds of smaller money tournaments with total prize money under 2,000 euros, which is not nothing either)


All information can be found at:

http://www.fft.fr/plus-de-competitions/competitions-seniors/les-circuits-nationaux-des-grands-tournois-2016

 

 

 



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Tuesday 6th of September 2016 01:46:33 PM

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Thanks Coup, I'm always very interested in this type of stuff, to see what other countries do. After all it was Paris I had my corporate tennis inspiration from.

I clicked on the Saint Malo tournament and noticed a young Brit from the Channel Islands Stuart Parker played and won through qualifying but then was beaten in the first round main draw. The guy that beat him was rated/ranked N95 and the person who beat that guy was rated N57, does this somehow relate to their world ranking?

In this 5500 tourney, how much would the singles finalist likely receive? It looks like quite a small draw really, despite being progressive, around 20 players.

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Stuart Parker has featured quite a lot in the team tennis/European League thread. He plays in the same team as Scott Clayton (also from Jersey)

He's also played a lot of money tournaments and is doing very well, is now ranked about equivalent of 2.1

The N-ranked players are the top National players i.e. after the equivalent of LTA 1.2/1.1

It's all done on domestic rankings (FFT computer), it has no direct tie in to world rankings (although most pro matches count in the domestic calculation of your ranking).

The draw is actually big (it starts right from unranked/non-classé i.e. beginners, anyone can enter) but they only put up the final part of it on the site above i.e. it's the the end part of a normal money tournament which 'becomes' the CNGT tournament. That's why the dates given are 10th - 24th July - that's for the whole thing, not just the final bit, where everyone plays two matches in one day and they speed through.

Look at the 'Grille de repartition' (winnings breakdown table) for all the actual numbers, there's one for the winter season and one for summer.

For St Malo, the winner got 1300 euros, the runner-up 800, SF 475, QF 300, and down to 150 euros for Last 16.

For the winter season coming, 2000 euros seems to be the top winner's prize for men, and 1700 for women. With about 20 tournaments for each. It's no wonder that Obry and Ouanna etc. play so little pro tennis now and are 'simply' full-time pro tennis players on the domestic circuit. However, they're open to anyone !



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Stuart Parker (born 1997) - and mentioned above (and in the League tennis thread) - won a decent money tournament in August in Granville (total prize money 2,300 euros, I think).

With victories, amongst others, over:

Cristobal Grandon Diaz (CHI) WR 1655 (CH 1314 Dec. 15), and

Pierre Faivre (FRA) WR 1206

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Here is a summary of the money tournaments in Australia:

In short, 27 top events, 28 next level, 34 next level, 39 next level and 41 tournaments in the bottom level - BUT all paying money and giving domestic points. Read it and weep for GB players, fans, spectators, and tennis in general .....

www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-money-tournaments

Types of AMTs

The five levels of Australian Money Tournaments is as follows:
AMT Platinum Series (offering $15,000 or $10,000 in total prizemoney)

The original Australian Money Tournaments that were developed by Tennis Australia in 2006, the Platinum AMTs offer a total of $10,000 across the open events. These tournaments are the pinnacle in competition for tennis athletes outside of the Australian Pro Tour events, and provide maximum Australian Ranking points. There will be 27 Platinum AMTs held in 2016 with each state/territory having at least one for the first time.
AMT Gold Series

Across the Australian states and territories in 2016 are a total of 28 tournaments that offer the highest amount of points outside the AMT Platinum Series. These are grouped as the AMT Gold Series and offer a total of $7,500 in prize money.
AMT Silver Series

Across the Australian states and territories in 2016 are a total of 34 tournaments that are classified as the AMT Silver Series. These tournaments offer $5000 in prize money.
AMT Bronze Series

Across the Australian states and territories in 2016 are a total of 39 tournaments that are classified as the AMT Bronze Series. These tournaments offer $3000 in prize money.
AMT White Series

Across the Australian states and territories in 2016 are a total of 41 tournaments that offer the lowest amount of prize money amongst the Australian Money Tournaments. These tournaments are classified as the AMT White Series and offer $1,500 in prizemoney.

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I assume that is Aussie Dollars.

I think Katy won one top tier and collect about £1k

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Following the thread that's talking about Tiffany William, I thought I'd put here that she's been playing a lot of money tournaments in France, both last spring and summer, and again this winter. She's won a tournament at Limoges this winter, and a few others in December and November. But they've been pretty lowly money tournaments. She's ranked 0 which is not that high, really (about ITF quali level) and though she's got 8 victoires and only one loss this sporting year, she's only beaten one player better ranked than herself in that 8.

She's based at Brive and Nimes (I believe), with some help with her training at the clubs there. She says she had some run-ins with the LTA as a youngster who she claims are too obsessed with junior results and not the player's progression as a whole. She now relies on her parents and one un-named sponsor from England.

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(As mentioned in the Irish 25k thread but should be here too).
I don't check all the money tournaments because there are hundreds each week.
So I tend to check by player from time to time (or just notice from the French press).
So apologies to Tom that this is so late:

Tom Farquharson won a big money tournament in January this year, at his home club there, beating top-500 player Thomas Brechemier, who's better ranked than Tom domestically too (obviously), and one of the French hopes.
After a 'timid' start, Tom seemingly won through thanks to his 'solid temperament' (calm and level-headedness and lack of faults under pressure).

www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Tennis-et-Raquettes/Tennis/n/Contenus/Articles/2017/01/30/Farquharson-dans-son-jardin-2985235

(NB for those who like language, 'Tom dans son jardin' would not translate in English as anything to do with garden, but as 'Tom in his own backyard', because of playing at his home club).



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To add:

Tiffany William won the Open de Panazol in March, beating Ana Jikia, from Georgia, ex-WR 1022, in two sets.

There were 185 entrants in total (men and women), which is a mid-sized money tournament.

Nice photo on this site.

www.lepopulaire.fr/panazol/sports/tennis/2017/03/25/des-finales-tres-relevees_12337243.html

However, Tiff lost in the first round of her next two money tournaments (in March and June).

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In March, Emily Appleton played the Open de Tennis de Flers, another medium sized money tournament (smaller number of entrants than the one above for Tiff - about 120 - but higher ranked players in the final stages).

Emily entered directly in the QFs (the draws are always staggered) won her first match against Alice Robbe but lost her next one (not surprisingly) against Ganna Poznikhirenko, Ukraine, WR 324.

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Noted that Stuart Parker has been playing, and winning again.

In August, he won a small-ish money tournament (total prize money about 1.5k), and then a medium-ish sized money tournament (total prize money about 2.5k).

Looks like an Argentinian contingent were over, as those were his main opponents. Stuart beat Viu Franco, age 22, ARG, ex-ATP 1700, a couple of times, with ease.

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As alerted by Madadman's posted article in the Italy thread:

Oli Golding played a medium-ish sized money tournie at a smart club in the Cote d'Azur last week (total prize money 2.3k)

He beat Michael Tomi (age 26, UNR, CH 1490), Simon Reveniau, Romain Jouan ATP 497, CH 209, and then lost in the final to Maxime Texeira (UNR, CH 154) 7-6 6-7 6-0

Sounds like a great week for Oli, where he played good tennis, played good opponents, and had a good shot in the final. (He probably even at least broke even too!).

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Brydan's foray into money events in Cairns has been noted on his own thread.

One of our youngsters (with French connections), Arthur Fery, born 2002, has also been playing a lot of French money events this summer.

Some good success too, with wins at the equivalent of ITF quali level.

Stuart Parker (from Jersey and a team mate of Scott Clayton) also won a decent event up in Brittany in August with wins of an ITF R1 level.





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A coach asked about money tournaments in France in the next few months so I thought I'd put up the page of the 'Grand Circuit' events, as it might be useful to other players too, and possibly of interest in general. The first file is the calendar of events by date, the second is by prize money (gives you an idea of how some of these players easily make ends meet):

www.fft.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/hd_ff19-004_compet_cngt_hiver_calendrier_v4.pdf

www.fft.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/hd_ff19-004_compet_cngt_hiver_tournois-a4_2018_2019.pdf

To get an idea of level, I've also added the list of top 20-30 players as of September 2018 (the end of the 2017/2018 season)

www.fft.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/classement_masculin_28_septembre_cngt_2019.pdf

www.fft.fr/sites/default/files/pdf/classement_fcminin_28_septembre_cngt_2019.pdf

In the most recent big tournament, at TC St. Priest, Yannick Jankovits, WR about 300, won.  


As said, these are only the 'big' events - big money, big numbers of players. There are also tons of mid and small events, the mid ones going up to ITF 15k R1/R2 sort of level, the smaller ones going up to British Tour level 2 sort of level.



-- Edited by Coup Droit on Sunday 7th of October 2018 02:38:22 PM

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I've no idea what this event was and whether it was a team money event of some sort or some friendly team event.....

Whatever it is, or wherever it should go in terms of threads, glad to see that Ed Corrie is still playing and enjoying it, and Dave O'Hare too:

29/10/18

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We are pleased to report Team Ginge @edcorrie7 @DaveOhare90 came out of retirement this weekend and got some Ws down in NZ #teamtennis

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