The simple answer is to get an IPIN from the ITF website, and then turn up for futures qualifying events and try and qualify... that's all you need to do to play in Futures events; and for the majority of the GB Futures, if not all of them, there are byes in the first round, so you'd be able to play in the event.

Whether or not you lose 0 and 0 depends on your ability though....

Obviously though to be a pro you have to have some kind of talent (I think a rating of 4.1/4.2 is the kind of rating you should be at to have any chance at futures qualifying, and probably needs to be in the 3's really), although that doesn't stop some of the entrants who do it just because they can.

No of course not, there are no rules or limits, as long as you have an IPIN you can turn up on the first day of any Futures Qualifying and enter into the draw. Simple as that [honestly!].

i think its $45 a year

thts gd tbh - ill be intrested in few years nd defo wanna make a career from Tennis.

talp wrote:

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is there a suscription 4 the IPIN - sounds easier to become a tennis player than cooking

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I think that the hardest part is on the court!

Join your local club - where are you based? - there will be guys there who will advise you on who to talk to if you want to move to the next level.

Well if you are a member at a tennis club you can recieve LTA membership [and therefore an LTA rating and eventually ranking - after playing tournaments] for free - go to www.lta.org.uk; all the information you need is there.

So how long have you been playing tennis talp? If you would like to seriously consider competing [and by that I mean not getting hammered 0&0] at Futures Q level then, in my opinion, you would need to embark on at least 2/3 years of intensive training, i.e, two/three hours a day for at least 4/5 days a week [obviously these are all variables that depend on your current levels of ability - but for the sake of this post I have assumed that you are an average club team player]. I would recommend that you visit a Futures event, including the Qualies event, and get a gauge on the standard and how far you are off achieving that - you may be shocked at how skilled even the guys at the bottom of the professional tennis ladder are. Not that this should deter you!

-- Edited by James at 13:11, 2008-08-07

You could always go to Hyde Park and play the Count - rumour has it that he's an expert at losing to people around your age.

(never mind that I'd probably be lucky to get a game off him if I played against him myself )