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Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

British ITF/Challenger events 2026

Lambda · Top national player

The ITF have started to update theirs also

Week 2 W50 Manchester

indiana · Tennis legend

Tough choice for a big group of Brits.

Australian Open qualifying or a Challenger in Glasgow in January

Lambda · Top national player

The W100 is confirmed for Wrexham 18 to 26 October

paulisi · Tennis legend

Lambda wrote:
The ITF have started to update theirs also

Week 2 W50 Manchester

Is that Sportcity again?

Lambda · Top national player

paulisi wrote:
Lambda wrote:
The ITF have started to update theirs also

Week 2 W50 Manchester
Is that Sportcity again?

yes

Lambda · Top national player

Week 4 26/1 M25 Glasgow / W35 Birmingham
Week 5 2/2 M25 / W35 Sheffield

Note the W35 Sheffield is shown as being in Birmingham on the ITF calendar so either the name of the tournament is wrong or it's location is wrong.

paulisi · Tennis legend

Will probably go to Sportcity

Madadman · Grand Slam Champion

LTA calendar updated till the end of Wimbledon. Usual late April/May ITF tournaments and then the usual pre Wimbledon tournaments.

www.lta.org.uk/4af8d2/siteassets/about-lta/file/pro-2026-lta-performance-competitions-calendar.pdf

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

There is a thing referred to as the Hotel Planner Tour as opposed to the Lexus British Tour - not sure if Hotel Planner is the premier tier events on the British Tour or a separate tour of events?

Shhh · Challenger level

hotelplannertennistour.com/the-tour/

Formerly the Progress Tour. Can any kind soul tell me what the difference is between The Hotel Planner/Progress Tour and the regular British Tour events?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Shhh wrote:
hotelplannertennistour.com/the-tour/

Formerly the Progress Tour. Can any kind soul tell me what the difference is between The Hotel Planner/Progress Tour and the regular British Tour events?

Others will help you better but the biggest difference - to me - is that the regular British Tour events are organised by the LTA - whereas the Progress Tour (now HotelPlanner) is independent / private

The new sponsorship deal info is here:

https://hotelplannertennistour.com/progress-tour-rebrands-as-hotelplanner-tour-under-new-sponsorship/

And Progress Tour gives UTR points and is based off UTR, not LTA rankings / ratings, and has a lot more money, I believe

Shhh · Challenger level

Thank you Coup....appreciated

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Of course - the progress tour! Thanks Cd

Lambda · Top national player

Despite the change in name the HPTT, aka progress tour still hasn't learnt anything about fan engagement and making draws or results public. For once there is an excellent womens entry list with no way to know what's going on.

The womens entries include Katy D, Vic, Indi, Esther, Freya and Grace Piper.
Full entry list at https://hotelplannertennistour.com/tournaments/the-shootout-series-at-cardiff-met-tennis-centre-january-3/