The Progress Tour

Welcome to The Progress Tour Showcase Event – Sutton, Surrey

See the official event page HERE

The third in the Summer swing with a minimum of £10,000 in player prize money…

This event will form part of the new larger prize money Progress Tour, a singles event providing completely separate Men’s & Women’s competition throughout all stages of the draw.

The Progress Tour is committed to running covid safe and secure events, and is taking steps to ensure every player and their guests have been adequately screened before coming on site.

Please note – This event will now finish on Friday 2nd July and not Saturday 3rd July, as previously advertised.

The event will be in compliance with guidelines set forth by the British government, and as such, players and parents must be prepared to adhere to event guidelines, which may include limited number of players/guests allowed on site, event ‘bubbles’, and adapted scheduling.

All Matches are now being submitted towards Universal Tennis Rating & World Tennis Number.

What to expect

• Minimum of three plus level-based, and progressive Singles WTN/UTR powered matches for every player.
• Specialist Workshops with Guest Speakers
• £10,000 Prize Money

Format

• Best of three set matches – Qualifying & Main Draw Draw, plus all playback matches will be two full sets, plus championship tie-break deciding set.
• Refereed by an approved Progress Tour representative.
• Qualifying compass draw for lower UTR players on 28th/29th/30th June, feeding into Main Draw for higher UTR players 30th, 1st & 2nd.

Surface

Outdoor Hard

Players

Open to male and female players off all ages, with a recommended UTR of 5.0 upwards

Prize Money

Mens Tableau and Womens Tableau events

• Winner £2000
• Finalist £1000
• Semi-Finalist £500
• Quarter-Finalist £250**

(Subject to receiving minimum number of entries – 50 players. Prize Fund subject to revision on entry deadline).

** QF Prize Money awarded only if tableau draw is 16

The James Josef Bandana £300 Bonus Match

We are happy to support a new social enterprise, created by a London based player.The James Jozef Bandanas supports London’s events through giving fair pay to their performing athletes and artists. This has become a stronger issue through Covid-19 as smaller clubs and venues are fighting for their existence and are forced to cut expenses. The company will work with the events and ensure that 100% of the fund will be used to support their performers. The bonus match will be contested between two London based athletes – more details to follow

PLEASE NOTE:

• If any player (or plus one) is feeling unwell or experiencing any covid related symptoms, they must contact the tournament referee/director as soon as possible, and must not come on to site.

• Tournament Director Barry Fulcher

• All players and attendees must follow strict social distancing guidelines throughout the course of the event.

• All government advised Covid-19 guidelines should be followed at all times.