2015 ITF Men's Circuit explained

Duration:	5 January 2015 – 27 December 2015
Edition:	18th
Tournaments:	693
Categories:	$15,000 tournaments (184) $10,000 tournaments (509)
Most Tournament Titles:	Riccardo Bellotti (7)^[1]
Previous:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 ITF Men's Circuit is the 2015 edition of the entry level tour for men's professional tennis, and is the third tier tennis tour below the Association of Tennis Professionals, World Tour and Challenger Tour.^[2] It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) who additionally organizes the ITF Women's Circuit which is an entry-level tour for women's professional tennis. Future tournaments are organized to offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in prize money and tournaments which offering hospitality to players competing in the main draw give additional ranking points which are valid under the ATP ranking system,^[3] and are to be organized by a national association or approved by the ITF Men's Circuit Committee.^{[2] [4]}

The tournaments are played on a rectangular flat surface, commonly referred to as a tennis court. The dimension of a tennis court are defined and regulated by the ITF and the court is 23.78abbr=offNaNabbr=off long, 10.97abbr=offNaNabbr=off wide. Its width is 8.23abbr=offNaNabbr=off for singles matches and 10.97abbr=offNaNabbr=off for doubles matches.^{[5] [6]} Tennis is played on a variety of surfaces and each surface has its own characteristics which affect the playing style of the game. There are four main types of courts depending on the materials used for the court surface, clay, hard, grass and carpet courts with the ITF classifying five different pace settings ranging from slow to fast.^[7]

Participating host nations

Countries that are hosting a tournament in 2015, but did not in 2014.^[8]

Schedule

Key

$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

January–March

See main article: 2015 ITF Men's Circuit (January–March).

No.	January^[9]				February^[10]				March^[11]
5	12	19	26	2	9	16	23	2	9	16	23	30
1	F2	F4	F3	F3	F4	F5	F1	F1	F2	F3	F6	F4	F5
2	F1	F1	F1	F4	F2	F1	F4	F2	F1	F2	F4	F5	F1
3	F1	F1	F2	F2	F1	F3	F1	F5	F4	F1	F2	F11	F7
4	F1	F2	F2	F3	F4	F2	F6	F2	F3	F1	F10	F3	F12
5		F1	F1	F2	F5	F5	F1	F7	F8	F4	F2	F1	F2
6		F1	F2	F3		F6	F4	F1	F1	F9	F5	F6	F1
7		F2	F2	F1		F7	F3	F1	F1	F5	F10	F11	F3
8		F3	F3	F3			F6	F5	F2	F2	F3	F7	F4
9			F5	F4			F7	F7	F8	F1	F2	F1	F3
10				F6			F8	F8	F9	F1	F2	F4	F1
11								F9		F3	F1	F3	F7
12										F9	F10	F3	F12
13										F10	F11	F2	F13
14												F6
15												F11
16												F12

April–June

See main article: 2015 ITF Men's Circuit (April–June).

No.	April^[12]				May^[13]				June^[14]
6	13	20	27	4	11	18	25	1	8	15	22	29
1	F3	F4	F4	F9	F2	F3	F1	F7	F7	F5	F14	F3	F4
2	F12	F13	F8	F4	F1	F2	F4	F6	F1	F2	F1	F8	F9
3	F1	F2	F3	F1	F4	F5	F3	F2	F3	F4	F4	F4	F4
4	F2	F3	F10	F1	F8	F1	F6	F4	F16A	F16B	F4	F11	F5
5	F13	F14	F5	F16	F17	F1	F2	F1	F4	F1	F2	F2	F12
6	F3	F4	F15	F6	F5	F9	F5	F3	F12	F1	F2	F18	F16
7	F2	F3	F5	F4	F8	F1	F2	F3	F21	F1	F2	F5	F3
8	F4	F5	F6	F7	F2	F18	F10	F11	F4	F13	F23	F19	F7
9	F2	F3	F1	F11	F4	F1	F2	F3	F7	F22	F10	F1	F21
10	F8	F9	F15	F1	F1	F6	F19	F20	F7	F5	F2	F3	F2
11	F13	F14	F16	F2	F12	F9	F2	F3	F12	F1	F8	F3	F4
12	F14	F15		F17	F2	F5	F5	F1	F5	F8	F9	F3	F5
13				F14	F3	F2	F10	F6	F5	F13	F7	F3	F10
14					F18	F13	F6	F11	F1	F6	F7	F9	F19
15					F15	F3	F3	F7	F8	F6	F5	F15	F26
16						F19	F14	F15	F2	F2	F2	F8	F20
17						F1	F20	F21	F1	F3	F3	F8	F3
18						F16	F2	F3	F16	F1	F17	F6
19									F22	F2	F24	F3
20										F23	F17	F25
21											F1	F18
22												F2

July–September

See main article: 2015 ITF Men's Circuit (July–September).

No.	July^[15]				August^[16]					September^[17]
6	13	20	27	3	10	17	24	31	7	14	21	28
1	F5	F10	F5	F8	F12	F8	F2	F5	F13	F9	F10	F11	F6
2	F6	F14	F11	F6	F7	F1	F4	F7	F8	F17	F18	F32	F12
3	F13	F7	F1	F6	F21	F13	F1	F2	F2	F9	F12	F19	F5
4	F6	F7	F22	F16	F5	F22	F23	F1	F8	F8	F2	F30	F14
5	F17	F18	F5	F20	F6	F12	F5	F24	F7	F28	F16	F4	F18
6	F4	F4	F7	F23	F24	F6	F2	F6	F10	F11	F31	F13	F33
7	F3	F6	F15	F6	F9	F7	F9	F3	F14	F14	F14	F3	F20
8	F5	F9	F8	F24	F25	F25	F8	F10	F29	F1	F9	F17	F14
9	F6	F9	F1	F1	F1	F7	F11	F9	F12	F15	F27	F15	F29
10	F8	F5	F10	F9	F10	F10	F27	F12	F7	F30	F12	F28	F31
11	F4	F21	F10	F11	F1	F26	F3	F28	F11	F13	F29	F13	F25
12	F20	F28	F6	F7	F4	F2	F12	F13	F25	F8	F23	F24	F39
13	F27		F2	F3	F24	F11	F4	F11	F6	F12	F37	F38	F4
14			F22	F23	F17	F3	F13	F10	F4	F26	F26	F27	F28
15			F29	F16	F31	F1	F9	F5	F15	F7
16				F30		F8	F26	F14	F5	F5
17						F25	F3	F10	F21	F11
18						F18	F19	F4	F35	F22
19						F32	F33	F20		F36
20								F34

October–December

See main article: 2015 ITF Men's Circuit (October–December).

No.	October^[18]				November^[19]					December^[20]
5	12	19	26	2	9	16	23	30	7	14	21
1	F7	F8	F9	F8	F9	F10	F11	F7	F8	F2	F3	F52
2	F21	F3	F4	F1	F10	F8	F9	F8	F1	F3	F4
3	F5	F22	F23	F6	F2	F11	F1	F34	F9	F3	F10
4	F1	F6	F36	F37	F7	F3	F40	F1	F35	F9	F6
5	F13	F2	F17	F2	F38	F39	F2	F2	F2	F43	F36
6	F29	F30	F8	F18	F3	F4	F16	F41	F8	F19	F50
7	F6	F7	F14	F9	F10	F11	F2	F2	F3	F18
8	F34	F19	F32	F15	F34	F1	F5	F17	F42	F5
9	F15	F35	F1	F33	F3	F4	F4	F16	F1	F35
10	F30	F16	F34	F2	F1	F2	F3	F3	F18	F49
11	F32	F7	F28	F29	F30	F31	F32	F6	F17
12	F26	F13	F42	F43	F44	F45	F46	F5	F6
13	F40	F31			F31	F32	F33	F33	F4
14	F5	F33						F47	F34
15		F27							F48
16		F41
17		F6

Point distribution

width=150	Tournament Category^[21] !	width=30	W !	width=30	F !	width=30	SF !	width=30	QF !	width=30	R16 !	width=30	R32
Futures 15,000+	35	20	10	4	1	0
Futures 15,000	27	15	8	3	1	0
Futures 10,000+	27	15	8	3	1	0
Futures 10,000	18	10	6	2	1	0

References

General

• Web site: 2015 ITF Men's Circuit. Association of Tennis Professionals. 15 February 2015.

Specific

External links

• International Tennis Federation official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Pro Circuit – leading title winners per year. International Tennis Federation. 27 January 2016. 26 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140726085938/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/misc/men%27s-pro-circuit-leading-title-winners-per-year.aspx. dead.
2. Web site: Overview – Pro Circuit. International Tennis Federation. 15 February 2015. 24 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120424075307/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/about-pro-circuit/overview.aspx. dead.
3. Web site: 2014 Organisational Requirements. International Tennis Federation. 3. 15 February 2015.
4. Web site: Overview – Circuit Info. International Tennis Federation. 15 February 2015. 28 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160228235227/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/circuit-info.aspx. dead.
5. Web site: ITF – Rulebooks – Rules of Tennis. International Tennis Federation. 15 February 2015. 6 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906013234/http://www.itftennis.com/officiating/rulebooks/rules-of-tennis.aspx. dead.
6. Web site: Rules of Tennis 2013 - Rule 1. The Court. International Tennis Federation. 15 February 2015. 13 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313164407/http://www.itftennis.com/technical/publications/rules/courts/overview.aspx. dead.
7. Web site: About Court Pace Classification. International Tennis Federation. 15 February 2015. 21 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121212202/https://www.itftennis.com/technical/courts/classified-surfaces/about-court-pace-classification.aspx. dead.
8. Web site: 2014 ITF Men's Circuit. Association of Tennis Professionals. 15 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150423105129/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Archive-Event-Calendar.aspx?t=5&y=2014. 2015-04-23. dead.
9. Web site: Tournament Calendar - January 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 April 2015.
10. Web site: Tournament Calendar - February 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 April 2015.
11. Web site: Tournament Calendar - March 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 April 2015.
12. Web site: Tournament Calendar - April 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 April 2015.
13. Web site: Tournament Calendar - May 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 April 2015.
14. Web site: Tournament Calendar - June 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 April 2015.
15. Web site: Tournament Calendar - July 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 July 2015.
16. Web site: Tournament Calendar - August 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 July 2015.
17. Web site: Tournament Calendar - September 2015. International Tennis Federation. 7 July 2015.
18. Web site: Tournament Calendar - October 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 December 2015.
19. Web site: Tournament Calendar - November 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 December 2015.
20. Web site: Tournament Calendar - December 2015. International Tennis Federation. 4 December 2015.
21. Web site: IX. Emirates ATP Rankings. PDF. 1 July 2013. 15 February 2015. 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20130518030132/http://www.atpworldtour.com/~/media/76D1A262D36C4E0392D28F7556EBF627.ashx. 2013-05-18. dead.