The ITF Beach Tennis Tour (ITF BTT) is a beach tennis contest organized by the International Tennis Federation. It began in 2008, and has already seen an increase of nearly six times in the number of tournaments on the ITF BTT calendar.
Players are ranked according to total number of points attained. Points are awarded throughout each tournament as follows:[1]
World Championships | Regional Championships | Grade Events | ||||||
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Grade | A | B1 | B2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
Winner | 250 | 180 | 80 | 150 | 100 | 60 | 40 | |
Runner-up | 180 | 120 | 50 | 100 | 75 | 45 | 30 | |
Semi-finalist | 120 | 80 | 30 | 80 | 50 | 30 | 20 | |
Quarter-finalist | 80 | 50 | 15 | 60 | 30 | 20 | 15 | |
Losers in last 16 | 50 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | |
Losers in last 32 | 30 | 20 |