restated as necessary, as if that Tournament was a WTA 500 event each Tour Year. Similarly, in calculating a Tournament’s 2021 MPC at the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tier level, its prior Tour Years’ MPC amounts shall be calculated, and restated as necessary, as if the that Tournament was a WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory event each Tour Year. 

ii. In calculating a Tournament’s PSI Growth, a Tournament may choose to have either: 

(a) all applicable Tour Years’ PSI reflect the payments from the WTA for commercial benefits and television based on the respective Tier level in which the Tournament operates in that particular Tour Year; or 

(b) all applicable Tour Years’ PSI reflect the actual payments that the Tournament received from the WTA for commercial benefits and television in each particular Tour Year; 

provided, however, that once a Tournament elects either (a) or (b) above, it cannot change its election for three (3) Tour Years and must apply to the PMF Committee for any such change, which application the PMF Committee may approve or reject in its sole discretion. 

For example, in calculating a Tournament’s 2021 PSI Growth when it will be operating at the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tier level, its PSI for all applicable Tour Years may include either: 

• the WTA payments to WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments for commercial benefits and television (even if that Tournament operated at the WTA 500 Tier level in a prior Tour Year); or 

• the actual WTA payments for commercial benefits and television that the Tournament received in each Tour Year (e.g., WTA 500 payments in 2020, WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory payments in 2019, WTA 500 payments in 2018, etc.). 

d. Tournaments that Combine with or Separate from ATP Events 

Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, if a Tournament that previously (i) was combined with an ATP event (regardless of the category or tier level of such ATP event) transitions to a WTA-only Tournament or (ii) was a WTA-only Tournament combines with an ATP event (regardless of the category or tier level of such ATP event), then the Tournament’s MPC will be determined as follows: 

