(b) the first Top 10 Player who accepts a Top 20 Wild Card before the Qualifying Sign-In Deadline. 

ii. If notification from the WTA occurs seven (7) or fewer days before the first day of the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament’s Main Draw, then the first Top 10 Player who accepts a Top 20 Wild Card before the Qualifying Sign-In Deadline. 

## 3. WTA Release from Top 10 Player Delivery Obligation 

The WTA has no obligation to fulfill Top 10 Player Delivery requirements for a WTA 1000 Tournament if: 

a. such Tournament has not met its obligations to the WTA pursuant to these Rules; or 

b. the Board of Directors otherwise determines. 

## D. BONUS POOL FUND 

The Bonus Pool Fund is the amount of money necessary in a Tour Year to make Bonus Pool Compensation payments, compensation payments for missed Top 10 Player Delivery, and Incentive Payments (collectively, “Bonus Pool Payments”) in that Tour Year. 

Each Tour Year, the players and Tournaments initially fund the Bonus Pool Fund by contributing the amount of money that the Board of Directors determines (“Member Contribution”). 

If during a Tour Year less than the Member Contribution is used to make Bonus Pool Payments, then at the conclusion of that Tour Year, the unused portion of the Member Contribution will be returned pro rata to the Tournaments and WTBA. If during a Tour Year more than the Member Contribution is required to make Bonus Pool Payments, then the WTA will contribute to the Bonus Pool Fund the additional money necessary to make the Bonus Pool Payments for that Tour Year. 

