e. “Parental Start” means adoption, surrogacy, or becoming the legal guardian of a person under the age of eighteen (18). 

f. “Pregnancy” means the medically-diagnosed condition of being pregnant. 

g. “Return to Competition” means the earlier of: 

i. playing or competing in 

(a) any Tennis Event other than an Exhibition/Non-WTA Event for which a player was granted a waiver pursuant to sub-Section 6 below; or 

(b) any other organized sport; or 

ii. acceptance into a Tournament using a Special Ranking and withdrawing after either that Tournament’s Qualifying Sign-In deadline for singles or its on-site entry deadline for doubles; or 

iii. for a Special Ranking for a Parental Start, the date that is 52 weeks after the beginning of a player’s original Out-of-Competition Period; or 

iv. the date that is 104 weeks after: 

(a) for a Special Ranking for a Medical Condition, the beginning of a player’s original Out-of-Competition Period; or 

(b) for a Special Ranking for Pregnancy, the end of the Pregnancy. 

h. “Special Ranking” means a player’s ranking as of the WTA Rankings published immediately after: 

i. the points of the last Tournament she played before her Out-of- Competition Period began have been added to the WTA Rankings (see Section VIII.A.3 – Processing of Rankings); or 

ii. the last Tennis Event she played or at which she received prize money, whichever is later, before her Out-of-Competition Period began. 

i. “Special Ranking Application” has the meaning that Section VIII.C.3.a assigns to that term. 

j. “Special Ranking Period” has the meaning that Section VIII.C.5.b.ii assigns to that term. 

