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*Unless otherwise agreed by the WTA and the WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament. 

The WTA will pay Tournaments applicable compensation payments for missed Top 10 Player Delivery the week after the Tournament. 

## 2. WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament Incentive Payments 

a. Availability 

If a WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament’s Top 10 Player Delivery requirement is not fulfilled after its Main Draw entry deadline, the WTA may use the Top 20 Wild Card(s) to fulfill Top 10 Player Delivery. The WTA will notify any Top 10 Player who has not entered that WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament that she is eligible to receive a Top 20 Wild Card and earn $50,000 extra compensation (“Incentive Payment”) for playing that WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament. Such player may only earn the Incentive Payment if she plays the Tournament in addition to all of her other WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Commitment Tournaments. 

b. Priority 

The following Top 10 Player (or Top 10 Players if multiple Top 10 Players are necessary to fulfill the Top 10 Player Delivery requirement) will receive the Top 20 Wild Card nomination and earn the Incentive Payment if she plays the Tournament: 

i. If notification from the WTA occurs more than seven (7) days before the first day of the WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournament’s Main Draw, then 

(a) the highest-ranked Top 10 Player who accepts a Top 20 Wild Card within 48 hours after the notice is issued; or if no Top 10 Player accepts a Top 20 Wild Card within 48 hours after the notice is issued, then 

