## WTA RANKING SYSTEM SECTION VIII - WTA RANKING SYSTEM 

(i) to “freeze” her Special Ranking Period for her current Special Ranking until the date that is 104 weeks after the end of her Pregnancy or 52 weeks after the beginning of her Out-of-Competition Period for a Parental Start; or 

(ii) a new Special Ranking. 

## (c) Restrictions 

(i) A player may not “freeze” her Special Ranking during any period of suspension for violation of the Rules, TADP, or TACP. 

(ii) A player may “freeze” her Special Ranking Period a maximum of two (2) times per Special Ranking. Upon a player’s second and third Return to Competition, she will have the same number of Tournaments and the same time remaining in her Special Ranking Period and the same number of Tournaments remaining in which to use her eligibility as an Additional Seed as she had when the “freeze” went into effect. 

## ii. Tournament Entry and Acceptance 

A player must submit all requests to use her Special Ranking to enter WTA Tournaments, Grand Slams, or Women’s ITF World Tennis Tour events to WTA Operations by the applicable WTA or Grand Slam entry deadline or by the Monday prior to the applicable ITF entry deadline. The WTA will not accept requests submitted after entry deadlines. 

A player may use her Special Ranking and actual WTA Ranking interchangeably for singles entry and Doubles Advance Entry, but she may not change the ranking she uses to enter a Tournament after that Tournament’s entry deadline; provided, however, that if a player enters a WTA Tournament or Women’s ITF World Tennis Tour event with her Special Ranking and she would have been accepted into that Tournament using her actual WTA Ranking as of the completion of the first round of Qualifying, then her Special Ranking entry will not count towards her maximum Tournaments to use her Special Ranking. If multiple players with the same WTA Ranking enter the same Tournament, the player using her actual WTA Ranking will be accepted before the player using her Special Ranking. 

