## PLAYERS 

## II. PLAYER COMMITMENT, BONUS POOL, TOP 10 PLAYER DELIVERY 

## A. SINGLES COMMITMENT TOURNAMENTS 1 

## 1. WTA 1000 and WTA 500 Tournaments 

Subject to the Age Eligibility Rule and the Years of Service Rule, all players must play the WTA Tournaments below if they are accepted, or would have been accepted if they had entered, into the Singles Main Draw at the Tournament’s entry deadline (“Commitment Tournaments”). A player will receive a zero (0) ranking point result for each Commitment Tournament she does not play, which must count on her WTA Singles Ranking (see Section VIII – WTA Ranking System). 

a. WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournaments 

All players who are accepted into the Main Draw of a WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament as a direct acceptance, as a Qualifier, as a Special Exempt, as a Lucky Loser, or by Special Ranking must play that WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament. 

b. WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments 

All players who are accepted, or would have been accepted if they had entered, as a direct acceptance into the Main Draw at WTA 1000 Non- Mandatory Tournaments’ entry deadlines must play WTA 1000 Non- Mandatory Tournaments as follows: 

i. If a player is accepted, or would have been accepted if she had entered, as a direct acceptance into the Main Draw of five (5) WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments, then she must play a minimum of four (4).* 

ii. If a player is accepted, or would have been accepted if she had entered, as a direct acceptance into the Main Draw of four (4) WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments, then she must play a minimum of three (3). 

iii. If a player is accepted, or would have been accepted if she had entered, as a direct acceptance into the Main Draw of three (3) WTA 1000 Non-Mandatory Tournaments, then she must play a minimum of two (2). 

