OPT Circuit is a series of ITF Pro Circuit event being played across the MENA region.
About Opt Circuit is a concept created by OPT Sport, that organizes a series of tennis events under the sanction of the International Tennis Federation, across the MENA region.
All OPT Circuit tournaments are open to all tennis players based on merit and without discrimination subject only to the conditions laid down in the ITF Pro Circuit Rule Book.
Futures In the late 1990s, the ITF introduced Futures tournaments, allowing for greater flexibility in the organization of the tournaments for national associations, and participation in tournaments for players. Over time, the ratio of Futures tournaments to satellites increased until 2007, when satellites were eliminated.
Futures tournaments allow for players to win career titles and improve their rankings. Futures are held in both singles and doubles, and last only one week. As of 2008, the prize fund for each tournament is either US$10,000 or US$15,000. Some tournaments also provide housing for participants. Futures usually have sizable qualifying draws, which allow unranked players to enter tournaments and earn ATP ranking points.
Tournaments
2015 No.TournamentDateHost cityPrize moneySingles championDoubles champion1.IRI F1Week of Jan 12Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000TBATBA2.IRI F2Week of Jan 19Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000TBATBA3.IRI F3Week of Jan 26Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000TBATBA4.IRI F4Week of Feb 16Kish Island (Iran)US$15,000TBATBA5.IRI F5Week of Feb 23Kish Island (Iran)US$15,000TBATBA
2014 No.TournamentDateHost cityPrize moneySingles championDoubles champion1.IRI F1Week of Feb 24Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Victor Crivoi Thales Turini – Caio Silva2.IRI F2Week of Mar 3Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Peđa Krstin Stephan Fransen – Wesley Koolhof3.IRI F3Week of Mar 10Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Victor Crivoi Toni Androić – Ivan Blazevic4.IRI F4Week of Apr 7Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000Moved to Apr 285.IRI F5Week of Mar 14Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Toni Androić Jérôme Inzerillo – Martin Vaïsse6.IRI F6Week of Apr 21Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Toni Androić Ronak Manuja – Akash Wagh7.IRI F7Week of Apr 28Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Marko Tepavac Marko Tepavac – Mark Vervoort8.IRI F8Week of Aug 18Tehran (Iran)US$10,000 Jules Marie Jules Marie – Alexis Musialek9.IRI F9Week of Aug 25Tehran (Iran)US$10,000 Alexis Musialek Vinayak Sharma Kaza – Vijay Sundar Prashanth10.IRI F10Week of Sep 1Tehran (Iran)US$10,000 Alexis Musialek Luca Margaroli – Matteo Marfia11.IRI F11Week of Nov 24Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Marc Fornell Marc Fornell – Marco Neubau12.IRI F12Week of Dec 1Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Mathias Bourgue Marc Fornell – Marco Neubau13.IRI F13Week of Sep 1Kish Island (Iran)US$10,000 Alexis Musialek Jonas Luetjen – Timon Riechelt
Accumulated Circuit Points This is a unique feature of OPT Circuit, which allows players to earn cash rewards at the end of the season, for the achievements on OPT Circuit tournaments.
All ATP ranking points achieved by a player in various OPT Circuit tournaments is added to the players profile, and at the end of the year, the player's with the highest Accumulated Circuit Points are rewarded.
Rankings explained Players must play on at least 12 Circuit events to qualify for the Accumulated Circuit points system. The best 10 results of each player's single competition is accounted towards their accumulated circuit points.
Rewards RankPrize money1.US$50002.US$30003.US$1500
Current ranking RankNamePoints1. Alexis Musialek922. Toni Androić883. Victor Crivoi46
References
External links www.optcircuit.com