The Tunbridge Wells GRADE 3 Indoor tournament (Kent) will be taking place this year, between Monday 17th and Saturday 22^nd December. The tournament, now in its 15th year includes Ladies Open, Men’s 35 & Over and Men's Open categories.

Unlike many tournaments, the Men’s Open event uses a three^† stage PROGRESSIVE draw and players are placed into a section according to their LTA rating. Players who reach the last round of the pre-qualifying &/or qualifying sections automatically qualify to the next section allowing opportunities to play higher rated players. Prize money is paid to the eventual winner and runner-up in the main draw.

Many grade 3 competitions use a single draw section where players of vastly different standard meet in the first round. The format used at Tunbridge Wells in the Men’s Open event helps to avoid this and the competition is therefore suitable for players of ALL ratings and generally attracts players aged from their mid-teens upwards. The Men’s Open event also has a greater capacity than most grade 3 Men’s Open events and at least 80 players are likely to be accepted. We are also running a Men’s Doubles event too.

If sufficient applications are received for the Ladies Open event, it is intended to stage this as a progressive draw too.

If you would like to make an application then click here to go to the Tunbridge Wells area of our site.

We look forward to your application and hope to see you at Tunbridge Wells.

David Fuchs
Tennis Services UK Limited
30th November 2012

† Subject to entry numbers.