TENNIS Scotland has introduced new prize cash of £1,000 for the highest gamers on the nationwide tennis tour.

The boys’s and ladies’s gamers who end high of the leaderboards following the 19-event circuit will every be rewarded with a £1,000 bonus forward of the TS Open Tour Finals.

This prize will reward gamers for his or her dedication to the tour and constant performances all year long.

The TS Open Tour was created by Tennis Scotland, in partnership with golf equipment and organisers, to encourage participant growth and lift ranges of play.

The 2023 circuit has been enhanced with vital funding, through sponsorship, with elevated prize pots of as much as £7,600 at some occasions.

Gamers participate in singles tournaments throughout the nation all year long, incomes rating factors based mostly on their performances, that are then collated into leaderboards.

After the ultimate tour occasion – the Scottish Nationwide Championships in November – the boys’s and ladies’s gamers with probably the most rating factors will every be awarded £1,000.

The highest 16 gamers on every leaderboard will then participate within the two-day TS Open Tour Finals in December.

There they’ll compete for a prize pot of £10,000 and the coveted Sword trophies, named in reminiscence of former Scottish internationalists Derek and Allan Sword.

Tennis Scotland Chief Govt Blane Dodds mentioned: “We’re delighted to supply a bonus money prize for the boys’s and ladies’s gamers who end high of the TS Open Tour leaderboards.

“Due to sponsorship, which we’re most grateful for, elevated prize pots at some occasions are serving to to draw extra gamers to compete in Scotland’s nationwide tennis tour.

“[It is] additionally serving to our younger professional gamers earn much-needed earnings to help their competitors schedule. 

“This bonus will reward the gamers who present dedication to the tour and consistency of their performances all year long.”