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OPT Circuit

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OPT Circuit
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Details
Tournaments12
CategoriesITF Pro Circuit event
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titlesFranceAlexis Musialek (3)
Most tournament finalsCroatiaToni Androić (6)
Points leaderFranceAlexis Musialek (92)
Awards
Player of the yearFranceAlexis Musialek

OPT Circuit is a series of ITF Pro Circuit event being played across the MENA region.

About

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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

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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

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2015

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No. Tournament Date Host city Prize money Singles champion Doubles champion
1. IRI F1 Week of Jan 12 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 TBA TBA
2. IRI F2 Week of Jan 19 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 TBA TBA
3. IRI F3 Week of Jan 26 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 TBA TBA
4. IRI F4 Week of Feb 16 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$15,000 TBA TBA
5. IRI F5 Week of Feb 23 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$15,000 TBA TBA

2014

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No. Tournament Date Host city Prize money Singles champion Doubles champion
1. IRI F1 Week of Feb 24 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Romania Victor Crivoi Brazil Thales Turini – Brazil Caio Silva
2. IRI F2 Week of Mar 3 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Serbia Peđa Krstin Netherlands Stephan FransenNetherlands Wesley Koolhof
3. IRI F3 Week of Mar 10 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Romania Victor Crivoi Croatia Toni AndroićCroatia Ivan Blazevic
4. IRI F4 Week of Apr 7 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Moved to Apr 28
5. IRI F5 Week of Mar 14 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Croatia Toni Androić France Jérôme InzerilloFrance Martin Vaïsse
6. IRI F6 Week of Apr 21 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Croatia Toni Androić India Ronak ManujaIndia Akash Wagh
7. IRI F7 Week of Apr 28 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Serbia Marko Tepavac Serbia Marko TepavacNetherlands Mark Vervoort
8. IRI F8 Week of Aug 18 Tehran Iran (Iran) US$10,000 France Jules Marie France Jules MarieFrance Alexis Musialek
9. IRI F9 Week of Aug 25 Tehran Iran (Iran) US$10,000 France Alexis Musialek India Vinayak Sharma KazaIndia Vijay Sundar Prashanth
10. IRI F10 Week of Sep 1 Tehran Iran (Iran) US$10,000 France Alexis Musialek Switzerland Luca MargaroliItaly Matteo Marfia
11. IRI F11 Week of Nov 24 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 Spain Marc Fornell Spain Marc FornellSpain Marco Neubau
12. IRI F12 Week of Dec 1 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 France Mathias Bourgue Spain Marc FornellSpain Marco Neubau
13. IRI F13 Week of Sep 1 Kish Island Iran (Iran) US$10,000 France Alexis Musialek Germany Jonas LuetjenSpain Timon Riechelt

Accumulated Circuit Points

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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.[1]

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

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  1. Players must play on at least 12 Circuit events to qualify for the Accumulated Circuit points system.
  2. The best 10 results of each player's single competition is accounted towards their accumulated circuit points.

Rewards

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Rank Prize money
1. US$5000
2. US$3000
3. US$1500

Current ranking

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Rank Name Points
1. France Alexis Musialek 92
2. Croatia Toni Androić 88
3. Romania Victor Crivoi 46

References

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  1. ^ "Accumulated Circuit Points". Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
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