<p class="reg-lead">The 2026 WTA Official Rulebook — the regulations governing women's professional tennis at the highest level.</p>
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<tr><td>Year</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td><b>575 pages</b> — the most extensive document in this collection</td></tr>
<tr><td>Publisher</td><td><b>WTA Tour, Inc.</b> — a body independent of the International Tennis Federation</td></tr>
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<h2>Standing</h2>
<p>The women's counterpart to the ATP Rulebook. For the professional woman player, this book is the governing text on registration, commitment obligations, discipline, prize money and rankings. Its rules are amended, altered or rescinded by the WTA itself under its internal constitution.</p>
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<h2>Note</h2>
<p>This book runs to five times the length of the ATP Rulebook because its detailed appendices — including points tables, tournament requirements and forms — are all contained within the same volume.</p>
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The 2026 WTA Official Rulebook

<p class="reg-lead">The 2026 ATP Official Rulebook — the regulations governing men's professional tennis at the highest level.</p>
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<tr><td>Year</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>210 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Publisher</td><td><b>ATP Tour, Inc.</b> — a body independent of the International Tennis Federation</td></tr>
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<h2>Why this document is required alongside the Federation's regulations</h2>
<p>Men's professional tennis is not governed by the International Tennis Federation; the ATP Tour is a separate body with its own regulations. For a player competing in ATP tournaments, the text governing contracts, discipline, entry, prize money and rankings is this rulebook, not the Federation's regulations. The International Tennis Federation publishes this rulebook alongside its own documents.</p>
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<h2>What remains shared</h2>
<p>The Tennis Anti-Doping Programme and the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program also govern ATP players — both are administered by the International Tennis Integrity Agency across all governing bodies. The Code of Conduct for officials is likewise a document shared by all four governing bodies.</p>
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The 2026 ATP Official Rulebook

<p class="reg-lead">ITF Duties and Procedures for Officials, 2026 — an operational guide for officials during a match.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>60 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Subject matter</h2>
<p>The document sets out the duties and responsibilities of officials: scope of application, the position of the supervisor and the referee, interpretation of the rules during play, and the procedure for supervising a match. The tour regulations make compliance with this document mandatory, so a breach of it by an official is itself a matter for disciplinary proceedings.</p>
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<p class="reg-note">The Code of Conduct for Officials is a separate document and is included in this same collection.</p>

ITF Duties and Procedures for Officials 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Code of Conduct for Officials, 2026 — a joint instrument of the four Governing Bodies of professional tennis.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>11 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Adopted by</td><td><b>ATP, the Grand Slam Board, the International Tennis Federation and the WTA</b> — each a "Governing Body"</td></tr>
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<h2>Why this document is unusual</h2>
<p>Unlike most tennis instruments, which belong to a single body, the Code of Conduct for Officials was adopted by <strong>all four Governing Bodies jointly</strong>. An official at any event — World Tour, ATP, WTA or Grand Slam — is therefore subject to a single text. Among the duties imposed is the official's obligation to remain at the event until released by the Supervisor or Referee.</p>
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Code of Conduct for Officials 2026

<p class="reg-lead">International Tennis Federation Wheelchair Tennis Classification Rules, version 3.0 — in force from 1 January 2026. The document that determines who is eligible to compete in wheelchair tennis, and in which class.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>3.0</b> — in force from 1 January 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>77 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Structure</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Part One — General Provisions</b> Scope and application; roles and responsibilities.</li>
<li><b class="t">Part Two — Classification Personnel</b> Qualifications, training and certification of classifiers, and their code of conduct.</li>
<li><b class="t">Part Three — Player Evaluation</b> Eligibility and classification review, assessment of eligible impairment, assessment of the minimum impairment criteria, allocation of sport class, authorisation to use adaptive equipment, and the classification not completed status.</li>
<li><b class="t">Part Four — Classification Panels, Evaluation Sessions and Sport Class Status</b></li>
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<h2>Why this is a legal matter, not a medical one</h2>
<p>Classification is a decision that grants or withdraws the right to compete, and for that reason it carries a protest and appeal procedure. The Federation publishes the master list of players, showing each player's sport class and its status.</p>
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ITF Wheelchair Tennis Classification Rules, version 3.0

<p class="reg-lead">International Tennis Federation Safeguarding and Case Management Procedures, 2026 — from receipt of a report to the decision of the Safeguarding Panel and appeals against it.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>18 pages, with a workflow diagram at the beginning</td></tr>
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<h2>The course of a case</h2>
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<li><b class="t">Clause 3 — Safeguarding cases</b> defines what constitutes a safeguarding case.</li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 4 — Case management procedure</b></li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 5 — Provisional suspension</b> before the merits are heard.</li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 6 — Investigations</b></li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 7 — Hearing procedure</b> the longest section of the document, pages 9 to 13.</li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 8 — Decision of the Safeguarding Panel</b></li>
<li><b class="t">Clause 9 — Appeals against the Panel's decision</b></li>
<li><b class="t">Clauses 10 to 12</b> case outcome and review, confidentiality, and mutual recognition of suspensions imposed by other organisations.</li>
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<h2>A point clients should know</h2>
<p>Clause 12 concerns mutual recognition: a suspension issued by another tennis organisation may extend to the jurisdiction of the International Tennis Federation as well. A local case may therefore result in a worldwide ban.</p>
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ITF Safeguarding and Case Management Procedures 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Billie Jean King Cup Regulations 2026 — the world women's team competition, the counterpart to the Davis Cup.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>151 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Structure</h2>
<p>The regulations follow the same layout as the Davis Cup: the competition and the system under which it is staged; governance (the Board of Directors, the Billie Jean King Cup Committee, the Executive Director, the final host, the tournament director); officials, with a separation of the powers of the referee, the federation's event manager, the official organiser, the security officer, the media manager and the visiting team's host; and then entry into the competition and the eligibility of nations and players.</p>
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<p class="reg-note">Disputes arising from both competitions fall within the jurisdiction of the internal review body and the federation's independent tribunal; the procedure for both is set out in this same body of regulations.</p>

Billie Jean King Cup Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Davis Cup Regulations 2026 — the oldest men's team competition in tennis, updated January 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>153 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Structure of the regulations</h2>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">A — The Competition</b> Title and format, governing regulations, and personal data (sections 1 to 3).</li>
<li><b class="t">B — Administration of the Competition</b> The Board of Directors, the Davis Cup Committee, the Executive Director, the Final Phase Host, the Event Committee and the Tournament Director (sections 4 to 9).</li>
<li><b class="t">C — Officials</b> Appointment of officials and match officials, and the powers and duties of each (sections 10 to 12).</li>
<li><b class="t">D — Entry into the Competition</b> Eligibility of nations, eligibility of players and captains, entry, and the insurance policies required of all nations (sections 13 to 16).</li>
<li><b class="t">E — Absence from the Competition</b> Withdrawal, substitution, and the consequences of non-participation or withdrawal for a nation (sections 17 to 19).</li>
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<h2>For the national federation</h2>
<p>Section 14 on player eligibility — particularly in nationality and change-of-nation cases — and section 19 on the consequences of withdrawal are the two points with the greatest financial and sporting impact on federations.</p>
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Davis Cup Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">International Tennis Federation Beach Tennis Junior Tour Regulations — in force from 1 January 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>82 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Subject matter</h2>
<p>The junior category in beach tennis has its own separate regulations: age requirements, eligibility to compete, the ranking system and specific arrangements for the protection of young players. The Federation's safeguarding policy for children also governs all events on this tour.</p>
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ITF Beach Tennis Junior Tour Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">International Tennis Federation Beach Tennis World Tour Regulations — in force from 1 January 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>98 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Subject matter</h2>
<p>Beach tennis is an independent discipline under the authority of the International Tennis Federation and has its own rules of play, which are published together with the Rules of Tennis. These Regulations determine the scope of application, tournaments, entry, ranking and discipline for its World Tour.</p>
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ITF Beach Tennis World Tour Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The International Tennis Federation Wheelchair Tennis Competition Regulations for 2026 — version 1.3, January 2026.</p>
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<tr><td>Year</td><td><b>2026</b> — version 1.3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>178 pages</td></tr>
<tr><td>Companion document</td><td>Wheelchair Tennis Classification Rules, which determine who is eligible to compete at all</td></tr>
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<h2>Structure</h2>
<p>The first part is the general rulebook: competition, administration, player eligibility, miscellaneous matters, and disputes and enforcement of the regulations. The later parts address particular tours and events, including the Wheelchair Masters in singles and doubles and the junior competition.</p>
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<h2>Point of particular note</h2>
<p>In wheelchair tennis, eligibility to compete has two stages: first, establishing the sport class under the Classification Rules, and then the general conditions of these regulations. A challenge to classification follows a separate procedural route.</p>
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ITF Wheelchair Tennis Competition Regulations 2026

<p class="reg-lead">The International Tennis Federation's World Tennis Masters Tour Regulations for 2026 — seniors competition, published in December 2025.</p>
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<tr><td>Year</td><td><b>2026</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Length</td><td>139 pages</td></tr>
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<h2>Subject matter</h2>
<p>The Masters Tour comprises age-group competitions from the over-30 category upwards through considerably higher age categories. The regulations determine age and eligibility conditions, entry, the ranking system, and the staging of individual and team championships. Wherever the document has amended text for the new year, it has marked that text.</p>
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