I started playing tennis at age 13 and have been on varsity tennis for 2 years now in high school.?

Question

my private coach says i have a lot of potential and i played singles my sophmore year with a winning record.. i play almost every day for 3 hours and im wondering what more i could do to go pro. i really have the dedication and work ethic but my parents are not willing to spend the money for usta tournaments and club memberships.. it is really a hard situation for me as i know i have talent.. im 16 by the way and there are no usta tournaments close enough where i can get transportation there. i need some advice because i do not want to give up on my only true dream

Answer 1

I'm sorry, but unless you start playing good people and traveling, even playing college tennis will be a stretch.  The kids who are gunna become pros are traveling the world playing other juniors who are going to go pro.  But stranger things have happened, so good luck!

Answer 2

If you keep on playing on your team you can try for tennis scholarships to get into college playing tennis. Once your in college tennis, if you get really good, its a ticket to becoming pro and entering tournaments I guess.

Answer 3

im in the same situation as you except you get to play more than me,

the only thing i can say is practise hard as much as you can , study the pros play, try to get to just a few usta touneys ,try your best to get a scholarship and play tennis in collage once your on your own work really hard to get your ranking up, join the itf , play  alot of futures  and work and prey that, that can get you in to the atp to play the challengers as far as big events that takes time , determination, and luck

i'll be okay just being succesful on the futures or challengers tour