Turning pro?

Question

How should someone get started in turning pro? What are some of the tournaments you have to play in order to turn pro?

Answer 1

school tournaments, amatauer

Answer 2

Turn pro at what?

Answer 3

jus look some amateur tournaments up and u can always call up someone to watch u play n they could giv u further advice

Answer 4

You need to look into playing ITF futures and challenger tournaments.  However even getting into the qualifying for the futures tournaments isn't always guaranteed.  You start out with 0 ATP points and don't get a ranking until you get 1 point, in which case you'll continue to have to play qualifying to get into futures (the lowest level).  You need to win *usually* 3 matches in qualifying to get into a futures tournament, where if you then win your first round match you gain a massive 1 point!  However this 1 point will usually allow you to either qualify for a tournament without playing the qualifier or give you a seed in the qualifying.  Continue at the futures level until you get enough points to move up to the challenger level.  Win a challenger tournament and you'll be well on your way to playing in the real ATP tournaments such as the masters series, and do well enough you could make it to the grand slams.