TOURNAMENT STRUCTURE

IN INDONESIAINDONESIA TENNIS ASSOCIATION

TOURNAMENT/EVENT DEPT.

TOURNAMENT IN INDONESIA

TOURNAMENT IN INDONESIA IS CONSIST OF TWO CATEGORIES :

PRO TOURNAMENT CALLED “KELOMPOK UMUM”

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT CALLED “KELOMPOK UMUR”

PRO TOURNAMENT PRO TOURNAMENT IS INTENDED FOR

ALL TENNIS PLAYER, AND MINIMUM AGES 14 YEARS OLD

BUT, IN REALITY, ONLY TENNIS PLAYER WHO HAVE AGE 18 YRS AND ABOVE WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT

TOURNAMENT CLASSIFICATION

PRO TOURNAMENT IS CLASSIFIED INTO TWO CATEGORIES :

1. NATIONAL TOURNAMENT2. INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

1. NATIONAL TOURNAMENT NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IS

CONDUCTED FOR ONLY INDONESIAN TENNIS PLAYER AND FOREIGN TENNIS PLAYER WHO HAD DOMICILE IN INDONESIA;

THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IS CONDUCTED NOT BASED ON THE PRIZE MONEY, BUT MOST OF NATIONAL TOURNAMENT HAVE PRIZE MONEY BETWEEN IDR 75 – 250 MILLION

….NATIONAL TOURNAMENT EVERY YEARS, IT IS COUNTED OVER 20

NATIONAL TOURNAMENT HELD IN INDONESIA;

IN A LAST FEW YEARS, THE TOURNAMENT FOCUS STILL IN JAVA, SUMATERA, AND KALIMANTAN (BORNEO);

BUT WE HAD PLAN TO SPREAD THE TOURNAMENT MORE OVER IN SULAWESI, AND PAPUA

2. INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

INDONESIA IS STILL NEED MORE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT;

CURRENTLY, EVERY YEARS WE HAD CONDUCTED AROUND 6 INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (MEN AND WOMEN);

ITS NEED TO BE INCREASED, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE INDONESIAN PLAYER WHO HAVE INTERNATIONAL RANKING (ITF POINT)

3. JUNIOR TOURNAMENT JUNIOR TOURNAMENT IN INDONESIA IS

CONDUCTED FOR PLAYER WHO IN AGES RANGE U-12, U-14, U-16;

THIS IS IMPLEMENTED AS A HIERARCHIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM;

JUNIOR TOURNAMENT IN INDONESIA CLASSIFIED INTO : 1 WEEK TOURNAMENT AND 3 DAYS (WEEKEND) TOURNAMENT

…JUNIOR TOURNAMENT IN 1 WEEK TOURNAMENT, CURRENTLY

WE HAVE 5 JUNIOR TOURNAMENT WHICH ALREADY HOLD FOR AROUND 20 – 30 YEARS, THIS TOURNAMENTS ARE : NEW ARMADA JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPS, THAMRIN JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPS, TELKOM FIKS JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPS, NUSA DUA BALI JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPS, WIDJOJO SOEJONO JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT

…JUNIOR TOURNAMENT FOR 3 DAYS (WEEKEND) TOURNAMENT,

SINCE 2014, PELTI HAS CONDUCTED NATIONAL JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE (LIGA TENIS JUNIOR NASIONAL/LTJN) WHICH HELD AT SEVERAL CITY FOCUSING IN JAVA AND FOR THIS YEARS, WE ALSO HOLD THE TOURNAMENT IN PALEMBANG, SOUTH SUMATERA

4. HANDICAPS SPONSORS, ALREADY BEING A PROBLEM FOR

MANY YEARS; COURT QUALITY; INDONESIAN GEOGRAPHICAL, MEANS WITH

THE ARCHIPELAGOS STATE, ITS MADE DIFFICULT ENOUGH TO SPREAD THE TOURNAMENT TO ALL ARROUND THE CITIES, OR PLAYERS WHO COME FROM PAPUA WILL THINK TWICE WHEN THEY INTEND TO PLAY IN TOURNAMENT HELD IN JAVA OR SUMATERA

Thank YouSusan Soebakti

Chairman of the TournamentsIndonesian Tennis

Association