Ever dreamt of playing on the famous grass courts of Wimbledon? Who hasn’t! 

The Play Your Way To Wimbledon, powered by Vodafone, junior tournament (previously called Road to Wimbledon) gives every player across the nation under the age of 18, an opportunity to follow in their heroes footsteps and compete for the title at Wimbledon. 

Players start by competing locally at an event taking place at a local club, park or school with the winners progressing through to the County and/or Regional Finals, and then onto the National Finals at Wimbledon.

New for 2022, there are two Play Your Way To Wimbledon junior pathways:

• Play Your Way To Wimbledon Singles (ages 11-14)  
• Play Your Way To Wimbledon Doubles (ages 11-18) 

Any eligible LTA Advantage member can enter a Play Your Way To Wimbledon tournament at their local LTA Registered club, park or school. Both pathways end with the finals at Wimbledon where the Play Your Way To Wimbledon champions will be decided. 

Who can play?

Players can enter into both the singles and/or doubles pathway, with separate competitions for boys and girls.

They must have an LTA Advantage membership number and an ITF World Tennis Number between 20.0 and 40.9 at the time of the event they're competing in. A players singles and doubles ITF World Tennis Number will be used for the relevant pathway.

Once a player has won a venue stage event they automatically qualify for the county finals (singles) or regional finals (doubles).

Play Your Way To Wimbledon Singles 

• Any junior player under the age of 14 and born between 2008 and 2011 can enter.
• Players can only enter a competition in their play county, e.g. if they play in Yorkshire, they can only enter a Play Your Way To Wimbledon event in Yorkshire.
• The only exception to this is if the LTA Registered Venue the player is a member at is hosting an event. This would only be relevant if a player lives in a county over the border from the venue they are a member at.

Play Your Way To Wimbledon Doubles 

• Any junior player under the age of 18 and born between 2004 and 2011 can enter.
• Players can pair up with any other eligible player within their region, as per the counties outlined in the table below.
• One of the players from a pair must be from that play county at an event, e.g. if there is an event taking place at a Yorkshire venue, one of the players from the doubles pair must have a play county of Yorkshire. The other player in the pair must have a play county from one of the other North counties as per the below.

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Entries for LTA Registered Venues to host a Play Your Way To Wimbledon competition are open now!

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For further information about the Play Your Way to Wimbledon event, including formats, how to enter and helpful resources, please click here.