The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour 2010 Official Rulebook - Tennis Canada

PLAYERS3. AmountNon-CommitmentTournament AddedPosition onTop 10 ListAmount ofIncentivePremier 5 1-10 $50,000Premier 700 1-6 $25,000Premier 700 7-10 $12,5004. Multiple Players Vying for Incentive PaymentsIf two (2) or more players enter the same Non-CommitmentTournament and would be eligible for an Incentive Payment, theIncentive Payment shall be distributed as follows:a. If notification from the WTA occurs more than seven (7) days priorto the first day of the Main Draw of the Non-CommitmentTournament, to the highest listed Top 10 Player who enters oraccepts the Top 20 Wild Card into the Tournament prior to or within48 hours of notification from the Tour. After 48 hours, to theplayer who enters or accepts the Top 20 Wild Card first who fulfillsthe Player Commitment Formula.b. If notification occurs seven (7) days or less prior to the first day ofthe Main Draw of the Non-Commitment Tournament, to the playerwho commits to play first who fulfills the Player CommitmentFormula.F. SUSPENSION RULEA Top 10 Player who, for any reason, fails to compete at a PremierMandatory or Premier 5 Tournament that is part of her Commitment (a“Missed Tournament”) will be required to perform Option 1 or Option 2below unless (i) her failure to play is the result of an absence from playin any form of women’s professional tennis, including WTA TourTournaments, Grand Slams, Fed Cup, ITF Women’s Circuit events, andany Exhibition/Non-Tour Event (“Professional Tennis”), due to injury orillness for at least eight (8) consecutive weeks during the Tour Year(“Long Term Injury”), or (ii) the Missed Tournament is part of a continuousabsence from play in Professional Tennis and the player previouslycompleted her ACES activities at the first Missed Tournament to occurduring that absence.17