Masters Tennis Age Category Calculator
Masters tennis runs in five-year age divisions from 30+ to 90+, and eligibility is decided by your age on 31 December — not on the day you play. Pick your birth year to see the category you belong to.
The year is all that matters — the cut-off is 31 December.
The calendar year the tournament is played in.
You turn 45 in 2026, so your own age category is
45+
To enter an age group you only need to reach the minimum age by 31 December 2026, so you are eligible for the full season — including tournaments played before your birthday.
You move up to 50+ in 2031.
Your category by year
| Year | Age on 31 Dec | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45+ |
| 2027 | 46 | 45+ |
| 2028 | 47 | 45+ |
| 2029 | 48 | 45+ |
| 2030 | 49 | 45+ |
Age groups you may enter in 2026
- 30+ — eligible
- 35+ — eligible
- 40+ — eligible
- 45+ — eligible
- 50+ — not eligible
- 55+ — not eligible
- 60+ — not eligible
- 65+ — not eligible
- 70+ — not eligible
- 75+ — not eligible
- 80+ — not eligible
- 85+ — not eligible
- 90+ — not eligible
Highlighted groups are at or below your own category. Players regularly enter a younger division for a tougher draw; entering an older one is not permitted.
Everything above is worked out in your browser. Racketlovers does not upload, store or transmit the year you enter here.
The rule behind the answer
The 2026 World Tennis Masters Tour regulations state that to be eligible to participate in any age group, a player must have reached the minimum age limit by 31 December of the year in which the competition is held. In practice that means only two numbers matter: your birth year and the year of the tournament. Someone born in 1981 turns 45 at some point during 2026, so they are a 45+ player for the whole of the 2026 season — including a tournament played in February, months before their birthday.
This is why the calculator asks for a year rather than a full date of birth: the extra precision would change nothing, so there is no reason to collect it.
What is Masters tennis?
The World Tennis Masters Tour (WTMT) — still widely called the ITF Masters Tour — is the international circuit for competitive players aged 30 and over. Individual ranking points are awarded in age groups from 30+ up to 90+, for men and women, in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. Tournaments are graded MT100, MT200, MT400, MT700 and MT1000, with World Championships (WC) sitting at the top of the calendar; the higher the grade, the more ranking points the draw carries.
Can I enter a different age group?
Playing down into a younger division is common — a 55+ player entering the 50+ draw for a harder match. That does not change your own age category, which is why the calculator reports the highest group you have reached and lists the younger ones separately. Entering a division above your own age is not permitted. Where an event allows an exception, it will be stated on that tournament's fact sheet.
What you need before entering
Sanctioned Masters events require an active World Tennis Tour Zone membership and the World Tennis ID that comes with it — the service and number that used to be called IPIN. If those terms are new, the IPIN and World Tennis ID guide explains what changed and where the official login now lives. The senior and Masters tennis glossary covers the surrounding vocabulary — acceptance lists, fact sheets, WTN and rankings.