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<blockquote data-quote="Jared7" data-source="post: 2396670" data-attributes="member: 7831"><p>Well, I obviously wasn't clear, so I edited that post. The current threshold is about ATP #300, or, depending on how "make a living" is defined, about ATP#200. The objective with the new post-2019 system, is to make the threshold about 750. Cam played pro tourneys for about 6-7 months and made about $46,000 - if you double that (or so) for a full year, that's about $80,000-$95,000ish. That's enough to make a go of it, although he won't exactly have a private jet, a full-time coach, a psychologist, a masseuse etc..., so he's almost certainly going to forego his senior year and turn pro after the NCAA's. Alex, though, also played 6-7 months as a pro and only earned about $4000, so if you double that, it's only about $8,000ish. That's really not enough with all the travel and expensive hotels and such. Cam advanced from ATP#771 to a career high of #232 after college play ended last June - he's made it. Alex needs to do something similar. And, because the new system doesn't take effect for a year and a half, Alex is almost certainly going to take the fall off (again) to try to make it to the Top 750 so that he's already there pre-2019. The new system will affect different players differently - it'll almost certainly help #669 ex-TCU player Nick Chappell - if he can stay in the Top 750, he'll probably make more money. But guys below 750 aren't going to be helped at all - and that includes current juniors and most of the college ranks.</p><p></p><p>And who knows if the new system will work as intended? They have to work it out with the sponsors, the tourneys themselves and the players. But that's what is in the works.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jared7, post: 2396670, member: 7831"] Well, I obviously wasn't clear, so I edited that post. The current threshold is about ATP #300, or, depending on how "make a living" is defined, about ATP#200. The objective with the new post-2019 system, is to make the threshold about 750. Cam played pro tourneys for about 6-7 months and made about $46,000 - if you double that (or so) for a full year, that's about $80,000-$95,000ish. That's enough to make a go of it, although he won't exactly have a private jet, a full-time coach, a psychologist, a masseuse etc..., so he's almost certainly going to forego his senior year and turn pro after the NCAA's. Alex, though, also played 6-7 months as a pro and only earned about $4000, so if you double that, it's only about $8,000ish. That's really not enough with all the travel and expensive hotels and such. Cam advanced from ATP#771 to a career high of #232 after college play ended last June - he's made it. Alex needs to do something similar. And, because the new system doesn't take effect for a year and a half, Alex is almost certainly going to take the fall off (again) to try to make it to the Top 750 so that he's already there pre-2019. The new system will affect different players differently - it'll almost certainly help #669 ex-TCU player Nick Chappell - if he can stay in the Top 750, he'll probably make more money. But guys below 750 aren't going to be helped at all - and that includes current juniors and most of the college ranks. And who knows if the new system will work as intended? They have to work it out with the sponsors, the tourneys themselves and the players. But that's what is in the works. [/QUOTE]
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