I have been playing for 2 years, I have been practicing 4 hours every day lately, and i do exersizes
2006-07-17 07:47:37 · 9 answers · asked by katie_b_plays_tennis 1 in Sports ➔ Tennis
depends on how good you are. If you can win junior tournaments before you're 18, you have a good shot. Like 1 out of 100. That's good, compare to me, 1 out of 1million.
2006-07-17 07:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by truthyness 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You odds of getting ranked in the Top 100 Tennis players in the world are roughly 1 in a million.
Here's how this is computed:
The US Tennis Association has stated that approximately 2% of the population of the United States plays tennis avidly, meaning at least once a week.
If this 2% holds true for the entire world, and the world population is roughly 5 Billion, then approxiamtely 100 Million people around the world play tennis avidly.
If you divide the Top 100 players in the world by 100 Million people, then the odds of getting ranked in the Top 100 are 1 in 1,000,000.
These are really tough odds!
It typically takes a highly gifted 8 year old tennis player 10 years to get ranked in the Top 100 players. During this time, the player needs to play tennis many hours every day and take PRIVATE tennis lessons 3 times a week from an extremely expert and very expensive Tennis Instructor.
If you do not have the benefit of these same resources, then your odds are very much worse.
2006-07-22 23:29:37 · answer #2 · answered by jeff spin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to practice a whole lot more. Are you playing tournaments? How old are you? If you are under 13, and you get 6 hours of practice a day, then you may have a chance in 100. I've seen great tennis players in the junior ranks, that practice all of the time. They will probably get a good college scholarship, but they will never be a pro. Most professionals have spent some time at a tennis facility.
2006-07-17 14:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by Bewmson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how old you are. If you play as much as you say you do, then you have a good chance of at least playing college tennis. My advice is to go to college and see how you do at the collegiate level, because based on what you wrote, it would be a huge risk to try to go pro without first getting an education. As for your chances out of 100, I don't really know. Just keep up what you're doing and don't even worry about whether or not you're gonna go pro. Enter some tournaments and see how good you are compared to other people your age. This will help a lot because practicing doesn't matter unless you are able to use what you learn in matches. So play as many tournaments as you can. Eventually, it'll become clear whether or not you are good enough to go pro.
2006-07-17 14:58:34 · answer #4 · answered by Kenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this all depends on how good you are. keep practicing and try out for high school tennis teams. if the coach thinks that you are good enough he or she could introduce you to a different coach how teaches collage tennis.
2006-07-18 20:44:10 · answer #5 · answered by tennis star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on how good you are. do you win? i'll go w/ 50-100 because you either will turn pro or you wont, therefore theres a 50 percent chance.
2006-07-17 15:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by packerswes4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends how old you are and if you are a natural at it......but I have to say your chances are 25 out of 100.........
2006-07-17 15:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me there is more work involved then you really think.
2006-07-17 19:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Tennis_Ace 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ur really dedicated and u work really hard u can make it
2006-07-17 14:51:38 · answer #9 · answered by scruffy3850 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋