The Progress Series will connect 21 Signature & Premier Open events (formerly Australian Money Tournaments) in the 2023 Australian Pro & Performance calendar and provide a qualification pathway to an end-of-season Masters event.

Select Signature events positioned in the calendar leading into Australian Pro Tour events will also provide opportunities for the Winners and Finalists of these events to ‘feed-up’ into the Main and Qualifying draws of the Pro Tour events the following week.

To support the increased focus on this level of events, the prize money levels offered will be increased for both levels of events. Prize money for Premier Open events will rise to $AU 10,000 from $AU 7,500 whilst the Signature Open events will rise to $AU 20,000 from $AU 15,000.

The Progress Series Masters will be contested for $AU 30,000.

QUALIFYING EVENTS – DRAW SIZES & FORMATS

The following events will be designated as qualifying events for the end-of-season Masters event:

• 8 x Signature $20k
• 13 x Premier $10k

QUALIFYING EVENTS – COUNTING RESULTS

A player’s best 8 singles and 8 doubles results will count towards the qualifying table which will be calculated as an accumulation of their prize money totals across their best 8 singles and doubles results.

QUALIFYING PERIOD

The qualification period for the Progress Series Masters will be 1 January to 10 November 2023.

PROGRESS SERIES MASTERS  – RACE POINTS PUBLICATION

The Points Race Leaderboard will be published monthly on the 8th day of each month starting on 8 February 2023 unless the 8th day of the month falls on a weekend whereby it will be published the following Monday.

*as at the 13 November 2023 

THE PROGRESS SERIES MASTERS – DRAW SIZE & ACCEPTANCE

The Top 16 players who qualify on account of the highest total prize money accumulated from their best 8 singles & doubles results will qualify for the Masters (the same 16 players will compete in singles and doubles). No wildcards will be available.

THE PROGRESS SERIES – PRO TOUR FEED UPS*

The following Signature $20k events have been identified as Feed-Ups into the Australian Pro Tour event calendar in the weeks leading into the Pro Tour events.

*These Feed-up wildcards are only available to Australian players only, and a player must hold a valid PRO IPIN account and is recommended they enter the relevant Pro Tour event prior to any acceptance/cut-off dates.

THE PROGRESS SERIES MASTERS – DATE & VENUE

The 2023 Progress Series Masters will form part of the 2023 Showdown to be staged at Melbourne Park from the 12 – 16 December 2023.