ITF Tennis Photograph of the Year Competition (UK)

The ITF is responsible for supporting tennis from global development through each stage of the player pathway to the very top of the game, and the new competition is designed to celebrate the breadth of that work.

Funding Information

• The Competition prize for the Winner comprises of the following:
  • $3,000 cash prize;
  • Prominence of the winning photo in exhibition at 2025 ITF World Champions Awards (at ITF’s sole discretion);
  • Prominence of the winning photo on ITF’s websites and social media channels.
  • The Competition prize for the Runners-Up comprises of a $1,000 cash prize, prominence in exhibition at 2025 ITF World Champions Awards and on ITF’s websites and social media channels.
  • The Competition prize for the Shortlist Finalists comprises of a $500 cash prize, prominence in exhibition at 2025 ITF World Champions Awards and on ITF’s websites and social media channels.
  • The prizes are supplied by the Promoter. The Promoter reserves the right to replace the prizes with alternatives if circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control makes it necessary to do so.
  • The prizes are not negotiable or transferable and cannot be resold.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Competition is only open to individuals aged 18 years or over, except:
  • Employees of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies;
  • Employees of agents or suppliers of the Promoter or its holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the Competition or its administration;
  • Members of the immediate families or households.
• For the avoidance of doubt, freelancers engaged by ITFL Licensing (UK) Limited for ITF events are eligible to enter.
• In entering the Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim the Competition prize. The Promoter may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the Competition, including proof of age and identity.
• The Promoter will not accept Competition entries that are:
  • Automatically generated by computer or created by artificial intelligence;
  • Completed by third parties or in bulk;
  • Illegible, have been altered, reconstructed, forged or tampered with;
  • Incomplete
• Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
• The Promoter reserves all rights to disqualify an entrant if the entrant’s conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition.

Judging Criteria

• A The Competition entries will be judged by a panel of [3] judges appointed by the Promoter (“Judging Panel”). All entries will be judged individually on their merits based on the originality and creativity of the entry.
• The Promoter will send the full names of the judges to anyone who writes within one month after the Closing Date of the Competition requesting details of the judges and who encloses a self-addressed envelope to the Promoters address set out in terms and conditions.

Application Requirements

• All entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.
• To enter the Competition entrants must:
  • Complete an online entry form
  • Upload the photograph/s they wish to submit
• Entrants can submit a maximum of 3 photographs to the Competition between the Opening Date and Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the submission of photograph/s can be done in one entry (i.e., three photographs in one entry) or over three entries (i.e., one photograph over three separate entries).
• The Competition is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.
• Photographs entered must be taken in 2024.
• The Promoter will not accept responsibility for competition entries that are incomplete, lost, deleted, or damaged or delayed in submission, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind.
• By submitting a Competition entry, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions and you acknowledge that you are responsible for ensuring that your entry into the Competition and your compliance with these terms and conditions does not breach any applicable laws and/or regulations in any relevant jurisdiction.

For more information, visit ITF.