World ranking's for tennis kids

Someone put this question to me recently on World rankings for junior age groups such as 12s 14s and 16s,was there any official rankings released for these age groups.The answer is no it would be impossible to collate as each national association would have a different age group ranking system.The Itf rankings would not give anymore indication as as there are hundreds of talented juniors 14 and under around the world that have yet to play an ITF event.

Here is a brief summary on how to get an Itf World junior ranking.If you're talking about a world junior ranking (18 and under), you must compete in Junior ITF tournaments. The ITF calendar runs 52 weeks of the year in many different countries around the world.There are various levels of tournaments that you must compete and win matches in to accumulate the ranking points that will both give you and determine your World Ranking.And if you are prepared to spend a lot of money you certainly can get a better ranking to go along with your talent.Players like Nadal and Sharapova and the Williams sisters and many more spent little time playing these events.At the highest level are the four Grand Slam events at Pro Level -- the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Althgough these are the highest status events, they are not the most difficult events to gain entry. The reason is that their draw sizes are 128, with a qualifying event also of 128. These are the largest draw sizes of any events on the Pro Tour.

The lowest level of professional tournaments are called Futures events. These tournaments offer either $10,000 or $15,000 in total prizemoney, and are considered entry level events to the Pro Tour. In the main, these are the tournaments where ambitious young players compete to acquire their first ranking points, which, in turn, gives them their ATP world ranking.

Most exceptional juniors leave the ITF'S early and establish themselves on both the mens and women's circuits.At the end of the day junior rankings are not a natural progression to success on the pro circuit.