AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SECTION X - AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT b.  Pro Path Merited Increases  i.  Year-End Top 5 ITF Junior Ranking (a) A player 14 years of age may earn four (4) Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increases and three (3) Pro Path Wild Card Merited  Increases that may be used during her 15th birth year.  (b) A player 15 years of age may earn four (4) Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increases and three (3) Pro Path Wild Card Merited  Increases that may be used during her 15th birth year. A player 14-17 years of age who is ranked in the Top 5 of the ITF  World Tennis Tour Junior Rankings as of the final week of the prior  calendar year is eligible for Pro Path Merited Increases as follows: (c) A player 16 years of age may earn four (4) Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increases and two (2) Pro Path Wild Card Merited  Increases that may be used during her 16th birth year. (d) A player 17 years of age may earn four (4) Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increases that may be used during her 17th birth year.  A player ranked in the Top 5 of the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior  Rankings in one (1) birth year also earns Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increases in each subsequent year, but she may not exceed  four (4) Tournament Merited Increases per birth year. Subject to sub- Section (a) above, Pro Path Wild Card Merited Increases earned as a  Top 5 Junior in one (1) birth year may be carried over to subsequent  birth years provided that the player does not exceed the calendar  year WTA or Women’s ITF World Tennis Tour Wild Card maximums. When a player 14-17 years of age has reached the final round  of an ITF Junior Grand Slam Singles event (i.e., Australian Open  Junior Championships, Roland Garros Junior Championships, The  Championships (Wimbledon) Junior Championships, and US Open  Junior Championships) or the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Finals  Singles event and remains current with her Player Development  requirements, she may earn Pro Path Merited Increases as follows: ii.  ITF Junior Grand Slam Singles Finalist and ITF World Tennis Tour  Junior Finals Singles Finalist  (a) A player 14 years of age may earn one (1) Pro Path Tournament  Merited Increase and one (1) Pro Path Wild Card Merited  Increase for each singles finalist appearance at an ITF Junior  180