AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SECTION X - AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT ii.  Acceptance of the Wild Card does not result in the player exceeding  her AER Wild Card Allotment or AER Tournament Allotment. 4.  Merited Increases  Merited Increases are: (i) Tournaments that a player may play in addition  to her AER Tournament Allotment (“Tournament Merited Increases”) and  (ii) Wild Cards that a player may accept in addition to her AER Wild Card  Allotment but that count toward her AER Tournament Allotment (“Wild Card  Merited Increases”). A player who earns Wild Card Merited Increases may  not exceed the calendar year WTA or Women’s ITF World Tennis Tour Wild  Card maximums for singles or doubles. Subject to sub-Section b.ii(a) below,  a player who earns both WTA 1000 Mandatory/Grand Slam Tournament  Merited Increases and Pro Path Tournament Merited Increases may combine  them but may not exceed four (4) total Tournament Merited Increases per  birth year. A player must remain current with her Player Development requirements to  qualify for Merited Increases. An eligible player’s use of Merited Increases is  contingent upon her and her Support Team completing the requirements  prior to these additional events. Merited Increases may be earned as follows:  a.  WTA 1000 Mandatory/Grand Slam Tournament Merited Increase  i.  A WTA 1000 Mandatory/Grand Slam Tournament Merited Increase  is earned when a player 15-17 years of age has completed all of her  Player Development requirements to-date and earned her way into  the Main Draw or Qualifying of a WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament  or Grand Slam by a direct acceptance. ii.  However, participation in a WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament or a  Grand Slam is not a Tournament Merited Increase and counts toward  a player’s AER Tournament Allotment if the player is:  (a) 14 years of age;  (b) 15-17 years of age and was accepted by direct acceptance but  has not completed her Player Development requirements prior  to competing in the WTA 1000 Mandatory Tournament or Grand  Slam; or (c) accepted by Wild Card. 179