Summary AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT SECTION X - AGE ELIGIBILITY AND PLAYER DEVELOPMENT The following table provides a summary of the event participation and Merited Increases  Rules detailed in sub-Sections 2 and 4 above. Note that Grand Slam events and Commitment  Tournaments may impose additional regulations and/or restrictions on players subject to the AER.  (See sub-Section A.2.f above for further details.) Age AER Tournament  Allotment^ Maximum  Tournament  Merited  Increases§ Maximum Professional  Tournaments  (AER Tournament  Allotment plus  Tournament Merited Increases) AER Wild Card Allotment ±√ Maximum  Wild Card  Merited  Increases§ Maximum  Wild Cards  (AER Wild  Card Allotment  plus Wild  Card Merited  Increases)* 18‡ Unlimited Not Applicable Unlimited According  to WTA &  ITF Rules Not Applicable According  to WTA & ITF  Rules 17‡ 16 4 20 + WTA Finals or  WTA Elite Trophy if  direct acceptance,  BJK Cup, Olym- pics, Exhibition/ Non-WTA Events According  to WTA &  ITF Rules Not Applicable According  to WTA & ITF  Rules 16 12 4 16 + WTA Finals or  WTA Elite Trophy if  direct acceptance,  BJK Cup, Olym- pics, Exhibition/ Non-WTA Events 4 2 6 15 10 4 14 + WTA Finals or  WTA Elite Trophy if  direct acceptance,  BJK Cup, Olym- pics, Exhibition/ Non-WTA Events 3 3 6 14 0 WTA  Tournaments,  except by  Wild Card 8 ITF events# 0† 8# + BJK Cup, Ex- hibition/Non-WTA  Events 3 0† 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 ^ See Sections X.A.1.a – Competition in a Professional Tennis Tournament and X.A.2 – Event  Participation. § See Section X.A.4 – Merited Increases. ± See Section X.A.2 – Event Participation. √  For Rules regarding Wild Card usage, including treatment of singles and doubles Wild Cards,  see Section X.A.3 – Wild Cards. 182