Gamers who bear fertility therapy will have the ability to use their particular rating to enter as much as three tournaments inside 10 weeks of their return.
The particular rating will probably be a median of a participant’s rating over a 12-week interval earlier than and through their depart.
Gamers won’t, nevertheless, have the ability to use this rating to enter one of many WTA’s premier 1000 occasions, because the tour needs to encourage gamers to undertake the process at a quieter time of the season.
“It is all trial and error, everybody’s physique is totally different,” Stephens added.
“Somebody is likely to be out for 3 months, somebody is likely to be out for one week.
“Some individuals acquire a tonne of weight, some individuals can return instantly. I believe if you find yourself household planning, it is higher when you have that assist.”
Stephens says she was a powerful advocate for such a measure when a member of the WTA Gamers’ Council, and the tour’s chief govt Portia Archer confirms the transfer was player-led.
“It was very a lot on the instigation of the gamers,” she mentioned.
“We need to actually assist gamers deal with this conundrum the place peak athletic efficiency coincides with the time interval of peak fertility, so gamers are sometimes confronted with this robust alternative of the right way to actually maximise and optimise these years.”
