Day in the Life of ITF Masters Tennis player Seb Jackson
We often talk about the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour, but have never gone behind-the-scenes and shown you exactly what it is like to play a tournament – until now.
As an extension of our Day in the Life content series, we spent time with Great Britain’s Seb Jackson at an MT1000 event in Manavgat, Turkiye so we could give you a real flavour of ITF Masters Tennis.
Seb is 53 years old and a regular on the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour having competed and won titles at ITF Masters World Championships – the pinnacle of ITF Masters Tennis.
Follow Seb as he takes to the court and showcases some of the founding principles of ITF World Tennis Masters Tour such as healthy competition, camaraderie, travel opportunities and a sense of achievement.
Seb is also someone who believes passionately in the benefits of tennis from a wellbeing perspective having twice been diagnosed with cancer. Within the video, he talks about how tennis has aided his recovery, both from a physical and mental standpoint.
This feeds into the wider narrative of tennis providing numerous health benefits, including increased life expectancy, reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, improved mental health and enhanced physical fitness.
Indeed, previous research by the Copenhagen City Heart Study has found that tennis players have a 47 per cent reduction in overall mortality risk and a 59 per cent reduction in cardiovascular mortality.
The ITF World Tennis Masters Tour provides competitive playing opportunities for amateur players from the year in which they turn 30 years of age right through to 90 and above, with tournaments taking place in more than 70 nations around the world.
The pinnacle of the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour are the ITF Masters World Championships. While a different age group to Seb, the latest World Championships for players aged 60 through to 70 and above get underway on Sunday at Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, USA.
The vast majority of players on the ITF World Tennis Masters Tour are not former professional tennis players, so if you love the game, enjoy competitions but have other commitments in your life, maybe the Tour is for you. There is likely to be a tournament taking place close by.