If the player performs well enough and gets a very good rank (A), he is challenged by Duke, one of the game’s bosses. The user can select either a featured professional player or one of his created players (from the World Tour mode), and must win 5 matches in different surfaces and venues to win the tournament. Tournament mode is similar to the arcade version of the game.
This mode also allows the player to interact with the featured professional tennis players. The player needs to improve his ranking by winning matches and tournaments, as well as his abilities by successfully completing training minigames and academy exercises. In this mode, the user creates a tennis player (male or female), and enters the SPT World Tour with a ranking position of 300th, and with the goal of becoming the number 1. These game modes replace the Challenge Mode that was present in the arcade version. World Tour main mode of the game. Virtua Tennis 3 is powered by the PC-based Sega Lindbergh arcade system board. Besides having Tournament Mode and Exhibition Mode from the arcade version, the home versions include a World Tour Mode and Court Games mode.