USTA NTRP Ratings & Appeals
Understanding your National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP) rating – and if you can appeal it, and how to appeal it – helps ensure fair and competitive play. Below is a complete guide to self-rates, appeals, medical exemptions, and how the automated appeal process works.
Ratings are generated in three ways:
Appeals
Players may appeal their rating if they believe it does not accurately reflect their current level of play.
Types of Appeals:
Automated (Computer) Appeal
Medical Appeal
Self-Rate Appeal
Grievance Appeal (in limited cases)
Dynamic Ratings & Disqualifications (DQ)
- A self-rated player can receive a disqualified rating by either receiving a dynamic disqualification, or having a grievance filed against them with the grievance being upheld.
- An NTRP Disqualification is a rule enforcement against a self-rated or appealed player who is generating dynamic ratings high enough to indicate the player is playing at a level that is too low for their ability. Dynamics indicating a player is out of level are called “strikes,” and at least three strikes will result in a Dynamic Disqualification.
- A Dynamic disqualification is defined as a self-rated player that has generated three dynamic ratings in a single rating year based on USTA League Adult Division play (except retirements and through to Sectional Championships), that are clearly above their current computer-rating level, regardless of the championship year in which the matches take place.
Dynamic Rating: A Dynamic Rating is generated at the conclusion of a player’s most recently completed USTA League Adult and/or Mixed Division match. Dynamic Ratings are calculated to the hundredths of a point and are not published. A Dynamic Rating may be calculated after each match and it may change with each match played. Matches played against players that are self-rated do not generate dynamic ratings until a self-rated player has enough results from matches against other players who have Dynamic Ratings.
If you have questions about your rating please contact our District Leagues Coordinator
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