Universal Tennis (UTR) is a global rating system that promotes fair and competitive play across the tennis world. All players, regardless of age, gender, geography or skill level, are rated on a same scale between 1 and 16.50 based on actual match results.

UTR provides a real-time view of a player’s true skill level. Having a UTR enables you to track your progress, find level-based play, and expand your tennis network to play with people across age, gender and tennis silo.

Every tennis player can have a UTR. UTR provides an accurate measurement of a player’s true skill level, whether you are a recreational, junior, high school, college or pro player.

UTR is calculated by an algorithm using a player’s last 30 eligible match scores from the last 12 months. For each eligible match, the algorithm calculates a match rating and a match weight; a player’s UTR is the weighted average of all the match ratings.

Compete Well – You can improve your UTR by winning more games than expected, regardless of whether you win or lose the match and whether you play higher- or lower-rated opponents. Compete well and try to win as many games as possible; this is the best way to improve your UTR.

Play Often – The more matches you play, the quicker your UTR will reflect your current form. It is also best to play against opponents who are close to your rating regardless of whether they are above or below you.

Be Patient – Since UTR is a rolling weighted average, the effect of new results is slightly lagged. Your UTR may take time to reflect a recent outcome.

Every single player in the world has a Universal Tennis rating (UTR), which is a number between 1 - 16.5 that measures your tennis skill level. A player’s UTR is a dynamic rating that can go up or down over time based on player performance. There’s a place for everyone in UTR, whether you’re a beginner picking up a racquet for the first time, or you’re as advanced as Roger and Serena!

Every result recorded from your tennis activity can count towards your UTR, including results from all singles and doubles events and matchplay - like tournaments, camps, round robins, Verified UTR Events, recreational matches, practice matches, or even self-posted scores.

When you have a UTR, you can track your progress by submitting your results from all your tennis play to understand your skill level, improve your game, and find other players at your level anywhere in the world.

Every tennis player can have a UTR to know their level and find fun, competitive play wherever they are. Some players also have a Verified UTR.

So, what’s the difference?

1. Verified UTR reflects your results from only verified events.

2. UTR (incl. Non-Verified) reflects your results from a broader range of event types, including casual play, verified matches, and practice matches.

Verified UTR

You may notice that some players have UTRs that feature a blue checkmark which signifies that the player has a Verified UTR. Verified UTR is what college coaches, tournament organizers, and tennis analysts look at for recruiting, event entry and seeding, team line-ups, and player evaluations for high-level competition. Here’s how a Verified UTR is different than UTR:

Only results from verified third-party event organizers and tournament directors count towards Verified UTR, including:

• Professional ATP, WTA, and ITF events

• Federation sanctioned junior matches

• ITF junior matches

• Sanctioned NCAA and ITA college matches (team matches and tournaments)

• Official high school team matches and tournaments*

• Sanctioned adult league and tournament matches (USTA, etc.)

• UTR Verified Events run on the UTR platform

Events that count towards Verified UTR are heavily vetted to ensure the integrity of a player’s Verified UTR. This is why scores from non-verified events do not count towards Verified UTR.