Question 1

How does the UTR-P Rating compare to the UTPR (USA Pickleball Tournament Player Ratings) and other ratings like DUPR?

Scott Robbins · Accepted Answer

The UTR-P Rating is and always will be free for players and unlike other rating systems, UTR Sports has no plans to ever charge for it.

The rating systems are very different in terms of their approaches and how the ratings are calculated. The UTR-P is an ageless, genderless, borderless scale from 1-10.0. The UTPR is a tournament-only rating system for the United States that is a genderless scale from 1 to 5.5+.
The DUPR is a global rating system on a scale from 2.00 to 8.00.
The UTR-P Rating is generally one point higher than the UTPR you may be used to.

Example: If a player has been a 3.0 UTPR they will be approximately a 4.0 UTR-P as follows:

UTPR (USAP Tournament Rating)	UTR-P Rating
3.o	4.o
3.5	4.5
5.5+	6.5+

The UTR-P rating has several advantages over the other rating systems. One key element is that UTR-P separates self-reported scores from organized/verified match results. This unique feature provides reliability to competitive play and helps drastically reduce sandbagging. The UTR-P rating is very stable and accurate for many reasons. It was specifically developed with doubles and even mixed doubles front of mind. Other rating systems where they struggle to be truly genderless and finding a good mixed doubles partner can’t really be in a level-based way with finding a player of equal rating. This then forces organizers to look at rankings too. For UTR-P it is simple. If you want to find a partner around your level in doubles, look for a rating around your level in doubles, male or female. The UTR-P Rating reflects how you play as a doubles unit not how you play in a 1 vs 1 scenario. Also, the UTR-P rating has a strong and fast-growing pool of connected players which provides for a highly accurate and stable global rating. The UTR-P Rating is also more accurate than points-based ranking systems. It doesn’t matter which format the player chooses, nor the partner they play with. The UTR-P rating predicts the outcome in ALL cases. It is several percentage points more accurate than today’s pro points-based rankings.

Question 2

How does the ELO system work?

usapapickleball · Accepted Answer

A player's ELO rating is represented by a number which increases or decreases depending on the outcome of games between rated players. After every game, the winning player takes points from the losing player. The difference between the ratings of the winner and loser determines the total number of points gained or lost after a game. In a series of games between a high-rated player and a low-rated player, the high-rated player is expected to score more wins. If the high-rated player wins, then only a few rating points will be taken from the low-rated player. However, if the lower rated player scores an upset win, many rating points will be transferred (the larger the gap between the player’s ratings, the more the resulting player rating will fluctuate). This means that this rating system is self-correcting. A player whose rating is too low should, in the long run, do better than the rating system predicts, and thus gain rating points until the rating reflects their true playing strength.

Question 3

How does the USA Pickleball Tournament Player Rating System work?

usapapickleball · Accepted Answer

The rating is 4 digits in the form of x.xxx. For example, 3.729. Ratings will range from 0.000 to 6.999. Theoretically, a player could go higher than 6.999 if a top player goes on an extended winning streak without any losses. Ratings will be calculated for men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. All tournament data, processed through PickleballTournaments.com from as far back as 2015 is being used to calculate the player rating. Ratings take into account each partner’s rating, the rating of the opponent (s), and the type of tournament being played. Tournament ratings become more accurate as a player increases the number of tournaments played.

 

USA Pickleball Tournament Player Rating is a 4 digit rating in the form of x.xxx. For example, 3.729. Ratings range from 0.000 to 6.999. Theoretically, a player can go higher than 6.999 if a top player goes on an extended winning streak without any losses. Ratings are calculated for men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. UTPRs take into account each partner’s rating, the rating of the opponent (s), and the type of tournament being played. Tournament ratings become more accurate as a player increases the number of tournaments played.

Question 4

Will USA Pickleball Tournament Player Rating System produce 4-digit player ratings or 2-digit player ratings?

USAPA · Accepted Answer

USA Pickleball Tournament Player Rating System will produce both a 4-digit player rating and a 2-digit skill rating for each event category played. The more precise, 4-digit rating, will be used primarily for seeding. The 2-digit skill rating will be a derivation of the 4-digit rating and used primarily for tournament registration and structured club/league play. The first two digits of the 4-digit rating will dictate the 2-digit skill level rating. The first 2-digits must meet or exceed a standard skill level. Example: A 3.994 4-digit rating has not met the 4.0 standard and will convert to a 3.5 skill level rating. USA Pickleball Conversion Chart:

4-DIGIT	2-DIGIT
1.000 – 1.499	1.0
1.500 – 1.999	1.5
2.000 – 2.499	2.0
2.500 – 2.999	2.5
3.000 – 3.499	3.0
3.500 – 3.999	3.5
4.000 – 4.499	4.0
4.500 – 4.999	4.5
5.000 – 5.499	5.0
5.500 – 5.999	5.5
6.000 - 6.499	6.0
6.500 - 6.999	6.5

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