When do you expect USTA ratings to come out?
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Vox Rationis
Professional
I's definitely the entire section. Massive amount of bump ups everywhere.
5sets
Hall of Fame
Sandbagger
Vox Rationis
Professional
WildVolley
Legend
Lots of bumps up in San Diego.
Just got bumped to 4.5 as did two team mates. The good thing is that the bumps matched my estimation of the stronger players on the team.
The rest of the team is scrambling to try to get a new captain while I'm now a free agent.
Just got bumped to 4.5 as did two team mates. The good thing is that the bumps matched my estimation of the stronger players on the team.
The rest of the team is scrambling to try to get a new captain while I'm now a free agent.
lostinamerica
Semi-Pro
Texas has been hammered too
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
schmke
Legend
Oh, I'm up. Was up late last night too! Just have a full inbox to tend as well as comment here.
time_fly
Hall of Fame
In our area of New England there was a lot of movement from 4.0 to 4.5 in both men and women. There seemed to be very little from 3.5 to 4.0. I only found 1 guy in our whole 3.5 flight (self-rated) who got bumped, plus a couple other previous 3.5 bump-downs that continued to play 4.0 anyway. I saw a few 3.0 to 3.5. I didn’t notice any bump-downs among the players I checked.
loosegroove
Hall of Fame
Seriously, including me I think 8 guys on my team got bumped up to 4.5...and I'm currently on a 2 match skid.
time_fly
Hall of Fame
8 guys? Do you have a team left? I had 6 guys bumped a few years ago and it almost destroyed the team. It was particularly bad since we do early-start leagues in our area, so we were already in the middle of the season when the bumps happened.
ace18
Professional
My guess is that there will be a lot of appeals back down that will be granted. Did you just go thru the automated appeal process?
Yes, the automated appeal. I also think there will be a lot of appeals granted.
loosegroove
Hall of Fame
Yeah, we had a huge team, added a few players this season, and I know at least one guy was able to auto appeal down. It does make it tougher for districts though, since the guys that got bumped are the guys that are generally available and travel for post-season.
FearTheJester
New User
My appeal was denied; not sure many TX appeals will be granted.
Vox Rationis
Professional
I think it'll be the opposite. My guess is they adjusted the entire southern section as a whole in some way. So anyone close to a bump before adjustment, won't be in the appeal range afterwards.
In my area even the guys we're shocked got bumped have had their appeals declined.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
Vox Rationis
Professional
I didn't get bumped despite being at least 3.98 on the @schmke TT 4.0 team. There were a TON of bumps from 4.0 to 4.5, though. I lost 5 guys from my team (second place). The first place team (& district playoff winner) lost 11 players (!), as did the section-winning team.
I was only 14-13 for the year, so it would have been a surprising year for me to get bumped.
I was only 14-13 for the year, so it would have been a surprising year for me to get bumped.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
schmke
Legend
You are probably looking at the special NorCal site. Look at TennisLink.
Yes.
ace18
Professional
I hope that's the case. I don't like how tons of people get bumped only to appeal back down. They crushed the 40+ league I play in with bump ups to 5.0
One guy on our team got bumped as expected. One more guy got bumped and that I did not expect, he’s not that much better than me. If he’s a 5.0 then I’m within striking distance of it.
One guy got bumped down, as he should have.
Didn’t have time to check more before the site exploded.
One guy got bumped down, as he should have.
Didn’t have time to check more before the site exploded.
schmke
Legend
And if your area adopts the 4-court format, little place for them to play in 40+ now.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
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Got bumped from 3.5 to 4.0. No room for me on the 4.0 40+ team at my club. I guess I'm a free agent.
Was surprised I got bumped. Only played 7 guys that got bumped all year and lost to 5 of them. Only win was at Nationals against two guys from Texas, which I'm guessing got me bumped up. Doesn't help that all of my partners in postseason were massively underrated looking at TLS, TennisRecord and schmke's estimates.
Last year, schmke missed on me. This time, he was right. Now I get to dial back tennis and enjoy my kids' athletics, I guess.
One note: Both of Texas's 3.5 singles players got the dreaded double-bump. They weren't cheating at all...
Was surprised I got bumped. Only played 7 guys that got bumped all year and lost to 5 of them. Only win was at Nationals against two guys from Texas, which I'm guessing got me bumped up. Doesn't help that all of my partners in postseason were massively underrated looking at TLS, TennisRecord and schmke's estimates.
Last year, schmke missed on me. This time, he was right. Now I get to dial back tennis and enjoy my kids' athletics, I guess.
One note: Both of Texas's 3.5 singles players got the dreaded double-bump. They weren't cheating at all...
FearTheJester
New User
We had 13 guys get bumped up.
J011yroger
Talk Tennis Guru
I'm in Southern. Now 6 of the 7 on my team that got bumped were denied an appeal down. Most of them might be sticking this year.
Yes...you have the three strike rule to manage.
FearTheJester
New User
Texas section; Houston specifically.
Dang just looked at the numbers in my local area.
Here's a breakdown of the number by gender and level.
Nothing very surprising on the ladies' side.
But look at the men.
Seems like an effort to get more players in the 4.5 ranks. 4.5 M increased from 87 to 118 players. That's nuts.
Here's a breakdown of the number by gender and level.
Nothing very surprising on the ladies' side.
| Female | % just bumped up | % just bumped down |
| 3.0 | 10.0% | 5.63% |
| 3.5 | 5.49% | 5.27% |
| 4.0 | 5.21% | 2.43% |
| 4.5 | 5.13 | 1.28 |
But look at the men.
| Male | % just bumped up | % just bumped down |
| 3.0 | 8.5% | 3.1% |
| 3.5 | 14.4% | 1.8% |
| 4.0 | 16.9% | 7.3% |
| 4.5 | 28.0% | 0.0% |
Seems like an effort to get more players in the 4.5 ranks. 4.5 M increased from 87 to 118 players. That's nuts.
ej28405
New User
Does the 3 strike rule apply if you have a C generated rating?
No, if you are C rated you could win every match 6-0 6-0 and not get DQ'ed.
No, although there are anecdotal reports of players with C ratings getting an administrative adjustment.
Moveforwardalways
Hall of Fame
Are the appeal ranges different this year to account for the bump ups? What are they normally?
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