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Hi there, I work at a tennis club in Simsbury, CT and also play on a USTA 4.5 Team there. We are currently looking for a couple more 4.5 rated players to join our team for this upcoming season as some of our previous players moved or are injured. I know it's a long shot but if there's anybody...

This is my first year captaining 55+ and it is not as easy as one would think. In the other (youngster) divisions a captain has more flexibility to play guys who aren't as strong at a position and load up elsewhere so the overall team has success and everyone feels they are part of it. With...

At my most recent mixed match, the other team defaulted my court because my partner was 25 minutes late. However, it turned out my partner showed up in time but the front desk of the club sent her to the wrong court. This was an away match for us and my partner had never played at this...

Playing in my first USTA league this spring, it’s 8.5 combo with a really good 5.0 as my partner. The team and league is mostly 4.0/4.5 combos. Last I checked there’s one other 5.0 in the league (but I also know my partner isn’t signed up yet so who knows final number). When you’re far and away...

Let's first attack the obvious. Tennis is a sport that's best enjoyed one v one. I know doubles players are going to have a fit at this words, but come on ya'll, let's keep it a thousand. No one ever gets crazy good and passionate about this game if they don't play singles at all. Doubles...

I finally got to play my first USTA match. It was 6.5 mixed doubles. I had a good time we have a great/fun team and I played pretty well. Unsurprisingly my serve and serve receive was pretty weak. We ended up splitting sets and won the tie break. One issue I had was I felt I wasn't able...

This is intended as a discussion where we can talk about all the pros and cons of how USTA uses its rating system and what some solutions might be. I started it as a response in a thread but it is clear this topic is much broader and I don’t want to hijack the other persons thread more than I...

So I am a 3.5C and had an estimated dynamic rating of 3.51 on TR. I recently played a league match against a 3.07 and won 6-0, 6-0 and my dynamic rating went down to 3.49 and my opponent's rating goes up to 3.09. How is that possible? At worst I would expect it to stay the same. I think my UTR...