Observations on 12/31/17 USTA Ratings

[kevrol]

Interested to know what folks are seeing in different areas. Here in NC this is what I notice initially:

• Usually always a handful of guys that get bumped down to 2.5. This year only 1
• Also very few males bumped down to 3.0 or 3.5
• Not a lot of movement overall
• 4.1% of players bumped down
• 7.0% of players bumped up

 

[kevrol]

Some more numbers from this area showing what happened to players at their 2016 level:

2.0
Female
5 Players
5 Players bumped up (100%)

2.5
Female
139 players
0 bumped down (0%)
22 bumped up (15.8%)
117 unchanged (84.2%)

Male
18 players
0 bumped down (0%)
4 bumped up (22.2%)
14 unchanged (77.8%)

3.0
Female
278 players
3 bumped down (1.1%)
32 bumped up (11.5%)
243 unchanged (87.4%)

Male
153 players
1 bumped down (0.7%)
19 bumped up (12.4%)
133 unchanged (86.9%)

3.5
Female
423 players
25 bumped down (5.9%)
20 bumped up (4.7%)
378 unchanged (89.4%)

Male
278 players
6 bumped down (2.2%)
16 bumped up (5.8%)
256 unchanged (92.1%)

4.0
Female
294 players
25 bumped down (8.5%)
11 bumped up (3.7%)
258 unchanged (87.8%)

Male
252 players
9 bumped up (3.6%)
10 bumped down (4.0%)
233 unchanged (92.5%)

4.5
Female
86 players
9 bumped down (10.5%)
2 bumped up (2.3%)
75 unchanged (87.2%)

Male
95 players
1 bumped down (1.1%)
5 bumped up (5.3%)
89 unchanged (93.7%)

5.0
Female
12 players
2 bumped down (16.7%)
0 bumped up (0%)
10 unchanged (83.3%)

Male
26 players
1 bumped down (3.8%)
0 bumped up (0%)
25 unchanged (96.2%)

5.5
Female
1 player
1 bumped down (100%)

Male
1 player
1 bumped down (100%)

 

[OnTheLine]

Thanks for putting in the work and showing us this. Did this include self rates?

Data that jumps out at me:
4.5 level, much higher % of females bumped down than males.
All levels, males are bumped up at a higher % than females and bumped down at a lower % than females ... I am curious as to why as that one makes no sense on the surface.

That and in your area if you are a 4.5 you REALLY don't want to be bumped to 5.0 if you enjoy league play!