Rating DQ/"strike" question

[ejdtennis]

Hi,

I am writing on behalf of a friend who self-rated (in my mind, legitimately) as a 3.5. He has won 3 mixed 7.0 matches so far this year - all in straight sets with a strong female 3.5 - avg score 6-3,6-2 against fairly strong opponents.

I know he can't get dynamically DQ'd in mxd. but what happens with his rating when he starts to play men's in May? Does he start at 0.0 and generate a dynamic rating after his first match? Or would he already have a dynamic rating from mixed? Most importantly, would he start to accumulate "strikes" from the first match?

My friend wants to join a men's team but is worried about getting DQ'd because it looks like his 7.0 mxd team might go to the playoffs and he wants to join them there. Is it better for him to join men's 3.5 or 4.0? I'm thinking 3.5?

Thanks.

 

[raiden031]

If he plays men's in the same year, then I believe it negates any rating generated by mixed matches and starts over from scratch.

 

[bwaid88]

if he does not play in any other leagues he will generate a mixed only rating based on the people he played and could be bumped based off of it. however, if he plays mens league, just as raiden said he will start from scratch (a 0.0 rating). if he goes out and beats people badly in league though he could possibly get 3 strikes and be dq'ed from the 3.5 level. this would not only force him off the mens 3.5 team but also force him to compete at his new level (4.0 or whatever) on his mixed team. hope this helps

 

[ejdtennis]

Thanks for your help. My friend has committed to a 4.0 men's team. It will be interesting to see whether he is DQ'd is he has some close matches. He is kind of up and down/erratic. If he's on he is definitely a 4.0 but if he's off he's definitely not.

 

[LafayetteHitter]

Anyone else get bumped up or dq'ed in the last 2 days? I did.

 

[Kostas]

Well in my opinion if you "feel" he has appropriately rated himself then you really shouldn't be worried about a DQ honestly.

If you're worried about DQs and strikes then that tells me you may think he will do very well at 3.5 which may be slightly lower than where he should be.

I'll tell you this...if he self-rated at 3.5 and he's going to play 4.0...he's going to almost certainly be DQ'd at 3.5.

 

[HitItHarder]

Anyone else get bumped up or dq'ed in the last 2 days? I did.

We had the first DQ in our local USTA league this week as well. 4.0 self rated player got three strikes in 3 matches. Based on the people he beat and the scores, the computer got it right.

As our Adult USTA season is about 5 weeks in now and the self-raters have generated dynamic ratings, I suspect we will see a couple more DQs in the next few weeks.