We had 6 guys at or above 3.50 on TR on my men’s teams alone, the highest being 3.65, and nobody was bumped so I’d say “not accurate” in our case.
Yeah, my ratings aren't perfect. Although he'd come down since the 3.70 so the miss wasn't by that much. But I was correct on the other 12 on the team, including three other bump ups, so 12 for 13 isn't bad.
I think he’s a high end 3.5.Yeah, my ratings aren't perfect. Although he'd come down since the 3.70 so the miss wasn't by that much. But I was correct on the other 12 on the team, including three other bump ups, so 12 for 13 isn't bad.
But I'd ask, does he play like a 3.5? Perhaps the USTA missed and my rating is actually a better representation of his ability!
He did go 20-5 this year, including three wins when he was expected to lose. I'd say his rating going up would not have been a surprise. But the USTA sees fit to keep him a 3.5 I guess.
The rule says just Adult 18+ and 40+.
Princeton University?
Two things. One, yes the TR estimated year end rating is way off this year and is overrating everyone by .2-.3. The dynamic ratings are more accurate. Two, getting bumped is more about who you play than how many people you beat. I’d bet those 11 people you beat were low 4.0s or even 3.5s playing up. My singles 2 guy is in that same purgatory right now. He went 12-0 this year, only lost a couple sets, and really should be a 4.0, but most of his opponents were low-to-mid 3.5s.
You are correct. There is a lot of collusion/corruption imo.
If there was wide-spread collusion/corroption, my ratings wouldn't be as accurate as they tend to be. Sure, they aren't perfect, but based on the feedback I get and checks I do, I'm doing pretty well, certainly better than the alternatives.
That's probably a reference to getting to sectionals.
People fall in love with whatever rating service gives them what they want to see.
I have seen some M ratings show up. Did they play in the normal 18+ or 40+ Mixed leagues? Or some other Mixed league?
Way off in both directions in my circle of friends as well. Someone .2 below level on TR was bumped up. And someone .25 above level not bumped up.
The normal 18+
Sectionals at Princeton
I know a 3.61 that didn’t get bumped. Seems like it’s section heavy.
believe that on 1/1/2025 M would show.
Why don't you just go play 4.5? Are you enjoying tennis at all going 27-1 with nine bagels?
Same for all my former 3.5's that are new 4.0's. I tried to appeal down since half my team has been decimated and got the denial!
To be honest. Not really. I only enjoy going to Sectionals with the team. Which is kind of why I wanted my old rating back. But it seems like there's nothing I can do to get it back. I mean seriously... what else do I need to do?
I had an 85% win rate in 4.0 league matches (17-3) and didn't get bumped. It simply doesn't matter. In fact, a guy I beat 6-3 6-1 in a tournament was somehow bumped to 4.5 after going 4-4 in league matches LOL. USTA is silly.
I do know one 2.5 woman who was bumped up to 3.0 with a TR 2.35 rating but I didn’t see anything like that at higher levels
I don't think it’s nefarious. But NTRP is supposed to help organize healthy competitive leagues, not to perfectly capture people’s tennis ability. So there is certainly room for other criteria besides match results to factor into cutoffs for moving players.
CPD usually gets boat raced at sectionals. That's what keeps them all down.
They didn't play enough matches to get an updated rating for 12/31/24. Ratings last for 3 years until they expire.
He had 12+ mixed matches, 3 singles matches, and 4 mens doubs in 2024. The singles and mens doubles were all in tournaments? so he should at least get a T or an M rating update?
Existing C ratings seem to carry over in cases like this until they expire and the player has to self-rate again.
Anyone else feel like USTA is dying to try to keep members? USTA has to be bleeding people to pickleball. This is the only way to explain the lack of bumps all around.
So USTA thinks players will quit playing league tennis if they get bumped up? I know that occasionally does happen, but I think it’s the exception. It should be more important to have competitive leagues with players at roughly the same level. Our local league also had very little movement this year- ratings were very sticky.
