[Reprinted from UniversalTennis.com]
We hear the word “matchup” a lot in sports. How do these two players stack up? When Roger Federer was dominating the tennis world, Rafael Nadal still gave him plenty of trouble. Matchup trouble.
UTR’s new Team Compare feature lets you drill down into individual matchups on any two college tennis teams. Side by side, you’ll get players’ names, their UTRs, and see how they differ from their opponents across the net. Each team’s Power 6 rating will be there, too. And with its drag-and-drop feature, you can rearrange a team’s lineup to experiment with different matchups—and see how they change the Power 6 rating.
Team Compare is available to subscribers to UTR Premium Plus, the package that covers college tennis. It’s starting with intercollegiate ball, but Team Compare’s future includes any event with teams. (Did somebody say, “high-school tennis?”) Before Team Compare went live, American junior coach Paul MacDonald used UTRs this very way to help navigate his Midwest team to a national championship.
Universal Tennis Ratings provide tennis players worldwide a common scale to determine their level of play. The 16-level scale (from beginners to elite world-class professionals), precisely and reliably determines individual players’ ratings based on actual match results without regard for age, gender or where the matches are played. The Universal Tennis website allows visitors to view more than three million tennis results. College Tennis coaches utilize UTR ratings for recruiting, for scouting opponents, and also to track the levels of their current players. The ITA currently uses UTR ratings to assist with selections and seedings for select regional and national events. www.universaltennis.com
“The UTR program is a valuable asset in our evaluation and scouting of our opponents! UTR is a game changer!”
Gene Orlando
Head Men’s Tennis Coach
“I find the UTR Compare tool beneficial because it holds myself and other college coaches accountable to play fair dual match line ups, and it also helps recruits understand where they would fit into the program’s line up. This addition and the addition of the historical ratings will hold coaches accountable to developing players beyond their initial UTR.”
Audra Cohen
Head Women’s Tennis Coach
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