E. Adult, Senior, and Family National Rankings

1. Adult, Senior, and Family Ranking Period. The Adult, Senior, and Family

Ranking Period for all players and teams shall be January 1 through

December 31.

2. National Ranking Tournaments. The following tournaments shall be

known as National Ranking Tournaments in the Adult, Senior, and Family

ranking divisions and only results from these tournaments using

approved match formats set forth in USTA Regulation XIV.C.5. shall be

considered for ranking:

• Category I USTA National Championships;

• Super Category II USTA Tournaments;

• Category II USTA Tournaments;

• USTA National Intersectional Team Events;

• Sectional Championships (as defined in USTA Regulation

XIV.E.3.); and

• Local Tournaments (as defined in USTA Regulation XIV.E.4.).

3. Sectional Championships. These are tournaments sanctioned by the

Sectional Associations as Sectional Championships in the Adult, Senior,

and Family divisions that are not Category II USTA Tournaments.

4. Local Tournaments. Local Tournaments are tournaments sanctioned by

the Sectional or District Associations in the Adult, Senior, and Family

divisions that are neither Super Category II USTA Tournaments, Category

II USTA Tournaments, nor Sectional Championships.

5. Matches considered for national ranking. Only matches in National

Ranking Tournaments that use the scoring system specifically described

in Rules 5, 6, and 7 and No-Ad scoring described in Appendix IV of the

ITF Rules of Tennis and that are the best of three sets or the best of five

sets shall be considered for ranking except that:

• matches that use other formats in Category I USTA National

Championships shall be considered for ranking if their use is

authorized in advance by the Chairperson of the Adult/Senior

Competition Committee or the Chairperson’s designee; and

• matches that use other formats in all National Ranking

Tournaments shall be considered for ranking unless their use for

ranking is prohibited by the Adult/Senior Competition Committee.

6. Points Per Round ranking system.

a. Ranking Points. Players shall earn Ranking Points in National

Ranking Tournaments based on a Points Per Round ranking

system. Annually the Adult/Senior Competition Committee shall

determine the Ranking Points that shall be assigned to each round

in each tournament and for participating in each tournament. This

information shall be published on the USTA website.

b. Relative weights of National Ranking Tournaments.

Adult/Senior Competition Committee shall determine the

points for winning matches in the USTA National

Intersectional Team Events.

ii. Relative weights of other National Ranking Tournaments.

The relative ranking weights of other tournaments are listed

in Table 22.

c. Treatment of Byes, Withdrawals, Walkovers, Disqualifications,

Defaults, and Retirements.

i. Byes. A player who advances because of a Bye does not

receive Ranking Points for advancing.

ii. Withdrawals. A player who advances because of a

Withdrawal shall receive Ranking Points for advancing.

iii. Walkovers. A player who advances because of a Walkover

shall receive Ranking Points for advancing.

iv. Disqualification. A player who advances because of a

Disqualification shall receive Ranking Points for advancing.

v. Defaults. A player who advances because of a Default shall

receive Ranking Points for advancing.

vi. Retirements. A player who advances because of the opponent’s

Retirement shall receive Ranking Points for advancing.

d. Breaking ranking ties. If players or teams receive the same number

of Ranking Points, ties shall be broken using the following steps in

the order listed. As many ties as possible shall be broken before

using the next step:

• Most points earned in Category I USTA National Championships;

• Most points earned in Super Category II Tournaments and

Category II USTA Tournaments; and

• Most points earned in any other National Ranking

Tournament.

7. Calculating rankings in Adult and Senior divisions.

a. Singles rankings. Subject to the limitations set forth in USTA

Regulation XIV.E.7.d. below, Adult and Senior singles rankings

shall be based on the total Ranking Points received during a

calendar year as follows:

tournaments in which the player received the most Ranking

Points.

• Women’s divisions: total Ranking Points from up to four

tournaments in which the player received the most Ranking

Points.

b. Team doubles rankings. Subject to the limitations set forth in USTA

Regulation XIV.E.7.d. below, Adult and Senior team ranking

doubles in men’s and women’s divisions shall be based on the total

Ranking Points received during a calendar year from up to four

tournaments in which the team received the most Ranking Points.

c. Individual doubles rankings. Subject to the limitations set forth in

USTA Regulation XIV.E.7.d. below, Adult and Senior individual

doubles rankings shall be based on the total Ranking Points

received during a calendar year as follows:

• Men’s divisions: total Ranking Points from up to five National

Ranking Tournaments in which the player received the most

Ranking Points.

• Women’s divisions: total Ranking Points from up to four

National Ranking Tournaments in which the player received

the most Ranking Points.

FAC Comment XIV.E-1: There are no rankings in the Adult or Senior

Mixed Doubles divisions.

d. Limitations.

• Players and teams must meet the minimum tournament

participation requirements listed in Table 23 to be ranked.

• Ranking Points earned at no more than two Sectional

Championships shall be counted for a national ranking.

• Ranking Points earned in at least one Category I USTA

Championship shall be included among the National Ranking

Tournaments that count for national ranking.

• Only those players or teams who receive at least 50 Ranking

Points shall be ranked.

8. Calculating rankings in Family divisions. Each player or team must play

in one Category I USTA National Championship in order to receive a

national ranking (see Table 23). Family rankings shall be based on the

total Ranking Points received during a calendar year from the four

National Ranking Tournaments in which the player or team received the

most Ranking Points, except that:

• Ranking Points earned at no more than two Sectional

Championships shall be counted for a national ranking.

• Ranking Points earned in at least one Category I USTA National

Championship shall be included among the four National Ranking

Tournaments that count for national ranking.