tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post2210549138442267903..comments2024-03-26T09:23:26.937-04:00Comments on ZooTennis: ITF World Tennis Number Still Coming? Jubb Signs with Ellesse; Campaign to Save Winthrop Tennis, More College NewsColette Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14905215531491180014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-12175333268319470122020-07-14T07:32:41.644-04:002020-07-14T07:32:41.644-04:00@Lakemd29 - TRN ONLY considers Jr events. TRN als...@Lakemd29 - TRN ONLY considers Jr events. TRN also leaves out ITF WTT (lower level) Pro Events. So you could have a pro that has a wining record and be rated a 3 star. All because they have stopped playing Jr Events.SeminoleGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348591540345947462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-46322973431723993332020-07-13T10:45:36.771-04:002020-07-13T10:45:36.771-04:00When will TRN include UTR tournament results to it...When will TRN include UTR tournament results to its rating algorithm? If UTR results are not included then the TR ratings are skewed.Lakemd29https://www.blogger.com/profile/04026451505320976537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-47783914831037763582020-07-12T00:52:31.440-04:002020-07-12T00:52:31.440-04:00That World Tennis Number announcement is comical t...That World Tennis Number announcement is comical to read. Its Universal Tennis Rating cloned. The ITF might as well just have been honest and said they did not like UTR taking over and decided to try and squash it with their own competing product.<br /><br />ITF is too late, might as well embrace and join with UTR. A men's prize money UTR event in Boca this weekend had 115 men sign up. Another UTR-ITA event in 2 weeks at Palm Beach Atlantic already has 110 players with plenty of top juniors in the field.<br /><br />UTR has so much momentum that both USTA and ITF need to worry that they have already lost control of competitive tennis tournaments. Jon Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10016685.post-42700105445541922382020-07-11T21:09:29.829-04:002020-07-11T21:09:29.829-04:00UTR is useful but, like the tennisrecruiting ranki...UTR is useful but, like the tennisrecruiting rankings and star ratings, is proprietary. Thus, college coaches who use it do not fully understand the details of the metric they are using. So, a transparent metric would be nice. <br /><br />The TR system is far more opaque, but UTR does occasionally tinker with their algorithm, which makes it difficult to judge over time. Still, UTR does a far better job of explaining what their algorithm is (I’ve actually been able to consistently calculate UTR from results to within less than .1, based on their description - but for a little weighting it’s not terribly complicated).Colinnoreply@blogger.com