From USTA.com (https://www.usta.com/ntrpnationals):
For 2018, the USTA is launching a new national adult tournament that leverages the NTRP rating system as a way to create level-based competition at the 18 & over and 50 & over age groups.
NTRP national champions will be crowned in men’s and women’s singles and doubles at the 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 levels in both 18 & over and 50 & over age groups. The NTRP National Championships will be held in the spring of 2018.
Dates and Locations:
- 18 & Over: Surprise Tennis & Racquet Complex, Surprise, AZ | April 6-8, 2018
- 50 & Over: Academia Sanchez-Casall Florida, Naples, FL | April 20-22, 2018
About the NTRP National Championships:
- Men’s and women’s 18 & over and 50 & over
- 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 divisions
- Singles and doubles
- Non-elimination draws with two matches per day Friday through Sunday
- Fast Four: Best-of-three sets to four games, no-ad scoring, tiebreak at 3-3 all
- Tiebreak is first to 5 points, win by one
- Eight four-player round robins and that play into four eight-player compass draws
NTRP Rating Validation:
- If the section is not hosting a section championship, player will use his/her year-end rating the year prior to the national championship.
- Self-rates are not eligible to participate.
Road to the NTRP National Championships:
Qualification into the NTRP National Championships will be handled by the sections. Please reach out to your section to find out how to qualify!
Carribean – Brenda Rivera
Eastern – Julie Beal-Bliss and Rob Festa
- Click here to learn how to qualify in Eastern.
Florida – Andy Gladstone
Hawaii – Sara Yoshinyaga
Intermountain – Monica Haller-Bradley
Mid-Atlantic – Jeff Fowle
- Click here to learn how to qualify in the Mid-Atlantic.
Middle States – Mary Wurtz
Midwest – Chad Docktor
- Click here to learn about USTA/Midwest Adult Endorsement to 2018 National Championships.
Missouri Valley – Lori Therrien
- Click here to learn how to qualify in the Missouri Valley.
- Click here to learn how you get ranked in the Missouri Valley.
New England – Woody Freeman
Northern – Nancy Lundberg
- Click here to learn how to advance to the 2018 NTRP National Championships.
Northern California – Michelle Gee Wilson
- Click here to learn how to advance to the 2018 NTRP National Championships.
Pacific Northwest – Adam Hutchinson
- Click here to learn about the Pacific NW endorsement criteria for the 2018 NTRP National Championships.
Southern – Chris Walling
Southern California – Linda Milan
Southwest – Shelby Payne
Texas – Nancy Perkins
- Click here to learn about NTRP endorsement procedures in Texas.