Ranking
National Rankings will be updated and published after each event.
To receive an official end-of-the-year ranking, a team must play 3 events together,
with one of those events outside of their home region. Nationals is considered an
out-of-region event no matter its location and is the only NRT with this designation.
NRT points for a specific tournament exist for 12 months and are replaced by the
following year’s event.
Removal of any earned NRT points due to rules infractions or punishment for player
behavior will be enforced as instructed by the APTA National Tournaments Committee.
Based on odd size draws, last chance play and feed-in draws, the points may have
to be adjusted slightly to correctly award teams for their final placement.
Ranking points earned in a NRT event will follow the published National Ranking
point schedule multiplied by the tournament weighting designated by the Committee
after the event is completed.
Grand Prix tournaments are rated at 4.25. Other NRT ratings are calculated by adding up
the total seeding points of the top 16 teams prior to each event. The total number of points
will then be compared to the APTA Weighting Schedule below to get the rating, with a maximum
rating of 4.0. Nationals will be evaluated year to year and adjusted as the Committee sees fit.
The Committee reserves the right to make adjustments to ranking, seeding, or weighting
procedures should any anomalies arise.
Default Rules
Any player who finishes his/her previous match and loses, is responsible for playing his/her next
scheduled back draw match, except in NRT Quarterfinal Reprieve back draw matches detailed below,
which include all Grand Prix events and the Men’s and Women’s National Championships.
Players must communicate their intent to default to the Tournament Director or APTA Tour
Director prior to their scheduled match time.
Additional details on Quarterfinal Reprieve Back draw matches:
The Quarterfinal Reprieve in draws over 16 teams is OPTIONAL.
In one day 16 draws the quarterfinal reprieve is MANDATORY.
Optional matches are counted for the purposes of a 3 match guarantee. If all four teams choose to
default, all four teams will receive 7th place points. If a team loses or defaults in the semi-final
of the Quarterfinal Reprieve, the team will receive 7th place points. A team in the final of the
Quarterfinal Reprieve is guaranteed to receive 5th or 6th place points. A team that wins the
Quarterfinal Reprieve final, either by default or by playing and winning the match, will receive
5th place points. A team that loses the Quarterfinal Reprieve final, either by default or by
playing and losing the match, will receive 6th place points. If both teams default in the finals,
they will each receive the average of 5th and 6th place points. If one team wants to play the
Quarterfinal Reprieve semi-final match and the other three teams do not, that team will receive
5th place points and the other three teams will receive 7th place points.
Default Penalties:
In all National Ranking Tournaments, players who default a main draw or back draw match for reasons
other than injury or emergencies will lose all points for that tournament. (See above for exceptions.)
Seeding
Seeding and instructions for the pull of the draw for all NRT events will be done
by the Committee and the local tournament director.
Seeding and Placement of Seeds (listed and non-listed) will follow the guidelines as follows:
- NRT seeding and qualifications for Grand Prix events and Men’s and Women’s National Championships,
will combine each player’s three highest results across the two previous years.
Results from the immediate previous year are counted at 100% and will be prioritized over results
from the prior year. Any results going back over a year will be counted at 75%.
- Player A (Average of top 3 tournament results in previous 2 years) +
Player B (Average of top 3 tournament results in previous 2 years)
= Team Seeding.
- The number of listed and non-listed Seeds will be determined by the
number of participants and format of the event.
- Tournaments with 9-16 entered teams will have 2 listed seeds and up to 6 non-listed seeds;
17-32 entered teams will have 4 listed seeds and up to 8 non-listed seeds;
33-64 entered teams will have 8 listed seeds and up to 16 non-listed seeds;
65-95 entered teams will have 16 listed seeds and up to 16 non-listed seeds;
96-128 entered teams will have 16 listed seeds and up to 32 non-listed seeds.
- Events that host PTI events or multiple NRT draws, on the same weekend, will receive
additional listed and non-listed Seeding teams; this will be at the discretion
of the Committee and the local tournament director.
Committee Contact
Randy Lofgren
Places, Points & Weighting
Places & Points |
Place |
Points |
Designation |
1st |
25 |
Champion |
2nd |
21 |
Runner-up |
3rd |
18 |
Semi-finalist |
4th |
18 |
Semi-finalist |
5th |
15.5 |
1/4 Reprieve Winner |
6th |
14 |
1/4 Reprieve Runner-up |
7th |
12.5 |
Quarter-finalist |
8th |
12.5 |
Quarter-finalist |
9th |
12 |
16 Reprieve Winner |
10th |
11 |
16 Reprieve Runner-up |
11th |
10 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
12th |
10 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
13th |
9 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
14th |
9 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
15th |
9 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
16th |
9 |
Round of 16 Finisher |
17th |
8.5 |
32 Reprieve Winner |
18th |
8 |
32 Reprieve Runner-up |
19th |
7.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
20th |
7.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
21st |
7 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
22nd |
7 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
23rd |
7 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
24th |
7 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
25th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
26th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
27th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
28th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
29th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
30th |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
31st |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
32nd |
6.5 |
Round of 32 Finisher |
33rd |
6 |
64 Reprieve Winner |
34th |
5.5 |
64 Reprieve Runner-up |
35th |
5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
36th |
5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
37th |
4.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
38th |
4.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
39th |
4.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
40th |
4.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
41st |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
42nd |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
43rd |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
44th |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
45th |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
46th |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
47th |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
48th |
4 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
49th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
50th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
51st |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
52nd |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
53rd |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
54th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
55th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
56th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
57th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
58th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
59th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
60th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
61st |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
62nd |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
63rd |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
64th |
3.5 |
Round of 64 Finisher |
65th |
3 |
128 Reprieve Winner |
66th |
2.75 |
128 Reprieve Runner-Up |
67th |
2.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
68th |
2.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
69th |
2.25 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
70th |
2.25 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
71st |
2.25 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
72nd |
2.25 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
73rd |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
74th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
75th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
76th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
77th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
78th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
79th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
80th |
2 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
81st |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
82nd |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
83rd |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
84th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
85th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
86th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
87th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
88th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
89th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
90th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
91st |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
92nd |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
93rd |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
94th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
95th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
96th |
1.5 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
97th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
98th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
99th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
100th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
101st |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
102nd |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
103rd |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
104th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
105th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
106th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
107th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
108th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
109th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
110th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
111th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
112th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
113th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
114th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
115th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
116th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
117th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
118th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
119th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
120th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
121st |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
122nd |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
123rd |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
124th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
125th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
126th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
127th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
128th |
1 |
Round of 128 Finisher |
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Tournament Weighting Schedule |
Tournament Weighting |
Total of individual
combined average ranking
points for top 16 teams |
1.000 |
below 69 |
1.125 |
69 |
1.250 |
117 |
1.375 |
163 |
1.500 |
210 |
1.625 |
256 |
1.750 |
304 |
1.875 |
350 |
2.000 |
397 |
2.125 |
443 |
2.250 |
491 |
2.375 |
532 |
2.500 |
574 |
2.625 |
617 |
2.750 |
659 |
2.875 |
701 |
3.000 |
738 |
3.125 |
774 |
3.250 |
810 |
3.375 |
845 |
3.500 |
879 |
3.625 |
913 |
3.750 |
947 |
3.875 |
980 |
4.000 |
1012 non-GP Cap |
4.2500 |
All Grand Prix |
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