NTRP Ratings and the Appeal Process
The 2016 NTRP Ratings are now available!
Each year, the USTA publishes year-end NTRP Ratings around the beginning of December. Many questions about ratings can be answered by reading the information on this page. If you have a question that isn’t answered on this website, please send an email to Jason Rogers. Questions will only be handled via email.
Appealing your NTRP Rating
All appeals, except “medical appeals” must follow the automated appeal process in TennisLink. This process allows players to appeal their rating online and find out automatically if their appeal has been granted or denied. Players may only attempt to appeal their own rating. Once an appeal is submitted, the decision is final, so do not attempt to appeal your rating unless you truly want to appeal.
Instructions on how to file an automated appeal:
- Go to Tennislink and login to your account.
- The appeal link is located next to the player’ s NTRP level listing in the upper right hand corner of the League page or My Tennis Page.
- Select whether you would like to appeal Up or Down and click Submit.
- The screen will refresh and indicate whether your appeal is granted or denied. Remember, if you are successful with an automated appeal, it cannot be changed back, so it is not something that should be done ‘just to see if you get granted or not.’ If your appeal is denied, there is no further appeal that can be filed except a medical appeal (if applicable).
Medical Appeals
Should you wish to file a medical appeal, note that your injury / illness must be permanent and disabling, and must have happened after your last match in 2015 was played. Medical appeals that are requesting to appeal “up” are not accepted for any reason. Should you wish to file a medical appeal, the forms can be downloaded here.
If you have questions about NTRP ratings and appeals, please visit our website as we have answers to most questions there.
