Quick Reference: World Tennis Number

Overview

World Tennis Number ('WTN') is an international real-time skill level rating for all tennis players. Its used to track player skill level based on actual performance. WTN is calculated and reported separately for Singles and Doubles.

For more information visit: https://www.worldtennisnumber.com

Identification

Ideally, there should only exist one WTN for a particular player for Singles and/or Doubles. There are two identifiers for WTNs.

Whenever a new account is created at USTA, a new account is created at ITF as well. If an account already exists at ITF, the existing Tennis Id is linked to the USTA account instead of creating a new account at ITF.

Identifier

Description

Identifier

Description

UAID

USTA account number

Tennis Id

ITF account number

Update Frequency

WTNs are calculated once per week on Wed AM. Play activity submitted to USTA up to the prior week Friday is taken into account for the Wednesday calculation.

Play activity submitted after the Tues deadline will be figured into the following week calculation (week following contribution).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play Activity Submission

Submitted by Tues 6pm EST

 

WTN Calculation

Calculated 12AM Wed AM GMT

 

Play Activity Figured Into Calculation

Played on date up through prior week Fri

 

Statistics

WTN is a number of statistics taken together to form a profile of performance.

Tennis Number, Confidence, Game Zone and Last Played are calculated and reported separately for Singles and Doubles.

Statistic

Description

Range

Statistic

Description

Range

Tennis Number

Skill rating (where 1 is the most skilled rating)

40 - 1

Confidence Level

Number indicating how much play activity was taken into account when calculating the Tennis Number. (70 - 100 indicates most confident)

10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90-100

Game Zone Upper
Game Zone Lower

Number indicating the Tennis Number range of players that roughly match the skill rating of the player’s Tennis Number

40 - 1

Rating Date

Date of calculation

YYYY-MM-DD

Last Played

Last know competitive match submitted to ITF for inclusion in the calculation

YYYY-MM-DD

UAID

USTA account number

N/A

Tennis Id

ITF account number

N/A

Pro Zone

Indicator if player is ITF or ATP rated

True/False

Updated At

Internal use

N/A

Source

Internal use

N/A