The following page describes the contribution of play activity to USTA for incorporation into the player Play History tab in the USTA Player Profile. Play activity that qualifies to be incorporated into the World Tennis Number (WTN) will be automatically sent to the ITF. Calculation of WTN occurrs once per week on Wednesday AM GMT.
The Play Activity API operates only in Unbound mode. Code must implemented server-side in the calling application.
Players can visit http://usta.com to create a player account:
Click ‘Join’ on the main landing page
Choose an account type (ie ‘Player’)
Click ‘Sign Up’ on the Login Screen
Adult/13 And Over Players
Adults and junior players age 13 and over can created via the API or on http://usta.com
Under 13 Players
Because children under 13 must have their account attached to an adult parent or guardian, this relationship must be managed on http://usta.com . Unlike adults, play activity for U13 players can be contributed via API only after the parent-child relationship has been established and UAIDs have been assigned to the U13 player. These players cannot be created via the API. The parent must create the junior player on http://usta.com .
Play Activity
Play activity is contributed on a per matchup basis. All match participants must have a USTA UAID in order for the matchup to be successfully contributed.
Your application can lookup the most up-to-date player profile information including NTRP and WTN ratings for a given UAID. Player profile data can change at any time. Applications should not store or cache profile or rating data.