A Nike British Tennis Ranking is a measure of where you stand in your age group nationally and within your county.
Rankings are calculated every week (on a Friday) based on points awarded to players for competing in tournaments in the Seniors, Open, 18, 16, 14 and 12 & under age categories.
In order to get an age group ranking you need to have a player rating and then compete in an LTA sanctioned tournament (graded 1-5) Please find out here how to get a British Tennis Rating.
How your ranking works:
- You enter and play in a tournament
- Ranking points are awarded according to progression in event draws; as you win rounds you build up more points
- Points are added to your overall total
- Every week the list is updated and your ranking may move up or down (if points drop off).
- Your ranking total is based on your best 6 tournaments (best 3 for Seniors) from the past 12 months
- If you have the most points, you’ll be at the top of the ranking list for that age group.
NOTE: The junior age group ranking lists are based on performance in domestic competitions only. The top players in each age group will be competing at international level and have Tennis Europe and/or ITF rankings and may not, therefore, appear high up on the GB listings.
How to earn ranking points:
Ranking points are only awarded for Grade 1 (highest) to Grade 5 tournaments. Grade 6, 7 and U tournaments do not carry ranking points but are important in terms of gaining competitive experience and learning the skills of the game.
Different grades of tournaments have different points allocations; the higher the grade, the more points you can get. Only one set of points is allocated per event i.e. a player who competes in both the qualifying and main draw events of a tournament will only get one set of points. Any team competition graded 1 to 5 will also count towards your ranking although points may not be added until the end of the competition.
To find out how many points are awarded for different levels of competition, use the following charts:
Ranking points for individual competition
Ranking points for team competition
How your ranking is calculated?
Your ranking is calculated using your best 6 tournament (best 3 for Seniors) performances over a rolling 12-month period. This means that some of your ranking points will drop off if the tournaments you played in were more than 12 months ago.
Your ranking is used to:
- measure your standard of play against those in your age group
- help determine your seeding in a tournament – seeding is standard practice designed to ensure that top players are split in the draw and don’t play each other in the early rounds
- help determine entry into a tournament if there is a decision between you and a player with an equal rating. In most cases, your rating is used first to determine entry however ranking for acceptance applies to tournaments graded 1 & 2 since April 1st 2014.
What are the GB national ranking which are used for international tournaments?
There are 3 categories of national rankings: ITF Pro Circuit, ITF Junior Circuit and Tennis Europe. These rankings are used as orders of merit for tournament acceptance. This document explains how the listings are compiled.
Here are the most recent ITF Pro Circuit listings (posted October 2014):
To find current and past British Tennis rankings, please use the Nike British Tennis Rankings search.