Pairings & Standings

Platform Tennis League's pairings points system considers results from 18,000+ PT League matches. The purpose is to create an objective system used for determining competitive compatibility. The "pairings" number assists weekly court groupings. Other factors are considered: time slot availability, geography choices, variety and maintaining an overall season schedule to keep players playing on courts where they are the best 25%, middle 50% and worst 25%.

Pairings

This is not a rating but rather an earned point average which considers a player's:
  • Current League W/L%
  • Current League Strength of Schedule
  • Current League Start Point

Standings

This considers only results from the current league.
  • Used to determine order of finish.
  • Factors into "parings" number.
  • Uses SOS & Win % to create number.

Start Point

This number is used to mitigate fluctuations at the beginning of a league/session.
  • Returning players = final standings number from last league w/ 18 completed games/sets.
  • New players = established rating systems and new player information surveys.
​The start points for new players can be adjusted during a session once more info is known about the player.

SOS

  • Measures court difficulty in relation to the rest of the league.
  • Uses a 1 to 10 general player rating system.
    • Based on current pairings points.
    • SOS ratings are updated weekly.
  • Each court is assigned a point value between 4 and 40.
  • The court rating is often the sum of the 4 players' ratings.
  • There are modifications for 5-player courts & when there are "outliers" on the court.