USA Pickleball recently designated the Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating (DUPR) as its exclusive, official rating system. Previously, it had been using a rating system many people were unfamiliar with called Universal Tennis Rating-Pickleball (UTR-P). The UTR-P was mainly U.S.-based and was used to track wins and losses of players who primarily competed in official USA Pickleball-sanctioned tournaments.
By now using DUPR, USA Pickleball is embracing a much more widely-adopted, global rating system that uses a more sophisticated algorithm to calculate a player’s skill rating. Skill ratings are not just based on simple win/loss records but are also impacted by things like opponent ratings, the player’s actual margin of victory, and a comparison of actual to expected match results. DUPR’s algorithm is therefore able to provide a more precise measure of a player's true skill rating than UTR-P could. USA Pickleball’s adoption of DUPR therefore promotes fairer play and more accurate tournament seeding.
USA Pickleball's switch to DUPR further consolidates the sport’s use of DUPR as the preeminent rating system and is a critical step in the sport's maturation. The DUPR rating system will now be used by USA Pickleball, The PPA Tour, Major League Pickleball, Minor League Pickleball, Pickleball Canada, The Global Pickleball Federation, and thousands of other clubs and leagues around the world.
For more information about USA Pickleball’s adoption of DUPR as its official and exclusive rating system, click here.
