Please review the USTA Grievance Procedures by clicking here.

The NTRP Grievance Committee is not required to accept an NTRP Grievance unless the grievance meets certain conditions. The items listed below suggest a framework for captains to submit an NTRP Grievance.

NTRP Grievance Committee members review grievances as they pertain to Regulation 3.03E(1)a. Suspension points are determined based on the USTA League Suspension Point System.

Conditions which MUST be present:

#1 – The grievance must be against a player of the following rating types: self-rate (S), mixed exclusive (M), tournament (T), appealed (A) and players with granted medical appeals.

Please note: A player with a valid NTRP Computer (C) rating is not subject to an NTRP grievance.

#2 – The complaint must state that the player has self-rated or possesses a rating which is too low and may also include information that a team captain or other person conspired to obtain that incorrect rating.

#3 – Factual information including the player’s history that can be validated.

– The player participated on a college team (note: age of player, injuries, position on team, and strength of tennis team at particular school could affect a significant change in rating over time).
– The player participated at the professional level (including tennis or other sports).
– The player has earned international, national, sectional or state/district rankings that would reflect a strong probability that the player should have a higher rating.
– The player has ratings equivalent to national or sectional in some other country.
– The player has a history in league tennis and/or sanctioned tournaments that would substantiate a claim that the player has misrepresented their current skill level.
– The player may have produced one or more strikes in her/his current player record (an administrator should review match results within TennisLink for determination).
– There is credible written or online documentation that the player answered falsely or omitted information.

The following claims are not, on their own, accepted as evidence in an NTRP Grievance:

– My player is at the top of his/her level and the opponent beat him/her easily!
– This player won all his/her matches by a significant margin in straight sets!
– My player is very strong and was beaten 6-0, 6-0!

Players are subject to dynamic disqualification after receiving three strikes and/or having a grievance upheld against them. However, even if a player’s rating is found to be currently valid, the USTA Southern California office will continue to monitor the data of all self rated players closely.

– The USTA SoCal Grievance Committee is made up of a small group of experienced captains from throughout SoCal. 

– The Committee meets once a month to review NTRP and sportsmanship grievances. Please allow at least a month before a grievance decision is made as the committee gathers relevant information and meets to discuss each grievance. 

– NTRP grievances can be filed at any time.

– General grievances (also known as sportsmanship grievances) must be filed by a captain and are not anonymous during the grievance process. An unredacted copy of the grievance filed will be shared with the opposing captain and/or player for their response. 

– General grievances must be filed prior to the commencement of whichever occurs first: (a) the involved team’s next match in that flight, whether or not the involved player participates or (b) within 24 hours after the end of the local league season, per regulation 3.03B(1).