APTA National Ranking 
& NRT Seeding: 
2022-2023 Rules & Procedures
Ranking

National Rankings will be updated and published after each event.

To receive an official end-of-the-year ranking, a team must play 3 events together, with one of those events outside of their home region. Nationals is considered an out-of-region event no matter its location and is the only NRT with this designation.

NRT points for a specific tournament exist for 12 months and are replaced by the following year’s event.

Removal of any earned NRT points due to rules infractions or punishment for player behavior will be enforced as instructed by the APTA National Tournaments Committee (the Committee).

Based on odd size draws, last chance play and feed-in draws, the points may have to be adjusted slightly to correctly award teams for their final placement.

Ranking points earned in a NRT event will follow the published National Ranking point schedule multiplied by the tournament weighting designated by the Committee after the event is completed.

Grand Prix tournaments are rated at 4.25. Other NRT ratings are calculated by adding up the total seeding points of the top 16 teams prior to each event. The total number of points will then be compared to the APTA Weighting Schedule below to get the rating, with a maximum rating of 4.0. Nationals will be evaluated year to year and adjusted as the Committee sees fit.

The Committee reserves the right to make adjustments to ranking, seeding, or weighting procedures should any anomalies arise.

Default Rules

Men’s NRT Back Draw Default Rules:

Any player who finishes his previous match and loses is responsible for playing his next scheduled back draw match. One exception: In all NRTs, which include Grand Prix and National Championships, the quarterfinal back draw is not mandatory.

However, the tournament director must be notified.

Additional details:
The Quarterfinal Reprieve in draws over 16 teams is OPTIONAL.
In one day 16 draws the quarterfinal reprieve is MANDATORY.
If no matches are played, all teams receive 7-8th place points.
If two teams play, regardless of what side of the draw they are on, the winner will receive 5th place points and the loser 6th place points.
If one team wants to play and the other three do not, that one team will receive 5th place points and the other three 7-8th place points.
It is the tournament director’s responsibility to ask the quarterfinalists prior to their matches what their intent on playing the reprieve is and to relay this information to the Committee.

Men’s NRT Default Penalties:

In all Men’s National Ranking Tournaments, players who default a main draw or back draw match for reasons other than injury or emergencies will lose all points for that tournament. (See above for exception.)

Women’s NRT Back Draw Default Rules:

Any player who finishes her previous match and loses is responsible for playing her next scheduled back draw match. In Women’s National Ranking Tournaments, playing in the quarterfinal reprieve is mandatory.

Women’s NRT Default Penalties:

In all Women’s National Ranking Tournaments, players who default a main draw or back draw match for reasons other than injury or emergencies will lose all national ranking points for that tournament.

Additional detail:
The Quarterfinal Reprieve is NOT optional in Women’s National Ranking Tournaments.

Seeding

Seeding and instructions for the pull of the draw for all NRT events will be done by the Committee and the local tournament director.

Seeding and Placement of Seeds (Listed and Non-listed) will follow the guidelines as follows:

  • NRT seeding and Grand Prix and Nationals qualification will use a combination of each player’s 3 individual highest results across the 2 previous years. Results from the immediate previous year are counted at 100%, and from the prior year at 75%.
  • Player A (Average of top 3 tournament results in previous 2 years) +
    Player B (Average of top 3 tournament results in previous 2 years)
    = Team Seeding.
  • The number of Listed and Non-listed Seeds will be determined by the number of participants and format of the event.
  • Tournaments with 9-16 entered teams will have 2 listed seeds and up to 6 non-listed seeds;
    17-32 entered teams will have 4 listed seeds and up to 8 non-listed seeds;
    33-64 entered teams will have 8 listed seeds and up to 16 non-listed seeds;
    65-95 entered teams will have 16 listed seeds and up to 16 non-listed seeds;
    96-128 entered teams will have 16 listed seeds and up to 32 non-listed seeds.
  • Events that host PTI events or multiple NRt draws, on the same weekend, will receive additional Listed and Non-listed Seeding teams; this will be at the discretion of the Committee and the local tournament director.
Committee Contact

Randy Lofgren

Places, Points & Weighting
Places & Points
Place Points Designation
1st 25 Champion
2nd 21 Runner-up
3rd 18 Semi-finalist
4th 18 Semi-finalist
5th 15.5 1/4 Reprieve Winner
6th 14 1/4 Reprieve Runner-up
7th 12.5 Quarter-finalist
8th 12.5 Quarter-finalist
9th 12 16 Reprieve Winner
10th 11 16 Reprieve Runner-up
11th 10 Round of 16 Finisher
12th 10 Round of 16 Finisher
13th 9 Round of 16 Finisher
14th 9 Round of 16 Finisher
15th 9 Round of 16 Finisher
16th 9 Round of 16 Finisher
17th 8.5 32 Reprieve Winner
18th 8 32 Reprieve Runner-up
19th 7.5 Round of 32 Finisher
20th 7.5 Round of 32 Finisher
21st 7 Round of 32 Finisher
22nd 7 Round of 32 Finisher
23rd 7 Round of 32 Finisher
24th 7 Round of 32 Finisher
25th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
26th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
27th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
28th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
29th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
30th 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
31st 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
32nd 6.5 Round of 32 Finisher
33rd 6 64 Reprieve Winner
34th 5.5 64 Reprieve Runner-up
35th 5 Round of 64 Finisher
36th 5 Round of 64 Finisher
37th 4.5 Round of 64 Finisher
38th 4.5 Round of 64 Finisher
39th 4.5 Round of 64 Finisher
40th 4.5 Round of 64 Finisher
41st 4 Round of 64 Finisher
42nd 4 Round of 64 Finisher
43rd 4 Round of 64 Finisher
44th 4 Round of 64 Finisher
45th 4 Round of 64 Finisher
46th 4 Round of 64 Finisher
47th 4 Round of 64 Finisher
48th 4 Round of 64 Finisher
49th 3.5 Round of 64 Finisher
50th 3.5 Round of 64 Finisher
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63rd 3.5 Round of 64 Finisher
64th 3.5 Round of 64 Finisher
65th 3 128 Reprieve Winner
66th 2.75 128 Reprieve Runner-Up
67th 2.5 Round of 128 Finisher
68th 2.5 Round of 128 Finisher
69th 2.25 Round of 128 Finisher
70th 2.25 Round of 128 Finisher
71st 2.25 Round of 128 Finisher
72nd 2.25 Round of 128 Finisher
73rd 2 Round of 128 Finisher
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81st 1.5 Round of 128 Finisher
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97th 1 Round of 128 Finisher
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Tournament Weighting Schedule
Tournament
Weighting
Total Seeding points
Top 16 teams / 32 players
1.000 below 63
1.125 63
1.250 106
1.375 148
1.500 191
1.625 233
1.750 276
1.875 318
2.000 361
2.125 403
2.250 446
2.375 484
2.500 522
2.625 561
2.750 599
2.875 637
3.000 671
3.125 704
3.250 736
3.375 768
3.500 799
3.625 830
3.750 861
3.875 891
4.000 920
non-GP Cap
4.2500 All Grand Prix

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