NTRP

National Tennis Rating Program, the simple but useful self-placement method of evaluating one's skill level. Its value is that strangers can find opponents more or less of their caliber. There are 13 categories ranging from 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, etc., up to 7.0, and each specifies clearly just what you must be able to do consistently to justify being in each category. A player just starting the game is rated 1.0. A highly skilled tournament player who has achieved USTA national ranking is a 7.0. A 4.0 player isn't at all bad, and a 5.5 player is very good indeed, and would be a contender at the highest level club or park championship.