The UTR International Pro Tennis Tour is expanding in Germany and will host the first international tennis tournament on German soil from July 26th to August 1st, 2021 at the facility of the PMTR Tennis Academy and the KHTC Mülheim an der Ruhr. Forty top international players will be seen at the UTR International Pro Tennis Tour (PTT) tournament, which is taking place in Germany for the first time.
A great commitment from our cooperation partner! We would like to tell you more about the tournament, but of course also about the UTR International Pro Tennis Tour. The tournament series is intended to enable up-and-coming young tennis hopefuls to gain international tournament experience under very attractive financial conditions.
The UTR International Pro Tennis Tour is an international tournament series run by Universal Tennis from the USA, which is planning 450 tournaments worldwide over the next three years with a budget of $20 million starting in January 2021.
The first tournament on German soil as part of the European expansion will take place in Mülheim an der Ruhr in cooperation with the PMTR Tennis Academy.
“It is always particularly exciting to bring the UTR tournament series to a new country.
With the new German presence, we can further expand the European segment,” says Mark Leschly, Chairman and CEO of Universal Tennis. “We are very pleased to be part of the global expansion of the UTR Pro Tennis Tour for top international players in Europe. It's great that Germany is now a place where the UTR Pro Tennis Tour enables aspiring players to gain professional international tournament experience worldwide and supports them in the best possible way on their sporting career path," says Uwe Schumann, owner and managing director the PMTR Tennis Academy in Mülheim an der Ruhr
. The aim of the UTR PTT tournament series is to help aspiring international professional players realize their sporting dreams through worldwide professional tennis tournaments and attractive prize money. There is a total prize money of $20,000 per tournament and competition. The game is played in Mülheim with a men's and women's field of 20.
Half of the participating players in Mülheim are ranked between 633 and 1500 in the world.
The field of participants is international. Billy Harris (ATP 671) and Lexie Stevens (WTA 633) lead the field. Eleven German players are in the field of participants:
In order to give the players as much international tournament match practice as possible, the UTR PTT tournaments are generally played in round-robin group phases with international chair referees from Monday to Friday;
This means there are four games per day on two pitches. The semi-finals will be played on Saturday and the finals on Sunday. The tournament starts every day from 10 a.m. Admission is free.
Further information at www.universaltennis.com/ptt-tournaments or at www.universaltennis.com/pro-tennis . The tournament will be broadcast live on YouTube starting Monday.
What is the UTR Pro Tennis Tour (PTT)? The UTR Pro Tennis Tour officially began on January 1, 2021 with a three-year commitment of over $20 million to support the sport of tennis worldwide with prize money, event support, technology and attractive competitive play opportunities. Universal Tennis is the owner and organizing body of the UTR Pro Tennis Tour (PTT), responsible for its rules and regulations, code of conduct, tournament format and associated streaming and advertising. The UTR Pro Tennis Tour was created to create a “developmental tour for aspiring professional players.” The aim is to support aspiring and aspiring professional players in the pursuit of their sporting dreams through worldwide international professional tennis tournaments with attractive prize money. Through collaborations and collaborations with global venues, Universal Tennis offers international tournaments worldwide. The plan is to hold 450 tournaments worldwide over the next three years.
UTR stands for Universal Tennis Rating System and is an international ranking system for every tennis player worldwide. It has a strong presence in the USA and is often used by college coaches there.
Universal Tennis' mission is to grow the sport of tennis through innovative events and create a global tennis community while being a global digital "tennis player marketplace" for so-called level-based play. This goal is anchored by the UTR Rating, the world's most accurate tennis rating system. Universal Tennis provides the tools and solutions to make UTR scoring attractive to players and create a global tennis community. Any player worldwide can register at universaltennis.com and create a player profile.
Basically you play with a field of 20 or 32. The UTR Pro Tennis Tour tournament in Mülheim plays with a field of 20. Half of the players are ranked between 600 and 1500 in the world tennis rankings. The field of participants is international. The admission of participants is carried out by UTR and is based on the UTR ranking.
Basically, the game is played with a field of 20 or 32. The basic idea and objective is to give the tournament participants a lot of tournament match experience. The field of 20 participants with a total of 55 games is as follows: The field of participants consists of 20 people (16 direct acceptances and 4 wild cards). The game is played in 4 groups of 5 players each (round-robin system). The round-robin group phases take place from Monday to Friday: on 2 courts, 4 games each day. Within these 5 days, each player has one day off from playing. In the playoff round, the respective group placed teams play against each other. The first placed teams play the overall winner in a semi-final (Saturday) and final (Sunday). Detailed information about the UTR tournament format can be found at: Tournament Format document.
In Mülheim the game is played with a field of 20. The total prize money per competition is $20,000. The guaranteed prize money distribution for this is as follows:
You can find the men's and women's fields of participants in Mülheim an der Ruhr at the PMTR Tennis Academy facility at www.pmtr.de/utr-turnier/
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