DemoSample season — built for the USTA NorCal 5.0+ sub-committee.Every player here is invented, and nothing on these pages emails anyone.

Spring 2027 · 5.0 and above

The competition of a tournament, on the schedule of one night.

Players enroll individually. Captains draft balanced rosters at a live snake draft. A division of four plays a full round robin in one night — you face all three rivals, every match rating-counted, the whole season grid published on day one.

See the standingsThe full grid

You don’t pick a team. Captains draft the rosters, so every team starts balanced.

PTLPREMIER TENNIS LEAGUEPRESENTED BY USTA NORCAL
12
Teams
3
Divisions
9
Per roster
5.0+
Rating floor
~3h
Per night
4
Courts / division

How a night works

Four teams, one division, one night. You face all three rivals — not one opponent and a drive home.

  1. One

    A full round robin

    A division of four plays every other team in the same evening. Three rounds, two meetings at a time, across 4 courts.

  2. Two

    One singles, one doubles

    Each meeting is a singles and a doubles played side by side. Best of three Fast4, no-ad, a seven-point tiebreak for a split.

  3. Three

    Standings before you leave

    Win both matches and the meeting is yours. Split it and total games decide — and the table is complete before anyone reaches the car park.

Three divisions. Something to play for.

Placement follows the draft, by roster strength, so all three start balanced. The top team moves up and the bottom team drops each season.

$4,200
Season prize pool
DivisionNightNightlyFinalsMovement
PremierTop tierWednesdays · 18:00$300$600Bottom drops
ChampionshipTuesdays · 18:00$200$400Up and down
ChallengerThursdays · 18:00$100$200Top climbs

The pool is self-funding. At $50 a player, a full field covers the prize money and still leaves a surplus — so the stakes cost the section nothing.

Where it stands

Full tables →

Premier

  1. 1Ironwood7–2
  2. 2Northgate5–4
  3. 3Overtime4–5
  4. 4Crosscourt2–7

Championship

  1. 1Gaslamp6–3
  2. 2Ridgeline6–3
  3. 3Nightfall3–6
  4. 4Bayside3–6

Challenger

  1. 1Westbrook6–3
  2. 2Sandbar5–4
  3. 3Highwire4–5
  4. 4Redline3–6

Our strongest players have been squeezed out.

League has no depth at 5.0 and above, so teams can’t be fielded. Tournaments have turned expensive and devour entire weekends. So good players walk away from USTA entirely. Each of those is a design problem, and each one has an answer.

No one to play at 5.0+
The whole league is 5.0 and above, and every match is sanctioned and rating-counted.
Lost weekends, no schedule control
A fixed three-hour window, and the full season grid published on day one.
Expensive, low-reward tournaments
Guaranteed matches every night, and the team splits the cost.
Nothing to play for
Cash on the line every night, promotion and relegation, and division titles.

Spring 2027 is under way.

Follow the season, or ask the commissioner about the next one.

See the standings