Meet Alcaraz's Next Wimbledon Opponent: UTR PTT Champion Oliver Tarvet

Oliver Tarvet PTT champion plays Carlos Alcaraz next
By Jonathon BradenPublished

In October, Oliver Tarvet (UTR Rating 14.27) was competing at a UTR Pro Tennis Tour event in Newport Beach, California. Tarvet sprinted through the draw, going 6-0 en route to his first UTR PTT title.

Nine months and the win of his life later, Tarvet is preparing to face two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz (16.38) in the second round of Wimbledon. Tarvet, 21, beat Leandro Riedi (14.54) of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to earn his first Grand Slam main-draw victory on Monday. Next awaits Alcaraz, who fought past 38-year-old Italian veteran Fabio Fognini in five sets.

Tarvet, who grew up near Wimbledon but plays for the University of San Diego, is only the most-recent high-profile example of how men and women everywhere are using the UTR PTT as a crucial step on the pathway to the upper ranks of global pro tennis.

At Wimbledon, Tarvet is one of 49 former and current UTR PTT players competing in the main and/or qualifying draws of the major championship. That’s more than double the amount of PTT-connected players who competed at last year’s Wimbledon.

Tarvet also played in a PTT event in Los Angeles in December and said the UTR PTT events have helped his rapid climb. “Definitely, I can credit the couple UTR tournaments that I played to where I am now, and in just getting the matches that I need,” he told UTR Sports after his Wimbledon victory.

“UTR is just a really, really well-organized and set up tournament. I think it's just really good that you get guaranteed prize money, but more importantly, guaranteed matches.”

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Thousands of players have competed on the UTR PTT again and again because of those two features: considerable prize money and guaranteed matchplay, found exclusively on the UTR PTT. Players also have been drawn to the UTR PTT Tour Card, which rewards players based on participation and performance.

“At the end of the day, the most important thing in tennis is just getting good matches, and matches where you're actually playing for something. You have to deal with, live with that pressure, live with that emotion, and obviously you get that at UTR because it stands for something,” he said.

Tarvet, ranked No. 2 in the UTR men’s college tennis rankings, is a three-time All-American and is planning on returning for his senior year at the University of San Diego this fall. Later this summer, he will have a chance to compete at another UTR PTT event close to home when the University of San Diego hosts the UTR Pro Summer Slam National Championships during Labor Day Weekend.

“I think more people are realizing that UTR is a really good option, especially if you're kind of stuck in that 15K, 25K (tournament) kind of rut,” he said. “It's just a really good thing for you, financially, and for matches. Because instead of playing one match a week, you're playing five or six.”

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