News from Universal Tennis: UTR Now in China

UTR announces a new partnership with Love Sports to bring Universal Tennis and the UTR Powered by Oracle system to China. This is a huge milestone for Universal Tennis! Tennis is an incredibly fast-growing sport in China. It’s one of the most popular sports for fans to watch on television and thousands of young Chinese players picking up racquets and starting to play the sport at a young age. The government has put a huge amount of support to promote tennis in the country, with new courts, programs and events for people to get out and play, no matter their skill level. Through our partnership with Love Sports, results from sanctioned Chinese events will be included in the UTR system for the first time ever. Starting today, Love Sports will work with Universal Tennis to allow results from sanctioned Chinese events to be included in UTR Powered by Oracle’s database, which has more than 6.5M match results from 700,000+ players across 200 countries and is growing daily. All Chinese tennis players participating in events whose results are submitted to Universal Tennis by Love Sports will be able to compare themselves to players around the world via UTR Powered by Oracle’s rating system, search players and track their progress. Tennis event organizers in China can run UTR Powered Events to facilitate level-based play and can post and submit results through Love Sports for inclusion in the UTR Powered by Oracle system. Love Sports is the premier digital, event, and social platform for tennis in China and is actively involved in promoting tennis and facilitating play in the country, becoming one of the most recognizable brands in the Chinese tennis industry. Love Sports has an online community of over 350,000 daily followers and provides training opportunities and competitive programs for student-athletes around the country. Former Grand Slam Champion Michael Chang and his wife, Amber (former Stanford University tennis star and #1 in women’s collegiate tennis in 2003), serve as the Global Ambassadors for Love Sports. Check out the full press release to learn more about our partnership with Love Sports. Sign up and Get Rated to see how your tennis skills compare to the best in college! You can also search your favorite schools and players to check out player UTRs, recent match scores and more. Featured Photo: Michael Chang with Love Sports Coaches at China Open