ITN Number
The ITN is an international tennis number that represents a player’s general level of play. In time it is hoped that every tennis player worldwide will have an ITN.
If you would like to introduce the ITN number to your club please contact Conor O Callaghan (Regional Decelopment Officer) for more information.
Also you can click here to download a brief ITN information document and you can also visit the ITN site at http://www.itftennis.com/itn/. Under this system players will be rated from ITN 1 – ITN 10. ITN 1 represents a high level player (holding an ATP / WTA ranking or of an equivalent playing standard) and ITN 10 is a player that is starting to play competitively (can serve and return) on a full court using a normal ITF approved ball. To facilitate the rating of players the ITF have developed a Description of Standards and an objective On Court Assessment both of which can be used to rate players in the absence of competition results. The ‘ITN Description of Standards’ describes each of the ten rating categories. A concise summary of this Description of Standards is shown in the Ratings Descriptives - Please click here to download Approved by the ITF Coaches Commission and the ITF International Tennis Rating Taskforce, it is hoped this guide will help players to be accurately rated. Whilst trying to make the Description of Standards as precise as possible, the Taskforce has attempted to keep it simple and not too technical. The intention is that it should be easy to understand and useful for both the player and / or the assessor (coach / administrator).
Also you can click here to download a brief ITN information document and you can also visit the ITN site at http://www.itftennis.com/itn/. Under this system players will be rated from ITN 1 – ITN 10. ITN 1 represents a high level player (holding an ATP / WTA ranking or of an equivalent playing standard) and ITN 10 is a player that is starting to play competitively (can serve and return) on a full court using a normal ITF approved ball. To facilitate the rating of players the ITF have developed a Description of Standards and an objective On Court Assessment both of which can be used to rate players in the absence of competition results. The ‘ITN Description of Standards’ describes each of the ten rating categories. A concise summary of this Description of Standards is shown in the Ratings Descriptives - Please click here to download Approved by the ITF Coaches Commission and the ITF International Tennis Rating Taskforce, it is hoped this guide will help players to be accurately rated. Whilst trying to make the Description of Standards as precise as possible, the Taskforce has attempted to keep it simple and not too technical. The intention is that it should be easy to understand and useful for both the player and / or the assessor (coach / administrator).