:Ultimate Tennis Showdown

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Ultimate Tennis Showdown

| type = exhibition

| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|2020}}

| editions = 12

| current = UTS 12

| abolished =

| location = Biot, France {{small|(UTS 1-2, 4)}},
Antwerp, Belgium {{small|(UTS 3)}},
Los Angeles, United States {{small|(UTS 5)}},
Frankfurt, Germany {{small|(UTS 6)}},
Seoul, South Korea {{small|(UTS 7)}},
London, United Kingdom {{small|(UTS 8)}},
Oslo, Norway {{small|(UTS 9)}},
New York City, United States {{small|(UTS 10)}},
Frankfurt, Germany {{small|(UTS 11)}},
London, United Kingdom {{small|(UTS 12)}}

| surface = Hard – outdoors and Hard (indoor)

| website = https://www.uts.live/

}}

The Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) is an international individual tennis league that was founded in 2020. The competition was organized by tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou and businessman Alex Popyrin, father of professional tennis player Alexei Popyrin. Originally created as a response to the disruption of the professional tennis season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,{{Cite web|date=2020-04-18|title=Serena's coach and Aussie dad launch indie tennis league|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/serena-s-coach-and-aussie-dad-launch-indie-tennis-league-20200419-p54l4f.html|access-date=2020-07-26|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} the UTS has since taken place every year except in 2022.

The first three events were held in 2020; the first two were organized at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Biot near Nice and the third was held in Antwerp. In 2021, UTS returned to the Mouratoglou Academy for its fourth edition. After a two-year absence, UTS returned in July 2023 with a series of three events in the United States, Germany, and South Korea, designed to culminate in a new "Grand Final" at the end of the season, which took place at The ICC London, United Kingdom. The 2024 series featured 4 events, in Norway and then returning to the United States, Frankfurt and the Grand Final once again in the United Kingdom,{{Cite web |title=Results UTS 2024 |url=https://www.uts.live/results-uts-2024/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=UTS |language=en-US}} this time taking place at the Copper Box Arena, London. Event 1 of the 2025 series will be in Mexico{{cite web | url=https://www.uts.live/league-2025/guadalajara/ | title=Event: Guadalajara }} and then Italy.{{cite web | url=https://www.uts.live/league-2025/nimes/ | title=Event: Bastide Médical UTS Nîmes }}

All events use a modified scoring format, with matches divided into timed quarters. Among the features UTS has built into the tournament to differentiate the game are "bonus cards" that can affect the amount of points a player can accrue within a quarter.

Format

UTS matches use a different format in comparison to traditional rules, including matches being divided into timed quarters rather than sets, a 15-second shot clock for serves and the ability to take a coaching timeout once per-set, and "cards" — which allow players to affect the game (such as taking away the opponent's second serve).{{Cite web |date=2020-06-12 |title=Breaking down the Ultimate Tennis Showdown's crazy new rules |url=https://lobandsmash.com/2020/06/12/breaking-ultimate-tennis-showdowns-crazy-new-rules/ |access-date=2023-07-22}} Until UTS 4, even if a player had a majority in quarters, all 4 quarters were played for averaging purposes. If two players are equal in the amount of quarters won, a 'sudden death' is played, where the first player to win two consecutive points wins the match. Introduced in UTS 4, players only have one serve per point, where lets are played; and 'KO Mode', where if a player is leading by 10 points in the quarter, it is declared over.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=UTS4 Rulebook: New season, new rules, no second serves! |url=https://www.tennismajors.com/uts-news/uts4/uts4-rulebook-new-season-new-rules-no-second-serves-407371.html |access-date=2023-07-22}}

The UTS also does not enforce a code of conduct.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-11 |title=No. 3 Thiem to play in Ultimate Tennis Showdown |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/29298027/dominic-thiem-gives-ultimate-tennis-showdown-fourth-top-10 |access-date=2020-07-26 |website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web |date=2020-07-20 |title=What we learned from tennis' COVID-19 shutdown |url=https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/29481273/what-learned-tennis-covid-19-shutdown |access-date=2020-07-26 |website=ESPN.com}}{{Cite web |last=Wolken |first=Dan |title=New brand of tennis: Serena Williams' coach pushes for faster pace and a more dynamic show |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/dan-wolken/2020/06/11/serena-williams-coach-pushes-faster-pace-dynamic-show-uts/5337646002/ |access-date=2020-07-26 |website=USA TODAY}}

Past results

=Men=

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UTS 1	align="center" \| 2020	Biot	{{flagicon\|ITA}} Matteo Berrettini The Hammer	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Stefanos Tsitsipas The Greek God	16–15, 15–12, 12–14, 8–15, 3–2
UTS 2	align="center" \| 2020	Biot	{{flagicon\|GER}} Alexander Zverev The Lion	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Félix Auger-Aliassime The Panther	19–10, 11–13, 10–18, 18–8, 3–1
UTS 3	align="center" \| 2020	Antwerp	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Alex de Minaur The Demon	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Richard Gasquet The Virtuoso	24–9, 15–14, 20–10
UTS 4	align="center" \| 2021	Biot	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Corentin Moutet The Tornado	{{flagicon\|USA}} Taylor Fritz The Hotshot	12–14, 15–11, 13–12, 16–8
UTS 5	align="center" \| 2023	Los Angeles	{{flagicon\|CHN}} Wu Yibing The Great Wall	{{flagicon\|USA}} Taylor Fritz (2) The Hotshot	11–16, 7–20, 12–11, 16–9, 2–0
UTS 6	align="center" \| 2023	Frankfurt	{{flagicon

} Andrey Rublev
Rublo || {{flagicon|BUL}} Grigor Dimitrov
G-Unit || 14–13, 12–17, 11–10, 17–16

|UTS 7 || align="center" | 2023 || Seoul || colspan="3" align="center" | postponed indefinitely

|UTS 8 || align="center" | 2023 || London || {{flagicon|GBR}} Jack Draper
The Power || {{flagicon|DEN}} Holger Rune
The Viking || 12–14, 15–12, 13–10, 19–7

|UTS 9 || align="center" | 2024 || Oslo || {{flagicon|}} Andrey Rublev
Rublo || {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur
The Demon || 14–16, 17–10, 16–13, 20–12

|UTS 10 || align="center" | 2024 || New York || {{flagicon|FRA}} Gaël Monfils
La Monf || {{flagicon|KAZ}} Alexander Bublik
The Bublik Enemy || 10–20, 17–12, 17–14, 15–14

|UTS 11 || align="center" | 2024 || Frankfurt || {{flagicon|USA}} Ben Shelton
The Mountain|| {{flagicon|FRA}} Ugo Humbert
The Commander||10–19, 18–8, 15–11, 19–11{{cite web | url=https://www.uts.live/frankfurt-2024/ | title=Frankfurt 2024 }}

|UTS 12 || align="center" | 2024 || London || {{flagicon|AUS}} Alex de Minaur
The Demon|| {{flagicon|DEN}} Holger Rune
The Viking||13–8, 14–11, 16–10{{cite web | url=https://www.uts.live/results-uts-2024/uts-london-by-builder-ai-2024/ | title=Results and Highlights UTS London by Builder.ai – Grand Final 2024 }}

|UTS 13

|2025

|Guadalajara

|Tomas Machac

The Air Machete

|David Goffin

The Wall

|17-15, 15-14, 19-10

|UTS 14

|2025

|Nîmes

|Casper Ruud

The Ice Man

|Tomas Machac

The Air Machete

|12-13, 16-14, 15-14, 15-11

=Women=

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UTS 2	align="center" \| 2020	Biot	{{flagicon\|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova The Thunder	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Alizé Cornet The Volcano	16–8, 12–11, 11–14, 9–16, 3–1

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style="width:110px"|Edition

!style="width:45px"|Year

!style="width:85px"|Location

!style="width:200px"|Champions

!style="width:200px"|Runners-up

!Score

UTS 2

align="center" | 2020

Biot

{{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
The Thunder

{{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet
The Volcano

16–8, 12–11, 11–14, 9–16, 3–1

Notes

References

Category:Hard court tennis tournaments

Category:Men's tennis tournaments

Category:Exhibition tennis tournaments