Ultimate Tennis Showdown

Ultimate Tennis Showdown
UTS 12
Exhibition
Founded	2020;5 years ago (2020)
Editions	12
Location	Biot, France (UTS 1-2, 4), Antwerp, Belgium (UTS 3), Los Angeles, United States (UTS 5), Frankfurt, Germany (UTS 6), Seoul, South Korea (UTS 7), London, United Kingdom (UTS 8), Oslo, Norway (UTS 9), New York City, United States (UTS 10), Frankfurt, Germany (UTS 11), London, United Kingdom (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, ^[1] 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, ^[2] this time taking place at the Copper Box Arena, London. Event 1 of the 2025 series will be in Mexico ^[3] and then Italy. ^[4]

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). ^[5] 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. ^[6]

The UTS also does not enforce a code of conduct. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Past results

Men

Edition	Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
UTS 1	2020	Biot	Matteo Berrettini The Hammer	Stefanos Tsitsipas The Greek God	16–15, 15–12, 12–14, 8–15, 3–2
UTS 2	2020	Biot	Alexander Zverev The Lion	Félix Auger-Aliassime The Panther	19–10, 11–13, 10–18, 18–8, 3–1
UTS 3	2020	Antwerp	Alex de Minaur The Demon	Richard Gasquet The Virtuoso	24–9, 15–14, 20–10
UTS 4	2021	Biot	Corentin Moutet The Tornado	Taylor Fritz The Hotshot	12–14, 15–11, 13–12, 16–8
UTS 5	2023	Los Angeles	Wu Yibing The Great Wall	Taylor Fritz (2) The Hotshot	11–16, 7–20, 12–11, 16–9, 2–0
UTS 6	2023	Frankfurt	Andrey Rublev Rublo	Grigor Dimitrov G-Unit	14–13, 12–17, 11–10, 17–16
UTS 7	2023	Seoul	postponed indefinitely
UTS 8	2023	London	Jack Draper The Power	Holger Rune The Viking	12–14, 15–12, 13–10, 19–7
UTS 9	2024	Oslo	Andrey Rublev Rublo	Alex de Minaur The Demon	14–16, 17–10, 16–13, 20–12
UTS 10	2024	New York	Gaël Monfils La Monf	Alexander Bublik The Bublik Enemy	10–20, 17–12, 17–14, 15–14
UTS 11	2024	Frankfurt	Ben Shelton The Mountain	Ugo Humbert The Commander	10–19, 18–8, 15–11, 19–11 [10]
UTS 12	2024	London	Alex de Minaur The Demon	Holger Rune The Viking	13–8, 14–11, 16–10 [11]

Women

Edition	Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
UTS 2	2020	Biot	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova The Thunder	Alizé Cornet The Volcano	16–8, 12–11, 11–14, 9–16, 3–1

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References

1. "Serena's coach and Aussie dad launch indie tennis league". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
2. "Results UTS 2024". UTS. Retrieved 2025-01-02.
3. https://www.uts.live/league-2025/guadalajara/
4. https://www.uts.live/league-2025/nimes/
5. "Breaking down the Ultimate Tennis Showdown's crazy new rules". 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
6. "UTS4 Rulebook: New season, new rules, no second serves!". 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
7. "No. 3 Thiem to play in Ultimate Tennis Showdown". ESPN.com. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
8. "What we learned from tennis' COVID-19 shutdown". ESPN.com. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
9. Wolken, Dan. "New brand of tennis: Serena Williams' coach pushes for faster pace and a more dynamic show". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
10. https://www.uts.live/frankfurt-2024/
11. https://www.uts.live/results-uts-2024/uts-london-by-builder-ai-2024/

External links

• Ultimate Tennis Showdown