| Ultimate Tennis Showdown | |
|---|---|
 UTS 10 | |
| Exhibition | |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Editions | 10 |
| 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) |
| Surface | Hard – outdoors |
| 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. The following events are scheduled to take place in Frankfurt, then London to finish the 2024 season, and then Guadalajara to initiate the 2025 season.
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 "power-up cards" that can affect the amount of points a player can accrue within a quarter.
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