Series 1, 2 and 3 and the Circuits
You compete against players at your level. Here's how your Series is set and how the Circuits work.
Standings and skill classes
Rankings you can appear in
- Club, Region and overall New York State rankings
- Separate Singles and Doubles standings and season titles
- Women's, Senior (55+ by season start) and Junior (15 and under) Circuits, each with its own State standings and titles
Skill classes
Every player is placed in one of three classes: Series 1 (highest), Series 2 and Series 3, shortened to S1, S2 and S3 in standings. Your class sets your Region and State Event point values.
- How you're placed: your placement score (0 to 1,000) comes from your Scoreholio stats for the last 120 days: points per round (PPR), moved up or down by up to 50 points for your Scoreholio Player Rating (SPR). 755 and up is Series 1, 555 to 754 is Series 2, under 555 is Series 3.
- New players: enter your PPR, SPR and rounds from the Scoreholio app when you join. A director checks them and confirms your Series. Under 20 rounds in the last 120 days, you start in Series 3 and are re-checked after 4 Club weeks. ACL Pro and Regional Pro players are Series 1.
- Moving classes: Series are reviewed monthly during the season. Once you have 40 rounds in the Series' Scoreholio Season, your Season Rating replaces your stats. A director confirms every move, and moving down takes two reviews in a row below the line.
- See your score: your membership card shows your Series and placement score.
- Doubles: a team plays in the class of its higher-ranked partner.
Players near the border
Players who live within 25 miles of the New York border, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Ontario or Quebec, can join and earn points just like New York residents. A Series admin confirms where you live after you join, and your points count for the whole season once you're approved. Your home Region is your Club's Region, so pick your home Club when you join.
Other out-of-state players
Players from farther away may play in Series events but don't earn points or appear in standings. Eligible players move up into their places: if an out-of-state player wins, the top eligible finisher gets 1st-place points.
Class brackets
Some Region events, State Events and Championships run a bracket for each Series. A bracket is named for its highest Series, and everyone in it earns that Series' points. You can play up into a higher bracket, but you can't play down into a lower one: a Series 3 player can enter a Series 1 bracket and earn Series 1 points, but a Series 1 player can't enter a Series 3 bracket.
When there aren't enough players, brackets can be combined, such as Series 2 and 3 together, and everyone in the combined bracket earns the higher Series' points. A doubles team plays at its higher-ranked partner's Series. Some events fill their brackets with pool play (round robin or Swiss). At those events your finish in pool play decides your bracket.