Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Exhibition tennis competition
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The Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS) is an international individual tennis league that was founded in 2020. The competition was organised 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.
| Ultimate Tennis Showdown | |
|---|---|
 UTS 17 | |
| Exhibition | |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Editions | 17 |
| Location | Changes with each event |
| Surface | Hard (outdoor & indoor), Clay |
| Website | https://www.uts.live/ |
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 was in Guadalajara, Mexico[3] and then in Nîmes, France. The UTS Tour is due to make its debut in Asia in October 2025 with Chubb Life UTS Hong Kong by Humansa.[4]
All events use a modified scoring format, with matches divided into eight-minute quarters. Among the features UTS has built into the tournament to differentiate the game are "bonus cards" that mean a player can make the next point worth more in the score.
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]
Past results
Men
| Edition | Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTS 1 | 2020 | Biot |  Matteo BerrettiniThe Hammer |  Stefanos TsitsipasThe Greek God | 16–15, 15–12, 12–14, 8–15, 3–2 |
| UTS 2 | 2020 | Biot |  Alexander ZverevThe Lion |  Félix Auger-AliassimeThe Panther | 19–10, 11–13, 10–18, 18–8, 3–1 |
| UTS 3 | 2020 | Antwerp |  Alex de MinaurThe Demon |  Richard GasquetThe Virtuoso | 24–9, 15–14, 20–10 |
| UTS 4 | 2021 | Biot | Corentin Moutet The Tornado |  Taylor FritzThe Hotshot | 12–14, 15–11, 13–12, 16–8 |
| UTS 5 | 2023 | Los Angeles |  Wu YibingThe Great Wall | Taylor Fritz (2) The Hotshot | 11–16, 7–20, 12–11, 16–9, 2–0 |
| UTS 6 | 2023 | Frankfurt |  Andrey RublevRublo |  Grigor DimitrovG-Unit | 14–13, 12–17, 11–10, 17–16 |
| UTS 7 | 2023 | Seoul | postponed indefinitely | ||
| UTS 8 | 2023 | London |  Jack DraperThe Power |  Holger RuneThe Viking | 12–14, 15–12, 13–10, 19–7 |
| UTS 9 | 2024 | Oslo | Andrey Rublev (2) Rublo | Alex de Minaur The Demon | 14–16, 17–10, 16–13, 20–12 |
| UTS 10 | 2024 | New York | Gaël Monfils La Monf |  Alexander BublikThe 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 (2) The Demon | Holger Rune (2) The Viking | 13–8, 14–11, 16–10[11] |
| UTS 13 | 2025 | Guadalajara |  Tomáš MacháčThe Air Machete |  David GoffinThe Wall | 17–15, 15–14, 19–10 |
| UTS 14 | 2025 | Nîmes |  Casper RuudThe Ice Man | Tomáš Macháč The Air Machete | 12–13, 16–14, 15–14, 15–11 |
| UTS 15 | 2025 | Hong Kong |  Francisco CerúndoloEl Canon | Jenson Brooksby The Show | 20–5, 10–12, 15–9, 17–7 |
| UTS 16 | 2025 | London | Alex de Minaur (3) The Demon | Casper Ruud The Ice Man | 11–15, 15–10, 15–11, 16–7[12] |
| UTS 17 | 2026 | Nîmes | Félix Auger-Aliassime The Gentle Warrior | Casper Ruud (2) The Ice Man | 10–11, 14–10, 14–15, 15–11, 2–0[13] |
| UTS 18 | 2026 | Rio de Janeiro | Brandon Nakashima The Blade |  Luís Guto MiguelGuto | 15–14, 17–14, 15–13 |
| UTS 19 | 2026 | Gothenburg | TBD | ||
Women
| Edition | Year | Location | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTS 2 | 2020 | Biot |  Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaThe Thunder | Alizé Cornet The Volcano | 16–8, 12–11, 11–14, 9–16, 3–1 |
