Ontario Squash Rankings
RATINGS AND RANKINGS
Players will have both a rating and a ranking. Each individual member of Squash Ontario will have a real-time universal rating (2.0 – 7.0) that will allow players from Windsor to Ottawa and Thunder Bay to Niagara Falls to engage and interact with one another. A rating is a general sense of a player’s level that is calculated based on a universal algorithm used for players all over the world. It is based not only on your own results but the results of opponents you have interacted with and becomes more accurate the more results that are logged. Ratings can be filtered by all age categories as well as club, league and regionally. For example, player X has a rating of 3.5 and therefore will be a similar level to player Y with a rating of 3.4, but will be stronger than player Z with a rating of 2.1.
Ratings will replace rankings for senior adult play and be used as tournament category guidelines and seedings for events. Ratings can be filtered by all age categories as well as club, league and regionally. Ontario’s list of top players in each adult division will be filtered with the highest rating in position 1, second highest rating in position 2, etc.
Rankings will continue to be generated for junior play based on the existing head to head algorithm for 2019-20 and although ratings with also be generated, all policies (event, team selection, and seedings) will continue to use a ranking.
Players must play 5 eligible sanctioned matches over a 2 year period to maintain their ranking.
A doubles algorithm and rankings program will be developed over the summer.
More information about the club locker ratings can be found HERE.
Defaults
Players defaulting from any Squash Ontario sanctioned event after 4:00 PM the day before the start of the event will be subject to losing regular head to head points for the match in question regardless of a Doctor’s note. Squash Ontario will use their discretion to complete a re-draw if there is time to do so in the event that the player defaulting is a seeded entry.
Defaults throughout the event will result in losing regular head to head points for the first match defaulted regardless of a Doctor’s note; subsequent matches are not subject to the default policy and will be considered "not played". If a player retires after the commencement of a match, they will lose head to head points for the retiring match and the next subsequent match (if applicable).
Defaulting players with just cause may continue to play consolation rounds at the discretion of the Tournament Chair.
Age Ineligible Players
In the event a player enters a Squash Ontario tournament (Junior Silver, Junior Gold or Ontario Championship) and is age ineligible for the category entered, Squash Ontario will deem the offending player to have only participated in the tournament and the player will not be eligible to receive any ranking points gained/lost during said tournament. In addition, all non-offending players who played the offending player will not be eligible to receive any ranking points gained/lost during the tournament. Points will be manually adjusted to the affected players overall ranking points after the rankings have been run.
Out-Of-Province Matches
Squash Ontario rankings include only Ontario residents that are current members in good standing of the association. Matches against an out of province player will still count towards your Club Locker rating.
Inter Gender Matches
Squash Ontario does not enter Inter Gender Matches into the rankings.
Ranking Appeals process
All ranking appeals or queries must be put in writing via email within 30 days from the date the rankings were posted for the issue in question. All appeals or queries submitted within the 30 days will be resolved promptly within a 7-10 day period with an explanation of the decision put in writing via email. All appeals or queries after the 30 days will not be reviewed and not given consideration. It is highly recommended you review your player history/ranking after any tournament to ensure everything is accurate.