Leistungsklasse
The Leistungsklasse
How the Leistungsklasse (LK), the DTB's rating, works in German tennis: a scale from 1 to 25, points and hurdle, the weekly drift, what counts as a good LK and why there is no defensible conversion into UTR. With an exact LK calculator.
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Work out how much a win improves your Leistungsklasse (LK), the DTB's rating: points, hurdle, age class, scoring format and team bonus under the current DTB implementing rules, the new points curve from Q4 2025 included.
Explained
- How the LK system worksThe scale, the formula, the Wednesday rhythm and the weekly drift.
- Points and hurdleThe points curve old and new, the hurdle table, and why “200 at LK 13” is wrong.
- What is a good LK?Why there is no official distribution, and what the steps mean in practice.
- LK vs. UTRThe two scales, the table in circulation and where it came from, the one official bridge.