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Tournaments overview

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A tournament is a weekly draw with a live leaderboard. You add the players once, draw a round each week, keep score on the night, and players follow along on a public page.

It works for a social doubles "Mix & Match" night where partners change every round, a fixed-team league that runs all season, or a singles ladder.

How it works

  1. Create the tournament: name it, add the players, and draw the first round.
  2. Send the draw: every player gets an email with who they play and when.
  3. Keep score on the night: tap the score up and down on each match, then finish the match.
  4. Publish and send results: the public page shows the leaderboard and the draw, and everyone gets the standings by email.

Then repeat steps 2 to 4 each week. The draw remembers earlier rounds and avoids repeating partners and opponents.

Two ways to score

Points modeWhat happens
Automatic from resultsEvery finished match awards win, draw, or loss points. The leaderboard updates instantly.
ManualYou set points yourself on the Leaderboard tab. Results are recorded but do not move points.

You can switch modes at any time in the tournament's Settings tab.

Create a tournament

Set the basics, add players, choose how teams work, and draw the first round.

Run a round

Send the draw, keep score, publish the round, and email the results.

Next

Create a tournament