Losing the first match does not have to end somebody’s day.
In a plain knockout, half the players go home after one match. SetMatcher also offers draws that keep people playing: a plate for first-round losers, a feed-in consolation, a compass draw, and a play-out where nobody is knocked out at all.
Free to sign up, and ready for all seven racket sports.
How it works
Seeds are spread so the strongest players meet as late as possible: the top seed plays the lowest, the second seed the second lowest, and so on. Byes go to the top seeds. In a plate, feed-in or compass draw, a player who loses moves to the matching place in the next bracket, so every bracket stays fair from top to bottom.
Some draw formats need a certain number of players. A compass draw works with exactly 16, 32 or 64 entries. A plate needs enough first-round losers to fill it. And once groups have been turned into a knockout, a group result can no longer be changed.
Once a later match is played, earlier results stay put.
If you change who won a match, SetMatcher first checks what that result already led to. If a later match already has a score, the change is not allowed and you are told why, so nobody’s semi-final changes behind their back. If nothing later has been played, the old result is undone along the same path and the new one takes its place, and the courts and times you planned stay as they were.
- Bracket
- Board
- Desk
- Print sheets
More of what it does
Ratings, tournaments, leagues, ladders and more, each explained on its own page.
- Ratings and rankingsAn Elo rating per sport and discipline, settled after fifteen matches.
- Running a tournamentFrom entry list to final: the draw, the courts, printouts and results.
- Competitions and leaguesDivisions, team fixtures, line-ups, and a league table counted your way.
- The ladderChallenge upwards, climb, and see every change in the history.
- Tournament day and the deskCourts, a planned day, and a desk that keeps going without wifi.
- Scoring point by pointScore rally by rally in seven sports, undo mistakes and share a live scoreboard.
- Finding players and challengesFind players by level, place and free time, then challenge one.
- Clubs and committeesMembers, a committee, your own logo and colours, and one owner.
- Privacy and what you controlNine privacy settings, private to start with, and no analytics.
Your first match is one tap away.
Join a group, play, enter the score. The ladder, the draw and the season keep themselves up to date.