Thirty-two players arrive, two of them don’t, one court is out of use, and you still need to know who plays next. SetMatcher helps you through the day, from making the draw the night before to the final result.
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Four moments that make or break a tournament day, and how SetMatcher helps with each: the night before, the start of play, the middle of the day and the moment the wifi drops.
Make the draw from your entry list. Players are seeded by rating, byes go to the top seeds, and you only see the draw formats your sport actually uses.
Matches are planned onto the courts you have, with enough rest between matches for your sport, and nobody is put on two courts at once. If one match runs late, only the matches after it move.
One screen at the desk shows what is on court, what is next, who is waiting and what is finished. Results can be entered at the court, the draw moves on by itself, and a wrong score can still be corrected.
Print the order of play and score sheets on A4, each sport’s sheet in its own layout. A result entered without a connection is saved on the device and sent when the connection returns, so nothing is lost or counted twice.
What it does not do: SetMatcher does not run the event for you or overrule your decisions. It stops two matches landing on one court at the same time, but calls on court and late entries are still up to you at the desk.
Most people are more than one of these. A club secretary often plays on Thursday evening too.
Members come and go, the committee changes and the season has to keep going through all of it. SetMatcher keeps your members, teams, results and rankings in one place the whole committee can use.
The hard part is rarely the playing. It is finding someone at about your level who is free on the same evening, and agreeing when and where. SetMatcher helps with that, and keeps your rating up to date afterwards.
Join a group, play, enter the score. The ladder, the draw and the season keep themselves up to date.