How tournaments work
Organisers run the entries, the draw and the results in one place. Players enter, play and follow their way to the final. And anyone can follow a tournament that has been published.
Nine formats to choose from
Knockouts, round robins, groups into a knockout and more, in singles or doubles. Each sport offers the formats its own players use: double elimination is there for pickleball, the compass draw for tennis.
- Single elimination
- Round robin
- Groups into a knockout
- Full placement (Monrad)
- Knockout with a consolation draw
- Knockout with a feed-in consolation
- Compass draw
- Double elimination
- Single round
From the first entry to the final
What happens at each stage, for the people playing and the people running it.
Entering
Players in the group enter with one tap while entries are open, and choose a partner for doubles. For a singles event, the organiser can also share a link or QR code, so people from outside the group can enter too.
The draw
When the entries are in, the organiser makes the draw with one press. It is seeded by rating, so the strongest players are kept apart, and any byes go to the top seeds. Round robins and groups get their own table.
Scores
Players enter the score from the court, or keep score point by point as they play. Once the other side confirms it, the draw, the table and the ratings move on. If the two sides disagree, someone who did not play settles it.
Following along
Players can follow their own path through the draw. An organiser can publish the tournament, so anyone can follow the draw and the results without an account, and can share live scoreboards with a link.
Published tournaments
The events that have put a page here
An event appears here once whoever runs it chooses to. Run yours on SetMatcher, and it can be the first.
Only events whose organiser asked to be listed are here. An event’s page says what is being played and who entered, by first name and an initial.