Tournament formats
Each format answers a different wish: mix everyone up, let the best rise, or play in settled teams.
Available formats
| Format | Description | Required product |
|---|---|---|
| AmericanoPadel, Pickleball | Chaque joueur change de partenaire à chaque tour. Planning généré à l'avance. | Core formats (Americano, Mexicano) |
| MexicanoPadel | Les équipes sont formées par classement après chaque tour, selon la formule choisie à la création du tournoi (par défaut : 1er+4e vs 2e+3e). Planning généré tour par tour. | Core formats (Americano, Mexicano) |
| Montante / DescendantePadel, Tennis, Pickleball, Beach Tennis | Terrains hiérarchisés : la paire gagnante monte, la perdante descend. Le terrain 1 est la « King ». Classement donné par la position finale. Planning généré tour par tour. | Advanced formats (Montante, team play) |
| Americano par équipePadel, Pickleball | Les équipes sont composées à l'avance et restent identiques. Chaque équipe rencontre toutes les autres. Planning généré à l'avance. | Advanced formats (Montante, team play) |
| Mexicano par équipePadel | Les équipes sont composées à l'avance et restent identiques. Après chaque tour, elles sont appariées par classement : la 1re affronte la 2e, la 3e la 4e… Planning généré tour par tour. | Advanced formats (Montante, team play) |
| Tournoi standardPadel | Poules, tableau à élimination directe, têtes de série et tirage au sort, à la manière d'un tournoi FFT — homologable du P25 au P250, ou en mode amateur. Chaque match se joue dès que ses deux paires sont prêtes et qu'une piste est libre. | Standard tournament (pools, bracket, draw) |
| MatchPadel, Tennis, Pickleball, Beach Tennis | Un rendez-vous au club : un lieu, une date, une heure et les joueurs attendus. Le score, si tu veux. | Matches (a meet-up at the club) |
What a format decides
A format does not merely choose how the ranking looks: it drives how the schedule is built. Some produce every round at once; others build round by round, each one depending on the previous results — the schedule then cannot be known in advance, and that is the very point of the format.
The schedule
The generator lays out rounds from your courts and their real time slots. It aims for everyone to play as much as everyone else, to change partners, and to meet as many different opponents as possible. A badge shows the balance achieved.
On the court, everyone is placed on their side, according to their preference — right, left or no preference, in their profile under “My game” — and the previous match; with the same partner, you keep your sides. Each team can “Switch” until the score is validated.
Mixed tournaments
On the formats that allow it, every pair has one man and one woman. This requires each player's gender to be known: without it, generation cannot run. The gender comes from the player's account — so the organiser cannot fill it in on their behalf.
The match
A match is not a tournament: no rounds, no schedule. It is a meeting at the club — a venue, a date, a time and the number of expected players. “+ Event” offers you one or the other.
It starts out to be completed, becomes full once the expected players are in, then played. Once full, you can confirm it; without confirmation, it still takes place.
You can give it a deadline. If players are still missing at that point, you get a reminder; an hour later, if it is neither full nor cancelled, it is cancelled with the reason “not enough players”, and everyone is told. Without a deadline, this happens at the time of the match. It is the only automatic cancellation in Mix&Match: a tournament always waits for your decision.
The score is optional: in sets, entered before, during or after the match, then confirmed by the opposing team.