What formats can a single match use?
How you play a match depends on your sport and the event you're in, so agree on the format before the first serve.
- Best of three sets: the first side to win two sets wins the match.
- Points race: play to a set number of points, such as 11 or 21, and the side with more points wins.
- Timed match: play for a fixed time, and the side ahead when time runs out wins.
How does scoring work in a match?
Classic scoring counts points as 15, 30, 40 and game, with the server's score always called first, while points-based scoring simply counts every rally won toward a target. CourtTable supports both.
- With classic scoring, points go 15, 30, 40 and game; the server's score is called before the receiver's.
- A game is won when a team reaches four points with a two-point lead.
- At 40–40 (deuce) you either play advantage — win two points in a row to take the game — or a single deciding point, where the next point wins the game.
- A set is won when a team reaches six games with a two-game lead; at 6–6 a tiebreak to 7 points is played.
How do you keep score of a match in CourtTable?
Keeping score is where CourtTable helps most: the organizer runs the match from the app and everyone else just follows along.
- Create a match, pick the sport, the team size and the scoring, and add the players from your player directory.
- Enter the score as the match goes; the players never need an account or the app.
- Share the match's public page by link or QR code so friends and spectators can follow the live score.
- Put the TV view on a big screen at the venue to show the score to everyone courtside.