What this does
Standings order the participants of the current Season from the results that are already official. Nothing in the table is entered by hand, which is exactly why it can be trusted: if two people read it, they read the same thing.
Before you start
- At least one match has an official result — see enter, submit and approve results.
- You have decided how a win is worth points in your competition, before players start comparing positions.
Steps
Open the table
Go to Standings in the Competition, or use View standings from the dashboard. The table always shows the current Season; past Seasons stay available in the Competition's history.
Every column is derived from official results; the movement column shows where a position currently leads.
Read the columns
Played, Won and Lost count matches, not sets. Diff is the difference the scoring format produces. Pts is the standings points total, and it is what orders the table. On a Division ladder, Movement shows where the current position would send that participant at the end of the Season.
Set how a match is scored
Match scoring defines what a valid score looks like for this Competition — the set format your sport actually uses. Set it before the first round, because changing it mid-Season changes how existing results are read.
Set how results become points
Standings points defines what a win, a draw where the sport allows one, and a loss are worth. This is where a league decides whether the table rewards consistency or dominance.
Decide how a tie is broken
Standings tie-breakers orders the criteria applied when two participants finish on the same points — for example Head-to-head result before the overall difference. Publish the order to your players; a tie decided by a rule nobody knew is the fastest way to lose their trust.
If a position looks wrong, check the underlying result before changing any rule. Nine times out of ten the table is right and one score is not.
What happens next
The table updates on its own as results become official, so the routine is simply to keep results honest and current. On a Division ladder, the standings at the end of the Season drive promotion and relegation — see the guide to organizing a tennis league for how to choose those movement rules.