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How to join a league or a tournament

Tennis & pickleball · 4 min read · Updated September 2026

A tournament has a draw and you are told who you play. A league has no draw: everyone in the table arranges their own matches, and the table is the whole result. Entering either one is part of the Competitor membership.

Entering

Open Events, pick one that is taking entries, and choose Register to play. You appear in the standings straight away, on zero points.

A tournament stops taking entries before it starts, because the draw is made from them. A league can keep taking entries after it has started, up to the date its page gives under Entries close, so you can still join one that is under way and start playing straight away.

If it says invite only

Player-created events are private. If somebody sent you the link, you can open it, see what the event is, and ask to join. The organiser decides from there. If you are the organiser, search for any player by name or @username under Invite players and send them an invite to accept, whether or not they are your friend. Somebody already in your event, already invited or waiting for your answer still shows up in the search, marked as such, so you know where they stand. Or use Share invite link at the top of your event: anyone who opens it can ask you for a place.

Playing your matches

In a league, nobody schedules for you. Use Create league match to arrange a game with someone else in the table, play it, then record the result the same way as any other match. Points move once your opponent confirms.

If there is nobody to play

A table can be full of people too far away to meet. Your event page says so rather than leaving you waiting for a game that was never coming, and gives you the event link to send to anyone who might enter. As soon as somebody near you joins, the notice goes and you can arrange a match.

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