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How to record a match on T&P Now

Tennis & pickleball · 4 min read · Updated August 2026

A match only counts once both players agree on it. You log the result, your opponent confirms it, and the ratings move. Nothing is recorded from one side alone.

Before you start

Open Match results and choose Record a match. The person you played has to be on the platform: on your friends list for a friendly, or entered in the same event for a league or tournament match.

Filling in the form

Which event this is for. A friendly counts towards your rating. A league or tournament match counts towards that table as well. If you pick an event, the sport and the format are set for you.
Sport. Tennis and pickleball are scored differently, so this decides what a valid score looks like. The example under the score box changes with it.
Who won. Pick this honestly. If it disagrees with the score you type, the form tells you before it saves rather than quietly turning the score around.
The score. Optional, but a match without one tells nobody very much.

Writing the score

Separate each set or game with a comma, your own score first.

Sport	Looks like	Why
Tennis	6-4, 3-6, 7-5	A set is won 6-4 or better, or 7-5 or 7-6 once it reaches 5-5. (ITF Rules of Tennis, Rule 5.)
Pickleball	11-6, 11-9	A game goes to 11 and has to be won by two, so 11-9 or 12-10. Tournament play may use 15 or 21. (USA Pickleball Rulebook 4.A.)

Scores the form will not take, and why

6-5 in tennis. That set is not finished. It plays on to 7-5 or 7-6.
11-10 in pickleball. You have to win by two.
One set each, like 6-4, 3-6. Both sets are legal, but nobody has won the match yet. Add the deciding set.
More than three sets to one player. A match stops the moment somebody has won it, so this usually means two matches typed as one. Record them separately.

After you save

Your opponent gets it in their Inbox and can confirm it in one tap. Until they do, it counts for nothing and moves no rating. If they leave it, it expires after 72 hours.

If they remember it differently

They can choose "That is not what happened" and send their own version, with a note. You then either accept their score, which replaces yours, or void the match so neither version counts. Nothing counts while the two of you disagree.

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