To get started, select the "Event Desk" button on your event page. Note: The Event Desk button will appear after the registration has been closed. If no existing draws, you'll be prompted to choose how you like to schedule your matches.
Then you can either:
- Start by creating a new empty draw
- Go to the All Players List and start creating a draw by selecting players
Option 1: Create Draws
This is our traditional way of creating draws. From the welcome page of your Event Desk, click the Create Draw button and the create draw sidebar will appear.
Option 2: Create Draws from All Players List
This feature allows you to add selected players to a specific draw. From the welcome page of your Event Desk, click the All Players List button and you'll be redirected to the list of all of your registered players. Here you can arrange the players according to their name, Singles/Doubles rating, and age or filter the players based on their gender. You also have the option to search for a specific player. Once you have ticked your selected players, click the "Add To" button at the top then, click "Add To New Draw" and "Create Draw".
PLAYOFF DRAWS
Playoff draws are a new feature that allows the automatic creation of playoff draws (child draws) connected to the main (parent) draw. This feature is useful to advance top players from a main draw into playoff rounds.
Things to note:
- An option to add a 3rd/4th place playoff will be available. If selected, players who lose in the semifinals will be moved to a 3rd/4th place playoff draw to compete for 3rd place.
MANAGING EXISTING DRAWS
The Player Bank or the list of players you see that have registered for your event. You also have the option to sort players according to their UTR, name, or status within the draw.
You'll see all the players that have registered under Players Not in Draw. In order for them to be moved into the draw, you'll need to move them into the Not Placed category first. Select their names and click "Add to Draw".
After you've populated your Players Bank, you can either set up matches manually or click "Auto-Fill" to fill the draw automatically:
If you choose autofill, you'll see a message like this:
Once you click "Confirm", the draw will be automatically filled. It should have the players in matches and look something like this:
Hint: In First Match Backdraw formats, the Auto-Fill feature will automatically seed the top 25% fully rated players. This is the only way to have seeded players. A projected player who has a higher rating than a fully rated player, will not be seeded above any fully rated players. If you would like to move them, you may do so!
Once you have the players placed in the draw to your liking, you can then enter in times, dates, and locations for the Rounds or each match. You have the option to do this by round by clicking the "Set Location" and "Date & Time" under the round or you can do it by individual matches by clicking the "Set Date & Time" and "Set Location" on the match details box. Here is the information you will be asked to complete:
For draws with a back draw, move your cursor to the far left of the page to expand the "Event Desk" drawer. There you can select the draw or back draw you would like to edit. Note once scores are entered, players are automatically pushed to the back draw.
Once the times are entered, you can then choose to "Publish" the draws. Publishing draws makes them visible to anyone viewing the main event page. To Publish the draws, click the "Publish" button on the top right of the page, and select each draw you would like to Publish. Please note that only the draws that are checked will be published.
Hint: If you ever need to unpublish the draw, uncheck the boxes and click publish. Draws that have scores, cannot be unpublished.
Once the draws have been published, you will then be taken to the event homepage. There you can scroll down and click on the “Draws” tab to view the draws.
Awesome! You have created a First Match Backdraw/Single Elimination draw!
Check these articles on the different draw types: