Tennis Tournaments

Tennis Tournaments are events held by the community for players to "compete" against one another. A tournament is usually held in the summer and lasts about 3-6 months. Anywhere from 8-48+ players will duke it out to see who was "the best" (subjective, of course).

Remember, as competitive as these may be, don't forget the golden rule: Nobody wins at tennis, EVER!

History

List of Tennis Tournaments

The first tennis tournament was hosted by Gallers in 2007. There were only four players - SushieBoy, Misslaineous10, Papagonzales, and RabbitSnore.

From humble beginnings, things got nuts.

Tournament Types

There have been six major types of tennis tournaments, with all minor types being derivatives of one of these formats.

Tennis Cup

The 'vanilla' tournament - a bracket of 2^n players face off in a regular, 6 round match. People vote, and the winner moves on. Last man standing wins!

Tennis League

The 'OG' tournament - players are split into 'divisions' where they play everyone in their division, usually to four rounds. Winners get 3 points, ties split at 1 point, and losers get none. After everyone has been played, a multi-way "final match" occurs with the winner of each division. The winner of that match is the winner overall!

This type of tournament has largely been criticized in modern times due to its length and creating lack of drive to continue after losing enough games. It likely will never happen again.

Match Voting Tournament

A newer, but more popular type of tournament - you are given a random 'partner' to work with, to create a match of your vision (usually 6 rounds). When complete, voters choose their favorite matches out of everyone in the set. Depending on the setup, the lower slice of matches are cut off, and everyone else continues. You are then assigned a new random partner. The 'final' usually consists of 3-4 teams. The highest voted match of the final wins!

This has been popular as it encourages cooperation and creativity to achieve a much more re-watchable match and enjoyable experience for the players.

Doubles/Triples Tournament

Similar to a tennis cup, however involving "teams" of players that face off each other, with varying formats. This usually means the first rounds of the match are solo works, showing off each player, before transitioning into collaborative rounds. See Team Tennis for more information about this format.

X-Way Tournament

Bleeding the lines between a Tennis Chain and a regular match, X-Way Tournaments involve long strings of players partaking in a much longer match. In shorter X-Ways, only the top voted player continues; in longer ones, one player gets voted out instead (think Survivor).

This is another tournament type that struggles with length and remains unlikely to happen again.

Tennis Season

The most bizarre type of tournament that likely will remain a one-off unless heavily refactored. "Teams" of players competed throughout "gameweeks", similar to how football works. A player was chosen to represent their team for that gameweek, and then a particular match would play out against another team. Each player also had certain abilities that they could decide upon at the start of the tournament. Teams would build up points for winning matches, with the team with the most points at the end winning the tournament.