Short on players? Create an open match with day, time and venue, and let league members sign up. Once all four are in, turn it into a match.
Available for freeAn open match is a call with no fixed pairs: you propose when and where, and others sign up until the spots fill.
Go to the Open → New open match tab. Pick date, time and venue and publish it to the league.
Any league member can sign up or drop out while spots remain; everyone sees who's in. If the creator drops out, the call passes to another sign-up; if no one's left, it's cancelled.
Once all 4 are in, the open match closes and moves to your history as a match pending its result: score it live (phone or watch) or log the result by hand.
If there aren’t 4 of you at least 1 hour before the set time, the open match is cancelled automatically and we tell everyone signed up. But before that: if it’s short on players, we warn you in time, and with the “Re-publish” button you give the match another push in the league (saying how many spots are left) to fill it on time.
Members get an alert when a match is posted, and the app nudges for you: it alerts the league when the last spot is left or one frees up in a full match. Once formed, reminders arrive 24 h and 2 h before. Too many alerts? In your account → Notifications you can mute open-match alerts (matches still show in their tab), and there’s a daily cap so no one floods you.
Once played, it counts toward ELO and rankings exactly like any other match in the league.
Open matches are the quick way to fill a court without organising anything in the WhatsApp group: post it, let people sign up, and play.
If the call comes from a poll with more people interested than spots, the extras go on a waitlist and join automatically if someone drops out.