👥 Players

🧮 How Ratings Are Calculated

• ELO-Based System*: Your rating changes based on match results and opponent strength
• Partner Influence: 30% weight from your partner's skill, 70% from your individual performance
• Performance Factors: Set scores, consistency, decisive moments (3rd set wins)
• Match Types:
  • Normal matches: Full rating calculation
  • Walkovers: Partial credit (+5 minimum for showing up)
  • Byes: No rating change

📈 Rating Changes

• New players: Larger changes (up to ±64 points)
• Experienced players: Smaller changes (±8-32 points)
• Strong opponents: More points for wins, fewer for losses
• Tournament importance: 20% bonus for large tournaments

*ELO: Expected Likelihood of Outcome - A mathematical rating system originally developed for chess, now widely used in competitive sports to calculate relative skill levels between players.