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Team Topspin

1st Place
17 Points

Match Record: 8-4 (17-10 sets)Roster Avg Elo: (+7 this season)

7 points ahead of Volley

Season win chance
≈72%
Recent+3-1+5Latest · Sep 16Round 3 of 9 · 7–2Gained 5 points on Volley
Est. to stay ahead: average better than -1.2 net points/round

Team Volley

2nd Place
10 Points

Match Record: 4-8 (10-17 sets)Roster Avg Elo: (-7 this season)

7 points behind Topspin

Season win chance
≈27%
Recent-3+1-5Latest · Sep 16Round 3 of 9 · 2–7Lost 5 points of ground to Topspin
Est. to tie: average +1.2 net points/round

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Top 10 of 47 players · Ranked by current Elo

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League FAQ
Where do I find my player card and match history?

Choose your name in the header, or click your name in a roster, leaderboard or match card. Your overview includes season stats, earned awards, partnerships and recorded history. Share copies a direct link; the image button creates a graphic. No player account is required to browse.

How does my team earn points and win the season?

One set won equals one team point, including a deciding match tiebreak. A straight-set result awards 2-0; a split-set result awards 2-1. Team totals count each set once per pair. The losing team pays for the winners’ steak dinner at the season finish. Elo is a separate player rating.

Why is someone with fewer wins ranked above me?

The leaderboard is ordered by current Elo, highest first. Starting ratings, opponent strength and match format affect the rating. Winning against stronger opposition earns more than an expected win. A simple win count measures a different thing.

A score or player detail is wrong. How do I fix it?

Use the comment box. Include the players, match date and every set score for a result correction. Add an email if you want a reply. Messages go privately to league administrators, who correct the official ledger. Ratings and standings then reflect the corrected results.

Why don’t the player points add up to the team total?

Both partners receive the points from their shared match. Adding every player’s points counts each set twice. Team standings count that set once. Points W-L means sets won and lost, not matches won and lost; the player overview shows both records.

How is my doubles Elo change calculated?

Beat stronger opponents and your rating climbs more. Beat a weaker pair and it climbs a little. Both partners receive the same change. A loss moves your rating down, with a smaller drop when the opponents were stronger.

Does a super tiebreak count, and why is its Elo shift smaller?

Yes. It counts as one set and one team point. A win in a deciding tiebreak moves Elo less than a straight-set win. Tiebreak points are not games, so a 10-8 tiebreak does not add ten games to your record.

What is a draft upset, and how is it different from an Elo upset?

Original draft Elo captures the captains’ preseason expectations. Draft Upset means the winning pair had less than a 50% chance using both pairs’ original draft Elo. Pick totals are context, not the award calculation. Pre-match win chance uses the ratings immediately before a played match; future predictions use current pair-average ratings. A pair can be a draft underdog but an Elo favorite after improving.

What do the arrows and tier-breaker labels mean?

Arrows compare current rank with original draft position, not just the latest match. Tier breakers moved from outside the top 10, 20 or 30 into that group. Net points means sets won minus sets lost.

How are awards and suggested pairings chosen?

Awards come from recorded results. Pair suggestions consider recent form, past partnerships, player ratings and activity. A pair with only one match has less evidence than an established partnership. Captains still need to check availability and playing styles.

Where did my starting rating come from?

Starting ratings came from draft position. Earlier picks began higher, but results move everyone up or down. The draft is a starting estimate, not a permanent ranking. WAIT players start at 1,200 within their division because there is no shared draft.

Does my rating fall if I miss a week?

There is no inactivity decay. Your Elo stays unchanged until a rated result, while other players can move above or below you. Doubles ratings credit both partners equally for a shared result; they cannot isolate who did more of the work.

What changes when I choose an older season?

Archived seasons show recorded historical results in a read-only view. All seasons combines available records. Historical matches with only known set totals contribute those points, without invented game scores or historical Elo ratings. Current Elo stays a current-season rating.

Are the comeback odds a prediction I can rely on?

The estimate combines the current point gap, current pair ratings and published remaining courts, including outstanding makeups. Open the information box for why the chance is low, balanced or high, the calculation date and its assumptions. If no remaining courts are published, the percentage is unavailable. Results, lineup changes and extra makeups refresh the outlook; old draft and pre-match win chances stay fixed.

Who earns an Upset Wins honor?

Season honors need at least 2 completed wins as original draft-rating underdogs. We recognize the division top 3, or top 1 below 25 active players, and the top player on each team. Tied totals share a rank. Both partners receive credit. A single Biggest Upset can still be celebrated immediately. Track uses pre-match ratings, with at least 2 earlier rated matches for each of the four players before a win counts toward season honors.

Team Cup Elo

Starting ratings. The commissioner’s original draft order seeds a bell-shaped spread centered at 1,275, with a 115-point standard deviation. The current 47-player field’s fixed baselines span 1,010 to 1,540. Most seeds cluster near the middle, with more space at the ends. This is a practical preseason estimate, not proof that tennis ability follows a perfect normal distribution.

Why use the draft? Captains already supplied a shared ordering of this club’s field. Using that information makes early favorites and upsets meaningful, rather than treating every first match as 50-50. The baseline stays visible and fixed; results can overturn the estimate. A draft pick is a starting opinion, not a permanent ceiling.

A pair’s rating is the average of its two players’ ratings.

Expected win chance = 1 / (1 + 10(opponent pair Elo - your pair Elo) / 400).

Each winner gains round(K × (1 - expected win chance)); each loser loses the same amount. K = 48 for straight sets and 36 for split sets / a match tiebreak.

For equally rated pairs, a straight-set win is +24 Elo per winner and -24 per loser. Draft baseline and published historical ratings are retained; current Elo includes recorded league corrections.

A balanced signal. Underdog wins earn more, expected wins earn less, and split sets receive a smaller update than straight sets. Both partners share the shift, so Elo reflects doubles results and cannot isolate individual contribution. We do not force the current ratings back into a bell curve.

Why WAIT starts differently. Imported WAIT divisions have no comparable shared draft, so every player starts at 1,200, with no court-line advantage. Each league uses the starting evidence it actually has. These are within-league ratings, not directly comparable skill scores across leagues.

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Why about 72%?

Team Topspin leads by 7 points, with about 42 scoring matches left. Current ratings put the teams close together. The points already earned provide a cushion.

An approximate forecast. Ratings, form and unknown lineups can change it. The stronger finish is an example, not a promise.

How we estimate it

We start with the current score and work through possible results in the remaining matches. Ratings suggest who is favored, recent results give form a smaller say, and past scores help estimate whether each match adds one or two net points.

We average stronger and weaker runs of form, allowing a good or bad spell to affect several matches together. More limited evidence leaves more room for either team to outperform its rating.

We expect 6 rounds left in the announced 9-round season, with about 7 scoring matches per round. 0 published unplayed matches refine that count; 42 matches still have unknown lineups. We use team-average ratings for unknown pairings. Practice matches do not count. Extra approved matches and unreported results can change the outlook. The November 11 dinner is tentative and does not set the round count. We work through possible match results from the current score, allowing stronger and weaker runs of form, and average the finishes. These assumptions have not been verified against past seasons. A tied finish has its own 1.6% estimate, separate from either team winning. Updated 2026-11-05; results through 2026-09-16.

Model assumptions

We use up to ten recent matches to set the spread of possible strengths, plus a starting assumption worth eight matches, half based on ratings and half on even strength. The stronger example is near the upper end of the middle 80% of that spread. These choices have not been checked against past seasons. We do not have verified injury or availability reports.

Ratings are a starting point, not a promise. We allow the team to play stronger or weaker than its current rating across the remaining season. In the weaker-form scenario, Team Topspin wins about 39% of its matches and its season win chance is 19%. In the stronger-form scenario, it wins about 68% of its matches and its season win chance is over 99%. These are illustrative scenarios, not the lowest and highest possible outcomes. We do not have verified injury or availability reports.

Why about 27%?

Team Volley trails by 7 points, with about 42 scoring matches left. Current ratings put the teams close together. Team Volley needs a stronger finish.

An approximate forecast. Ratings, form and unknown lineups can change it. The stronger finish is an example, not a promise.

How we estimate it

We start with the current score and work through possible results in the remaining matches. Ratings suggest who is favored, recent results give form a smaller say, and past scores help estimate whether each match adds one or two net points.

We average stronger and weaker runs of form, allowing a good or bad spell to affect several matches together. More limited evidence leaves more room for either team to outperform its rating.

We expect 6 rounds left in the announced 9-round season, with about 7 scoring matches per round. 0 published unplayed matches refine that count; 42 matches still have unknown lineups. We use team-average ratings for unknown pairings. Practice matches do not count. Extra approved matches and unreported results can change the outlook. The November 11 dinner is tentative and does not set the round count. We work through possible match results from the current score, allowing stronger and weaker runs of form, and average the finishes. These assumptions have not been verified against past seasons. A tied finish has its own 1.6% estimate, separate from either team winning. Updated 2026-11-05; results through 2026-09-16.

Model assumptions

We use up to ten recent matches to set the spread of possible strengths, plus a starting assumption worth eight matches, half based on ratings and half on even strength. The stronger example is near the upper end of the middle 80% of that spread. These choices have not been checked against past seasons. We do not have verified injury or availability reports.

Ratings are a starting point, not a promise. We allow the team to play stronger or weaker than its current rating across the remaining season. In the weaker-form scenario, Team Volley wins about 32% of its matches and its season win chance is under 1%. In the stronger-form scenario, it wins about 61% of its matches and its season win chance is 79%. These are illustrative scenarios, not the lowest and highest possible outcomes. We do not have verified injury or availability reports.