How to Use CourtConnect
Everything below takes about two minutes the first time. There is nothing to install, no account to create, and no setup to save — you can open the site at the venue and be running matches before everyone has finished warming up.
Running your first session
Set your courts
Choose how many courts you're running. You can rename them to match your venue — "Main Court", "Court A", whatever your group already calls them — so announcements match reality. Courts can be added or removed at any point if a neighbouring court frees up.
Add your players
Type names as people arrive and set each player's skill level from 1 to 5. Got a big group already? Use Add Multiple and paste the whole list at once. If you're not sure what level to give someone, the skill levels guide explains what each one looks like on court.
Mark who's ready
Toggle Ready for anyone who is on site and wants to play. Players who aren't ready are skipped by the rotation entirely — useful for someone taking a break, sitting out an injury, or still lacing up. Flip them back on whenever they're good to go.
Generate matches
One tap fills every free court. Teams are balanced using each player's level, and the rotation prioritises whoever has been waiting longest while avoiding repeat partners and repeat opponents. You can always swap a player manually before the match starts if you want a different mix.
Start and play
Hit Start Match to run the timer on that court. Need to pause for a ball on court or a quick break? Tap Pause and the clock stops until you resume, so game lengths stay honest.
Call the winner
Tap Finish, enter the scores if you're tracking them (entirely optional), and pick the winning team. Records, win rates, streaks, and point differentials all update immediately. Scores are free-form, so games to 11, 15, 21, or timed games all work.
Keep it rolling
As courts free up, the next group is already decided and shown on the Next Up card — that exact lineup drops onto the court, so there are no surprises. Latecomers join the back of the queue when you mark them ready, and nobody sits out longer than their turn.
Go live optional
Create a Spectator Room and share the six-character code or QR code. Anyone who opens it sees live matches, the waiting queue, who's up next, and recent results — updating in real time, with no login and no app. It removes every "am I next?" question for the rest of the session.
Exactly the same flow — you just enter each player's official DUPR rating instead of a 1–5 skill level, and teams are balanced on those real ratings. Players without a rating can be marked NR and are handled gracefully.
Handy things worth knowing
- Partner lock — keep any two players on the same team all session while everything else keeps rotating. Useful for couples, coaching pairs, or tournament practice.
- Skill-restricted courts — reserve a court for one exact level, e.g. a beginners' court. Worth reading the trade-off first: strict courts can sit idle if turnout is uneven.
- Royale Mode — a ladder format where winners face winners. Chosen when you start an open play session.
- Transfer session — phone about to die? Hand the live session to another device with a QR code; the old device signs out automatically.
- Install it — add CourtConnect to your home screen so it opens like an app. Android and desktop Chrome show an install button; on iPhone use Share → Add to Home Screen.
- Afterwards — the end-of-session page gives you a full leaderboard and every match played, ready to print, plus a CSV export and shareable stat cards for each player.
Your session saves continuously, so a dropped connection or a locked phone won't lose it. If buttons ever stop responding after you come back online, refreshing the page restores the current state — nothing is lost.
That's the whole thing
Open the site at your next session and work down the list. If you get stuck, the FAQ covers the common questions.
Start a free session