Tennis tournament software and live scoring

Tennis scoring is layered. Points run 15, 30, 40 and game, and a game that reaches 40-40 goes to deuce, after which a player must win two points in a row: first the advantage, then the game. Games make sets, usually won by the first player to six games with a two-game margin, and a tie-break decides the set at six games all.

Umpires score each point in Arena by Zeetius on the Umpire Assist tablet app, the web interface or the mobile app. The system follows the server, the game score and the set score, so the umpire only records who won the point. Each point reaches the public live score page at the moment it is recorded, with the set scores and the game in progress.

Tennis formats differ from event to event, and each one is configurable: best of three or best of five sets, advantage or no-ad games, the set tie-break, and a match tie-break played in place of a deciding set. A junior event, a veterans' doubles and an open singles championship can each run their own rules inside the same tournament.

• No-ad games. At deuce a single deciding point settles the game, which shortens matches in club, junior and doubles events.
• Set tie-break. Played at six games all, won by the first player to seven points with a two-point margin.
• Match tie-break. Won by the first to ten points with a two-point margin, and often used instead of a deciding set in doubles and junior events.

A tennis match has no fixed length. A straight-sets match can be over within an hour, while three tight sets with tie-breaks can take far longer, so the order of play has to absorb delays. Zeetius Tournaments builds the schedule across your courts, with matches following each other on court and rest protected for players entered in more than one event.

When a match overruns, the matches behind it move. Arena by Zeetius manages court allocation and umpire assignment through the day, so the referee's desk can send a waiting match to a free court and the change is visible straight away. The Zeetius upcoming matches page shows players when and where they are due on court.

• Every court at once. Each court in the venue runs its own queue of matches, from the show court to the outside courts.
• Umpires where they are needed. Chair umpires are assigned and rotated across courts as the day unfolds.
• No double calls. Schedules respect rest times, so a player in both singles and doubles is not called to two courts at once.

Tennis players are developed over many years in academies and clubs, in batches grouped by age and level. Zeetius Academy manages athletes, batches, training plans, attendance and assessments, and handles fees, coach payroll and expense claims in the same system, so the coaching programme and the accounts never disagree.

Court time is the scarce resource in most tennis clubs. Courtz by Zeetius gives members live availability and recurring bookings, so a coaching batch can hold the same court every weekday afternoon while the remaining slots stay open to members. Courts used by a Zeetius Tournaments event are blocked automatically and released if the event finishes early.

Parents see their own child's attendance, assessments and fees, and nothing else. Coaches record sessions on court from the mobile app, and Zet AI answers questions about the academy's own data, such as which juniors have attended most consistently this term or which batch is due its next assessment.