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The tournament management area in the app

Where to go, what you see, and which screen each toolbar icon leads to — a map for anyone invited to run a tournament.

Updated 9/27/2026

Getting into the management area

01

Open the tournament you were assigned

Find the tournament in the app and open its detail screen.

02

Tap the floating round button at the bottom right

It opens a strip of actions.

03

Choose "Manage registrations"

The item with the shield icon, at the bottom of the strip — closest to your thumb. It only appears for someone who is staff on the tournament.

Don't see that item?

It means your account hasn't been added to this tournament's staff. Permissions are granted PER TOURNAMENT, so being invited to a previous one doesn't get you into the next. Ask the organisers to add you to this tournament. If you are in but still blocked, the app states it plainly: only an ADMIN or invited tournament staff can view this area.

The first screen: registration overview

At the top is a strip of quick numbers for the tournament: Total, Approved, Awaiting review, Paid, Awaiting payment, Rejected, plus the completion rate.

Below that is a chart of registrations by day, then the list of categories — tap a category to see just that category's registrations.

Between the two sections is an icon-only toolbar. The icons have no labels underneath so they fit one row on a small device — the table below is your translation of them.

The toolbar — where each icon leads

  • Shield with a tick — Complaints for this tournament. A red dot with a number appears when complaints are unresolved.
  • Branching diagram — Draws and the competition bracket.
  • Megaphone — Send a notification to approved players.
  • Scan frame — Scan tickets for check-in.
  • Bar chart — Tournament analytics.
  • Group of people — The player list, which is also where conduct flags are applied.
  • Name badge — Tournament staff.
  • List — All registrations for the tournament.
  • Gear — Tournament settings: courts and recording devices.

Any icon outside your permissions doesn't appear — the app deliberately doesn't show a button and then report an error when you press it.

There is no separate Results section any more

The match list for entering results has been merged into the competition draw. Referees now find matches through the tournament's Draw tab, because there you can also see the empty slots and the matches still waiting. See the article on where referees find their match.

The screens you'll use most

  • All registrations — approve, reject, view player profiles, sync with Baseline.
  • Player list — see each person with their ticket code and check-in status.
  • Competition draw — draw, split groups, build the bracket, publish.
  • Tournament staff — invite people and grant permissions.
  • Tournament settings — register courts and recording devices.
  • Analytics — check-in progress, demographics, and finances (only the most senior administrators see the finance tab).

The management area is always portrait. Only the referee console rotates to landscape.

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