In Slams you never have to keep the standings yourself. As soon as you enter a result, or a player does so through the score-entry link, Slams recalculates the standings right away. Only matches with an entered result (status played) are counted. Exactly how the standings are built up differs per format.
League and group tournament: on points
In a league you enter the result per set, for example 6-4 6-2. From that Slams derives both the sets won and the total number of games. In the standings the following applies:
- Points: by default 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. You set this yourself per part.
- Draws are allowed, a league match does not have to have a winner.
- When points are equal, the games balance decides first (games won minus games conceded), then the sets balance.
The columns in the table are P (played), W (won), D (drawn), L (lost), Games +/- (the balance) and Pts. In a group tournament each group gets its own standings: 3 points per match won, again with the games balance as the tiebreak and then the most games won.
Americano, Mexicano and mix: on games won
In an Americano, Mexicano or mix variant the partners change every round. Your personal score is the total number of games you have won across all your matches. When points are equal, the number of matches played counts. If you play with fixed pairs, Slams counts per team, with the games balance as the tiebreak.
King of the Court and Beat the Box
King of the Court has no points scoring: the final standings come from the last fully played round. The pair on the King's Court finishes on top, winners above losers, descending to the lowest court. In Beat the Box each box has its own standings: every match is a single games score, a win gives 3 points and a draw 1, with the games balance as the tiebreak.
Team Clash and ladder
In Team Clash teams play against each other: 3 points per duel won, 1 for a draw, with the sets balance as the tiebreak. A ladder is a running ranking based on points earned, with the player rating as the tiebreak. Every ladder match played also adjusts the DSS rating.
Standings not adding up?
First check that all results have been entered, because empty matches are not counted. Seeing an incorrect result? Change it by correcting a result; the standings then recalculate automatically. To learn more about how ties are resolved, read tiebreakers, ELO and Buchholz.
