End of Season Tournament

Men's Open · Women's Open · Men's Club — finals night Friday, Nov 6 at Fitzgerald Stadium Court — the same court that hosts the DC Open

Three draws close out the season. The Men's Open and Women's Open are 16-player single-elimination draws, seeded 1–16 by ladder points. The Men's Club is a four-player single-elimination draw — Endel Liias, Jed Royal, James Janis, and Mac McCullough, seeded 1–4 by rating — with semifinals and a final.

Open seeds come from ladder points alone, with strength of schedule breaking ties — the same rule as the rankings page — and are frozen at the Oct 12 standings snapshot. Everything before finals night is self-scheduled.

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Men's Open16 draw · single elimination

Seeds 1–16 by ladder points. Round of 16 and quarterfinals by Oct 25, semifinals by Nov 5, final on Nov 6.

Women's Open16 draw · single elimination

Seeds 1–16 by ladder points. Round of 16 and quarterfinals by Oct 25, semifinals by Nov 5, final on Nov 6.

Men's Club4 draw · single elimination

Elite Division

Seeds 1–4 by rating. Semifinals by Nov 5, final on Nov 6.

Format

Match length

Every match is one set — first to 6 games, tiebreak at 6-6 — from the Round of 16 through all three finals. Before finals night, players may mutually agree to play a full match if both want it; the finals are one set, no exceptions.

Self-scheduling

The Round of 16, quarterfinals, and semifinals are all self-scheduled. Find your opponent in the directory, agree on a court and a time, and play. Only finals night is fixed.

Quarterfinal pods

Each quarter of the Open draws is a pod of four players — seeds 1, 8, 9, 16 / 4, 5, 12, 13 / 3, 6, 11, 14 / 2, 7, 10, 15. The pod is only a scheduling convenience so the four of you can coordinate court time together. It's still straight single elimination: two Round of 16 matches, then a quarterfinal between the two winners.

Deadlines

Any match not played by its deadline goes to the higher seed.

Coordinating with Michael

In addition to you scheduling among yourselves — not instead of it — Michael, the tournament director, will text each quarterfinal pod's group chat (or each of you individually) to help get matches on the calendar. Michael enters every tournament result himself, so text him the score of each Round of 16 and quarterfinal match as soon as it's played rather than leaving him to find out later. Tournament matches aren't ladder matches, so don't submit them through Report Match.

Timeline

Finals Night

All three finals — Men's Open, Women's Open, and Men's Club — are played at Fitzgerald Stadium Court, the same court that hosts the DC Open.

Date

Friday, November 6

Time

7:00–10:00 PM

Location

Fitzgerald Stadium Court

Address

4850 Colorado Ave NW, Washington, DC 20011

Match length

One set — first to 6 games, tiebreak at 6-6 — the same as every other round.

Semifinalists must confirm their Nov 6 availability by Nov 4. Rain date is Saturday, Nov 7, 7:00–10:00 PM at Fitzgerald Stadium Court.