Compass Draw
- Number of players
- 16, 32 or 64 players (8, 16 or 32 pairs)
- Group limit
- 1 group
- Team format
- Fixed pairs
- Bye option
- No. Pairs always meet in twos
- Courts needed
- One per match: half the number of pairs
- Rounds played
- 3, 4 or 5, depending on the size
Unique features
- Mobile experience: managers enter scores on a phone, players follow live
- Airport-style kiosk showing the whole compass board
- Every pair plays every round, win or lose
- Next-round matches appear as soon as the matches that feed them are done
- Different scoring for different rounds
- Manager re-seeding
Rules
Every pair plays in every round. Winners move toward the East bracket and losers drop into the West, South and North brackets.
Round 1
Pairs are seeded and matched best against worst. Winners go East and losers go West.
After that
Each round, a pair's result sends it further East, North, South or West on the compass. A standard event has 4 rounds and ends with 8 final brackets of 2 pairs.
Winner
The East bracket holds the champions.
About Compass Draw
Compass Draw guarantees every pair the same number of matches: 3, 4 or 5 depending on the size you pick. Nobody is knocked out.
The bracket looks like a compass. Winning pushes a pair toward East, losing pushes it into the West, South and North brackets. At the end each pair has played opponents at its own level.
How does it work?
- Choose the size
Short is 8 pairs and 3 rounds, standard is 16 pairs and 4 rounds, long is 32 pairs and 5 rounds.
- Round 1
Pairs are matched best against worst.
- Winners East, losers West
Both sides keep playing.
- Each round re-sorts the pairs
The next match appears as soon as the matches feeding it are done.
- Final brackets
The event finishes when every match is scored.
On the club TV
The kiosk draws the compass board with the East, West, North and South bands and marks the championship match.
Suitability comparison
A green check shows which play styles each format is best suited to.
| Format | Intense competition | Competitive fun | Social & casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy 8's | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Ladder | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| King & Queen | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Team Challenge | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Compass Draw | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Wildcard* | Suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Social | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Mixer | Not suitable | Not suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin with Playoffs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Round Robin Rotating Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Round Robin Set Teams | Not suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Inter-clubs | Suitable | Suitable | Not suitable |
| Flex | Not suitable | Suitable | Suitable |
| Single Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |
| Double Elimination | Suitable | Not suitable | Not suitable |