Amateur tennis tournaments and leagues in Prague
Your Tennis Club runs amateur tournaments and long-term leagues for recreational players of every level — from complete beginners to former competitors. You register online, the rating ladder matches you with opponents of similar strength, and every result counts towards your rating.
Matches are played on courts across Prague (see our court catalog). Anyone can join after a free registration.
Upcoming tournaments and leagues
Match formats
Every tournament announces its match format up front, straight from the club catalog — so you know exactly how long a match will take before you sign up. Organisers pick from seven formats:
- Best of three sets
- The classic and the club default: first to two sets of six games, with a seven-point tiebreak at 6:6. Instead of a full third set, the decider is a ten-point super tiebreak, so even a tight match ends in a predictable time.
- Best of five sets
- A Grand-Slam-sized match for special occasions: first to three sets of six games with a tiebreak at 6:6. The deciding fifth set can be replaced by a ten-point super tiebreak. Plan for several hours on court.
- Single set
- The quickest route to a result: one set to six games, with a seven-point tiebreak at 6:6. Ideal for tournament group stages with many matches per day, or a weeknight when the court is booked for a single hour.
- Eight-game pro set
- One long set to eight games, with a seven-point tiebreak at 8:8. A popular compromise: longer and fairer than a single short set, yet it still fits comfortably into ninety minutes.
- Nine-game pro set
- The pro-set variant played to nine games, with a seven-point tiebreak at 9:9. One game longer than the eight-game version — used where the organiser wants a single set that feels like a full match.
- Fast4
- A fast-paced format of two short sets to four games. At 3:3 a five-point tiebreak kicks in — no two-point margin needed — and instead of a third set the match is decided by a ten-point super tiebreak. A lot of tennis in very little time.
- Ten-point match tiebreak
- The whole match is a single super tiebreak to ten points, win by two. Used as a quick shoot-out — for seedings, group-stage placings, or when there is no time left for a proper set.
How competitions are structured
Groups and playoffs
One-day and weekend tournaments usually run as group stages followed by playoffs: players are drawn into round-robin groups where everyone plays everyone, and the best of each group advance to a knockout bracket for the title. Every entrant is guaranteed several matches — one loss never ends your tournament.
Box league
A long-term competition split into small skill-based groups — boxes. Within a box you play everyone over the course of a round, arranging match times directly with your opponents to suit both schedules. When the round closes, the top players move up a box and the bottom ones move down, so over time you keep meeting opponents at exactly your level.
Ratings and skill bands
Every player carries a club rating on a 100–2000 scale, computed by a Glicko-derived system: after each recorded match your rating adjusts based on the result and the strength of your opponent, and a win can never lower it. The scale splits into eight skill bands from Beginner to Advanced+, and tournaments are typically opened for specific bands — so you always compete against people you can genuinely trade games with.