01When top players or teams lose in the first round of a professional tournament, the tournament officials are not very happy. The tournament loses much of its excitement for the fans. As a result, they buy fewer tickets for the next tournament events which means lower returns for the tournament organizers and less money to bring those top players or teams to the event again.
02In amateur and junior tournaments, the officials face different kinds of problems. Eliminated players generally leave the event after their first loss so by the time the quarterfinals begin, the host club will look like there is no tournament at all.
03This is even true for top world junior events. At the Orange Bowl 2005 - the top junior tennis event in the world - when the quarterfinals in the girls under-12 category were being played, the total number of people present at the club was no more then 50, excluding the competitors and referees on the tennis court.
04These are some of the main goals of all tournament officials:
- to bring the best players to the event;
- to keep the best players in the event as long as possible;
- to keep the maximum possible number of people, participants as well as spectators, interested and present for the duration of the tournament.
05equTournament helps to solve the early exit problem. It enables tournament officials to set a minimum required number of matches for participants to play. For example, at a junior or amateur tennis tournament of 64 participants, each competitor would have to play at least 6 matches.
06As a result, the audience will have a chance to get to know the participants better so that, as the tournament progresses, it will become more and more exciting and entertaining for all. This will naturally have the effect of significantly raising the attendance numbers, of both players and public, throughout the length of the tournament.
