Court Desk is the live tournament-day control center in Pickleball Tournaments (PT). You'll spend a lot of your event day here — it shows every match in progress, every court's status, and the queue of matches waiting to go on. Its primary purpose is to give tournament directors a one-stop view to assign matches to courts, track how long matches have been running, enter scores as they come in, and keep the day flowing without juggling separate windows. This guide walks through where to find Court Desk, what every area of the screen means, and how to assign matches, enter scores, and use the print queue.
Once you're logged in to your tournament, open the 3-line menu and select Live Console.
At the top of the Live Console, click Court Desk.
Court Desk is divided into a few key areas. Here's what each does:
This area summarizes where every match in the running events currently stands:
Shows every match that's ready to be placed on a court. Matches only appear here once they've been printed.
WarningIf a match hasn't been printed, it will not show as ready to add to a court. Either print the score sheet manually or set up the Print Spooler to auto-print as matches become available.
Every available court for the selected venue shows in this section. Court colors indicate match status:
If you're using PT's texting feature, assigning a match will automatically happen, no need to manually assign courts. to a court automatically sends a text to all four players letting them know which court to head to.
Need to assign a match that isn't in the Game Queue (for example, a make-up or a re-do)? Use the Manually option in the court assignment area to pick any match by event.
You have two ways to pull up a match's scorecard once it's done:
Enter the score and save. The match automatically moves off the court and into the Completed count, and the next match in the queue is ready to be assigned.
If you assigned a match to the wrong court — or play needs to pause and the court needs to free up — you can put the match back in the queue.
If you want match score sheets to print automatically as new matches enter the queue, you'll need to download and set up Print Spooler, then enable Automatically Print Next Available Matches on each event. This saves the tournament desk from having to manually print between rounds.
Matches only appear in the Game Queue once they've been printed. Either print the score sheets manually from the Live Console, or set up Print Spooler to auto-print. If matches still don't appear after printing, click Refresh at the top of the screen.
Default (no color) means the match is within the expected match time. Yellow means the match is past its estimated finish time. Greyed out means the match has been on the court more than 10 minutes past the estimated time — typically a signal to check in on that court.
Yes. Use the Manually option in the court assignment area to pick any match by event, even if it hasn't entered the standard queue. Useful for make-ups or re-dos.
Yes, if PT's texting feature is enabled for your tournament. Players assigned to a court receive a text with the court number. If texting isn't enabled, you'll need to call players to court manually.
Live Console is the overall event-management interface — verifying brackets, starting events, monitoring overall progress. Court Desk is one tab within the Live Console, focused specifically on the day-of court assignment and score entry workflow. You'll typically open Live Console first thing on tournament day and then spend most of your time on the Court Desk tab.
Questions about Court Desk or tournament-day operations? Email [email protected].