Frequently Asked Questions

How to use the Reporting and Statistics

Click here for the detailed explanations on our Statistics Webpage.

How does the Match Tennis App Integration Work?

https://web.matchtennisapp.com/racketstats-with-match-tennis-app/

How do I score in Beginner Mode?

Open RacketStats to “Welcome to RacketStats”

Select Beginner Mode

Scoring screen appears; Player 1 is your player.  Player 2 is their opponent.

Each point has up to four parts:

  1. Who is serving
  2. 1st Serve (SERVE 1) or 2nd Serve (SERVE 2)
  3. Return of Serve
  4. Which player wins the point

Tap SERVING under the player that is serving.  The SERVING player can be changed at any time.

SERVE 1 has three options:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3. –, Fault (when tapped, Serve 2 lights up)

SERVE 2, has three options and one difference from SERVE 1:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3. –, Double Fault when tapped twice

Return of Serve: Tap either Forehand or Backhand

P1 or P2 Wins Point:  Tap the player who won the point

Player Wins Point confirmation:

  • UNDO – If you made a mistake and need to change which player won the point, tap Undo and tap the correct player that won the point.
  • NEXT – Takes you to the next point
  • STATS – Will be highlighted when stats are updated (every 5 points), and will take you to the page of statistics that are currently available for both players.
  • SETTINGS – Takes you to FAQ’s and Support

After each game, set and match, a confirmation screen will show:

  • You can accept it and END GAME, SET or MATCH, or
  • You can change the information as needed, or
  • You can Clear Match to erase all information and start a new match.

Help (RED ?) at top of screen OR Settings, FAQ’s

Changing the score.  Game and Set scores do not affect your Stats in any way so they do not have to be accurate:

  • Game Score – Tap the Player Score and change with your keypad, tap Return to go back to scoring
  • Set Score – Tap End button at the bottom, End Game, Player 1 or 2, OK, Start Next Game. This adds just one game, so repeat for adding additional games.

Sharing Match Statistics:

  1. After the match is complete, go to the Welcome screen and tap STATS.
  2. At the top, Select the match stats you want to share from the dropdown menu
  3. Tap “Generate PDF”
  4. Tap “Share PDF”
  5. Select from the choices on your phone.

Additional Scoring Tips:

  • Phone Auto Lock On – We suggest that you set the Auto-Lock feature to 1 or 2 minutes so that you don’t have to log back into your phone after every change of sides or sets.
  • Player Names – If you want a player’s name instead of Player 1 or 2, just tap Player 1 or Player 2 and your keyboard will pop up. Type a name and RETURN.

What are the Beginner Mode Statistics?

There are 11 statistics in the Beginner Mode.

Select a category to compare the player’s stats to:

  • Boys 14, 16, 18 and College
  • Girls 14, 16, 18 and College
Stats Categories

Serve

  • 1st Serve in Play %, Percentage of 1st Serves in Play
  • 1st Serve Won/Lost, Percentage of 1st Serves won
  • 2nd Serve Points Won%, Percentage of 2nd Serve points won
  • ACES, number of Aces a player hit
  • Double Faults, number of Double Faults a player hit
  • Serve Win/Error Ratio, Aces divided by Double Faults (the higher the number the better)

Return of Serve

  • 1st Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 1st Serve
  • 2nd Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 2nd Serve
  • Return Win/Error Ratio, Not available in Beginner Mode.

Summary Statistics

  • Overall Win/Error Ratio, All winners divided by all errors (higher is better)
  • Total Points Won/Lost, for each player

How do I score in Advanced Mode?

Information screen appears, fill out or Skip

Add Player information, or Skip – you can put it in later

Each point has up to six parts:

  1. Who is serving and to Deuce or Ad courts
  2. SERVE 1, 1st Serve
  3. SERVE 2, 2nd Serve
  4. Return of Serve
  5. Key/Final Shot
  6. Which player wins the point

Tap SERVING under the player that is serving, change at anytime

Tap which court the server is serving to, Deuce or Ad; this will change automatically, but can be changed manually

SERVE 1 has three options:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3.   –, Fault

SERVE 2, has three options and one difference from SERVE 1:

  1.   ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3.   –, Double Fault when tapped twice

Return of Serve:

  1. Tap either Forehand or Backhand
  2. ++, Return of Serve WINNER when tapped twice
  3. InPlay, Return of Serve is in play
  4. –, * Return of Serve is an error when tapped twice

Key/Final Shot:

  1. Tap Player that won or lost the point
  2. Tap Forehand or Backhand
  3. Key Shot Type
  4. GS – Groundstroke
  5. VL – Volley
  6. SM – Smash
  7. LB – Lob
  8. AP – Approach Shot
  9. PS – Passing Shot
  10. ++ – Winner
  11. —  Error
  12. If you can’t get the last shot recorded, you can tap P1 or P2 Wins

Player Wins Point confirmation:

  • UNDO – If you made a mistake and need to change which player won the point, tap Undo and tap the correct player that won the point
  • NEXT – Takes you to the next point
  • STATS – Will be highlighted when stats are updated (every 5 points), and will take you to the page of statistics that are currently available for both players. Note that the comparison data is at the top and can be changed at any time.
  • SETTINGS –  Information about the RacketStats App, FAQ’s and Support

After each game, set and match, a confirmation screen will show:

  • You can accept it and END GAME, SET or MATCH, or
  • You can change the information as needed
  • You can Clear Match to erase all information and start a new match

Advanced Scoring Tips

  • Accurate STATS depend upon accurate information. If you don’t know how a point ends, don’t worry, just change which court the server is serving to. If you only know who won the point, go to the bottom of the screen and tap “P1 Wins” or “P2 Wins”.
  • Change your Auto-Lock on your phone to 1-2 minutes so that you don’t have to log on after  breaks.
  • You can enter player and match information at any time by tapping MATCH at the top.
  • Scoring HELP is found by tapping the RED (?) at the top of the screen
  • The actual game and set scores have nothing to do with the Stats, they are for your use only.
  • Since the default of each point is that the 1st Serve is “in play”, it allows you to focus on the Return of Serve with your thumbs over the “Forehand” and “Backhand” buttons.

What are the Advanced Mode Statistics?

There are 34 statistics in the Advanced Mode.

Select a category to compare the player’s stats to:

  • Boys 14, 16, 18 and College
  • Girls 14, 16, 18 and College
Stats Categories

Serve

  • 1st Serve in Play %, Percentage of 1st Serves in Play
  • 1st Serve Won/Lost, Percentage of 1st Serves won
  • Deuce Ct 1st Serve%, Percentage of 1st Serves won in the Deuce court
  •  Ad Ct 1st Serve%, Percentage of 1st Serves won in the Ad court
  • 2nd Serve Points Won%, Percentage of 2nd Serve points won
  • Deuce Ct 2nd Serve%, Percentage of 2nd Serves won in the Deuce court
  • Ad Ct 2nd Serve%, Percentage of 2nd Serves won in the Ad court
  • ACES, number of Aces a player hit
  • Double Faults, number of Double Faults a player hit
  • Serve Win/Error Ratio, Aces divided by Double Faults (the higher the number the better)

Return of Serve

  • 1st Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 1st Serve.
  • FH 1st Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Deuce court
  • BH 1st Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Deuce court
  • FH 1st Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Ad court
  • BH 1st Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Ad court
  • 2nd Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 2nd Serve.
  • FH 2nd Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Deuce court
  • BH 2nd Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Deuce court
  • FH 2nd Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Ad court
  • BH 2nd Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Ad court
  • FH Returns in Play%, Percentage of Forehands returning the serve
  • BH Returns in Play%, Percentage of Backhands returning the serve
  • Return Win/Error Ratio, Winning returns divided by errors. (the higher the better)

Groundstrokes

  • Win/Error Ratio, Forehand groundstroke winners divided by errors
  • BH Win/Error Ratio, Backhand groundstroke winners divided by errors.
  • All Groundstroke Win/Error Ratio, All groundstroke winners divided by errors
  • Backcourt Points Won/Lost, All backcourt points won and lost

Net Point

  • All Points Advancing to Net %, Percentage of all points advancing to net.
  • Net Points Won/Lost %, Percentage of Net points won and lost
  • FH Volley Win/Error Ratio, FH volley winners divided by FH volley errors
  • BH Volley Win/Error Ratio, BH volley winners divided by BH volley errors
  • All Net Points Win/Error Ratio

Summary Statistics

  • Overall Win/Error Ratio, All winners divided by all errors (higher is better)
  • Total Points

How do I get started with Beginner Mode?

Getting Started in Beginner Mode

How do I get match stats?

How to get Match STATS

Advanced Mode Match Info

Advanced Mode Match Info

Advanced Scoring

Advanced Mode Scoring

How do I score in Beginner Mode?

Open RacketStats to “Welcome to RacketStats”

Select Beginner Mode

Scoring screen appears; Player 1 is your player.  Player 2 is their opponent.

Each point has up to four parts:

  1. Who is serving
  2. 1st Serve (SERVE 1) or 2nd Serve (SERVE 2)
  3. Return of Serve
  4. Which player wins the point

Tap SERVING under the player that is serving.  The SERVING player can be changed at any time.

SERVE 1 has three options:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3. –, Fault (when tapped, Serve 2 lights up)

SERVE 2, has three options and one difference from SERVE 1:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3. –, Double Fault when tapped twice

Return of Serve: Tap either Forehand or Backhand

P1 or P2 Wins Point:  Tap the player who won the point

Player Wins Point confirmation:

  • UNDO – If you made a mistake and need to change which player won the point, tap Undo and tap the correct player that won the point.
  • NEXT – Takes you to the next point
  • STATS – Will be highlighted when stats are updated (every 5 points), and will take you to the page of statistics that are currently available for both players.
  • SETTINGS – Takes you to FAQ’s and Support

After each game, set and match, a confirmation screen will show:

  • You can accept it and END GAME, SET or MATCH, or
  • You can change the information as needed, or
  • You can Clear Match to erase all information and start a new match.

Help (RED ?) at top of screen OR Settings, FAQ’s

Changing the score.  Game and Set scores do not affect your Stats in any way so they do not have to be accurate:

  • Game Score – Tap the Player Score and change with your keypad, tap Return to go back to scoring
  • Set Score – Tap End button at the bottom, End Game, Player 1 or 2, OK, Start Next Game. This adds just one game, so repeat for adding additional games.

Sharing Match Statistics:

  1. After the match is complete, go to the Welcome screen and tap STATS.
  2. At the top, Select the match stats you want to share from the dropdown menu
  3. Tap “Generate PDF”
  4. Tap “Share PDF”
  5. Select from the choices on your phone.

Additional Scoring Tips:

  • Phone Auto Lock On – We suggest that you set the Auto-Lock feature to 1 or 2 minutes so that you don’t have to log back into your phone after every change of sides or sets.
  • Player Names – If you want a player’s name instead of Player 1 or 2, just tap Player 1 or Player 2 and your keyboard will pop up. Type a name and RETURN.

What are the Beginner Mode Statistics?

There are 11 statistics in the Beginner Mode.

Select a category to compare the player’s stats to:

  • Boys 14, 16, 18 and College
  • Girls 14, 16, 18 and College
Stats Categories

Serve

  • 1st Serve in Play %, Percentage of 1st Serves in Play
  • 1st Serve Won/Lost, Percentage of 1st Serves won
  • 2nd Serve Points Won%, Percentage of 2nd Serve points won
  • ACES, number of Aces a player hit
  • Double Faults, number of Double Faults a player hit
  • Serve Win/Error Ratio, Aces divided by Double Faults (the higher the number the better)

Return of Serve

  • 1st Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 1st Serve
  • 2nd Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 2nd Serve
  • Return Win/Error Ratio, Not available in Beginner Mode.

Summary Statistics

  • Overall Win/Error Ratio, All winners divided by all errors (higher is better)
  • Total Points Won/Lost, for each player

How do I score in Advanced Mode?

Information screen appears, fill out or Skip

Add Player information, or Skip – you can put it in later

Each point has up to six parts:

  1. Who is serving and to Deuce or Ad courts
  2. SERVE 1, 1st Serve
  3. SERVE 2, 2nd Serve
  4. Return of Serve
  5. Key/Final Shot
  6. Which player wins the point

Tap SERVING under the player that is serving, change at anytime

Tap which court the server is serving to, Deuce or Ad; this will change automatically, but can be changed manually

SERVE 1 has three options:

  1. ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3.   –, Fault

SERVE 2, has three options and one difference from SERVE 1:

  1.   ++, Ace when tapped twice
  2. InPlay, serve is in play
  3.   –, Double Fault when tapped twice

Return of Serve:

  1. Tap either Forehand or Backhand
  2. ++, Return of Serve WINNER when tapped twice
  3. InPlay, Return of Serve is in play
  4. –, * Return of Serve is an error when tapped twice

Key/Final Shot:

  1. Tap Player that won or lost the point
  2. Tap Forehand or Backhand
  3. Key Shot Type
  4. GS – Groundstroke
  5. VL – Volley
  6. SM – Smash
  7. LB – Lob
  8. AP – Approach Shot
  9. PS – Passing Shot
  10. ++ – Winner
  11. —  Error
  12. If you can’t get the last shot recorded, you can tap P1 or P2 Wins

Player Wins Point confirmation:

  • UNDO – If you made a mistake and need to change which player won the point, tap Undo and tap the correct player that won the point
  • NEXT – Takes you to the next point
  • STATS – Will be highlighted when stats are updated (every 5 points), and will take you to the page of statistics that are currently available for both players. Note that the comparison data is at the top and can be changed at any time.
  • SETTINGS –  Information about the RacketStats App, FAQ’s and Support

After each game, set and match, a confirmation screen will show:

  • You can accept it and END GAME, SET or MATCH, or
  • You can change the information as needed
  • You can Clear Match to erase all information and start a new match

Advanced Scoring Tips

  • Accurate STATS depend upon accurate information. If you don’t know how a point ends, don’t worry, just change which court the server is serving to. If you only know who won the point, go to the bottom of the screen and tap “P1 Wins” or “P2 Wins”.
  • Change your Auto-Lock on your phone to 1-2 minutes so that you don’t have to log on after  breaks.
  • You can enter player and match information at any time by tapping MATCH at the top.
  • Scoring HELP is found by tapping the RED (?) at the top of the screen
  • The actual game and set scores have nothing to do with the Stats, they are for your use only.
  • Since the default of each point is that the 1st Serve is “in play”, it allows you to focus on the Return of Serve with your thumbs over the “Forehand” and “Backhand” buttons.

What are the Advanced Mode Statistics?

There are 34 statistics in the Advanced Mode.

Select a category to compare the player’s stats to:

  • Boys 14, 16, 18 and College
  • Girls 14, 16, 18 and College
Stats Categories

Serve

  • 1st Serve in Play %, Percentage of 1st Serves in Play
  • 1st Serve Won/Lost, Percentage of 1st Serves won
  • Deuce Ct 1st Serve%, Percentage of 1st Serves won in the Deuce court
  •  Ad Ct 1st Serve%, Percentage of 1st Serves won in the Ad court
  • 2nd Serve Points Won%, Percentage of 2nd Serve points won
  • Deuce Ct 2nd Serve%, Percentage of 2nd Serves won in the Deuce court
  • Ad Ct 2nd Serve%, Percentage of 2nd Serves won in the Ad court
  • ACES, number of Aces a player hit
  • Double Faults, number of Double Faults a player hit
  • Serve Win/Error Ratio, Aces divided by Double Faults (the higher the number the better)

Return of Serve

  • 1st Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 1st Serve.
  • FH 1st Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Deuce court
  • BH 1st Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Deuce court
  • FH 1st Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Ad court
  • BH 1st Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Ad court
  • 2nd Serve Return Points Won%, Percentage of points won returning the 2nd Serve.
  • FH 2nd Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Deuce court
  • BH 2nd Serve Return Deuce Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Deuce court
  • FH 2nd Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Forehands returned from Ad court
  • BH 2nd Serve Return Ad Ct%, Percentage of Backhands returned from Ad court
  • FH Returns in Play%, Percentage of Forehands returning the serve
  • BH Returns in Play%, Percentage of Backhands returning the serve
  • Return Win/Error Ratio, Winning returns divided by errors. (the higher the better)

Groundstrokes

  • Win/Error Ratio, Forehand groundstroke winners divided by errors
  • BH Win/Error Ratio, Backhand groundstroke winners divided by errors.
  • All Groundstroke Win/Error Ratio, All groundstroke winners divided by errors
  • Backcourt Points Won/Lost, All backcourt points won and lost

Net Point

  • All Points Advancing to Net %, Percentage of all points advancing to net.
  • Net Points Won/Lost %, Percentage of Net points won and lost
  • FH Volley Win/Error Ratio, FH volley winners divided by FH volley errors
  • BH Volley Win/Error Ratio, BH volley winners divided by BH volley errors
  • All Net Points Win/Error Ratio

Summary Statistics

  • Overall Win/Error Ratio, All winners divided by all errors (higher is better)
  • Total Points

How do I get started with Beginner Mode?

Getting Started in Beginner Mode

How do I get match stats?

How to get Match STATS

Advanced Mode Match Info

Advanced Mode Match Info

Advanced Scoring

Advanced Mode Scoring