THE MAJORS UNITED KINGDOM
Ninety-two teams.
Two titles.
A two-day national championship, sixty men's teams and thirty-two women's teams, run to one standard.
ENTRY CRITERIA
Two titles.
Two sets of rules.
Both championships are tiered by ranking, and restricted to British passport holders. The exact criteria below keeps the field competitive rather than open to anyone with an account.
MEN'S ENTRY CRITERIA
British passport holders only
Playtomic 4.0+ (70%+ reliability)
Outside LTA Top 50
WOMEN'S ENTRY CRITERIA
British passport holders only
Playtomic 3.0+ (60%+ reliability)
Outside LTA Top 25
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Sixty teams.
One champion.
Entry fee £99 per player. Day One runs the group stage through to the round of sixteen; Day Two carries the quarter-finals through to the final.
01
Group Stage
DAY ONE
02
Round of 32
DAY ONE
03
Round of 16
DAY ONE
04
Quarter-Finals
DAY TWO
05
Semi-Finals
DAY TWO
06
The Final
DAY TWO
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Thirty-two teams.
One champion.
Entry fee £99 per player. The women’s tournament takes place on Saturday, with the group stages and Round of 16. Sunday, has the final stages alongside the men's draw.
01
Group Stage
DAY ONE
02
Round of 16
DAY ONE
03
Quarter-Finals
DAY TWO
04
Semi-Finals
DAY TWO
05
The Final
DAY TWO
MATCHUPS & SEEDINGS
Seeded to avoid
a group of death.
Applies to both championships. The aim is a field that stays competitive from the first group to the final point.
GROUPS
Players will be seeded based off a combination of their Playtomic Rating & LTA Ranking. All 60 Men's Teams & 32 Women's Teams will be ranked, and each team from top to bottom will be spread between the groups one by one, to ensure the highest/lowest level talent is shared between all groups. This prevents 'Groups of Death' for example.
KNOCKOUTS
Following the Men's Groups, the Top 2 per group, as well as the 8 best 3rd-placed finishers, progress. From this, the R32 Matches are devised based on performance. For example, the best-performing 1st-place finishers play against the worst-performing 3rd-place finishers, and so on. This is in line with typical tournament formatting. In the women’s competition, the top two teams from each group advance straight to the Round of 16.
PRICE FUND
£36,000, paid
deep into the draw.
An identical £18,000 pool for each of the Men's and Women's Championships — £36,000 in total. Prize money trickles down to the semi-finalists and beyond, the way it does in tennis and professional padel
1st place
£10,000
2nd place
£3,000
3rd place
£2,000
4th place
£1,000
5th – 8th
£500
COMBINED PRIZE POOL
£36,000
£18,000 to each championship
£10,000 to each set of winners
Paying places one through eight keeps the £99 player entry justified, deepens the field, and drives interest well below the final, standard practice across the sport.
PER CHAMPIONSHIP TOTAL £18,000