Tournaments vs Competitions

Within our data is is important to distinguish between a Tournament and a Competition.

Competitions are sub sets of tournaments. The tournament is the over-arching event, and the competitions happen within these tournaments.

Within each tournament there are multiple competitions, e.g. Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, e.t.c.. These competitions are knockout competitions that have a single winner.

Each of these Competitions has their own ID - although in every case the Men's Singles and Doubles (and Women's Singles and Doubles) will have the same competition ID (see examples below).

Grand Slam Tournament IMG Covers:

• The Championships 2022, Wimbledon (Tournament ID: 10669)

Competitions IMG Cover within this:

• Wimbledon Men's Championships 2022 (Competition ID: 2022-0540, the same for both Singles and Doubles)

• Wimbledon Women's Championships 2022 (Competition ID: 2022-0904, the same for both Singles and Doubles)

• Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Championships 2022 (Competition ID: 2022-0005)

Co-Sanctioned Tournament IMG Covers:

• The BNP Paribas Open 2016, Indian Wells (Tournament ID: 389)

Competitions IMG Cover within this:

• ATP Indian Wells Men's Championships 2016 (Competition ID: 2016-0404, the same for both Singles and Doubles)

Tournament IMG Covers:

• Western & Southern Open (Tournament ID: 10848)

Competitions IMG Cover within this:

• Western & Southern Open (Competition ID: 2022-0422, the same for both Singles, Doubles and qualifying singles)