Changelog

What changed on the Desk, one week at a time, newest first.

Week of October 19, 2026

Connect without a key
Ask free questions in ChatGPT or the Claude app, then sign in by email for your teams and forecasts.

Playoff chances for teams
Signed in, ask how a team can still reach the playoffs, and see its chances with a Desk Pass.

Share a chat answer
Signed in, send a link that shows your question, the answer and its tables.

Improved

• Signed-in chat gives short, fact-checked answers with linked names.
• Signed in, tap a button to pick between matching names.
• Signed in, lineup plans suggest doubles pairs from your players.
• After an area request, hold today's Desk Pass price at no cost.
• Bump research uses current Desk levels for its figures.

Fixed

• Pasted availability lists stay out of chat boxes.
• Teams with the same name appear separately by flight.
• The sign-in panel leaves room for chat on phones.
• The chat gives a clear retry message when it cannot answer.
• League-table answers say a playoff winner won its flight's final.

Week of October 12, 2026

Your teams by email
Get your teams' results and next match by email each week, with a stop link in every message.

Help with NorCal forms
Have your agent or the chat prepare NorCal lineup, score and match date forms for you to check and submit.

Research on lineup order
Read the measured finding on whether putting your best pair first wins more team matches.

Improved

• Combo and Mixed forecasts show pair totals and the league number.
• Research findings appear on the home page and in chat.
• Chat and agent answers show player records, league playoffs and next matches.
• Lineup plans follow pairing rules, and announcements flag pairs to check.
• Team, league and player pages link to "Does my match count?"

Fixed

• Players without a rated line now show no Desk level.
• When the chat asks which team, your choice answers that question.
• Team match results use the asked team's side and name postseason stages.
• After a failed chat, home starts fresh and keeps the old chat.
• Agent connections give clear key errors and accept team or player links.

Week of October 5, 2026

Which matches count
Check which matches count toward your year-end NTRP rating in the docs or chat, with links to USTA's rules.

After a bump
Read how players did after a bump and how many moved down again.

A free weekly forecast
Ask from the home page and get a free forecast each week when you create an account with your email.

Improved

• Desk levels weigh the score more and move toward new NTRP ratings.
• Pages, forecasts and chat answers lead with less text.
• Win chances now use who has actually played each line this season.
• Ask the Desk to cover your area from search or chat.
• Club player lists show regulars first and fit on phones.

Fixed

• Agent setup commands now wrap on phones.
• Tennis advice questions get a question back, not unrelated help.
• Once your free forecast is used, replies still name your next match.
• Signing up with an existing email opens your account.
• A help link now opens the right league section.

Week of September 28, 2026

Club pages
See every team a club fields, this week's matches, and which teams can still finish first.

Player pages, simplified
Level, record and last match now sit at the top.

Club briefings in the chat
Ask the chat to brief you on a club, with its key matches and what to watch.

Improved

• Every player name links to that player.
• Search lists teams still playing first.
• A Desk Pass now covers 10 forecasts a week.
• Team and league pages open with the season, standings and next matches.
• Help pages answer each task and show how forecasts did.

Fixed

• Line scores now match the W or L beside them.
• January matches now show their year.
• Desk Pass forecasts now include every line a team plays.
• A team match filed by both teams now counts once.
• A finished league now reads final.

Week of September 21, 2026

Sign in with email
Sign up with your email, then buy a Desk Pass from any phone or computer.

Email your next match
Press one button and your email app opens with your team's next match announcement already written.

Connect your own agent
Copy one setup prompt from the agent page to connect the Desk to Claude Code or Cursor.

Improved

• Chat answers state each result, score and date as recorded.
• Ask what you play today and get the scheduled match.
• In chat, tap the right player when two share a name.
• Player names in chat answers link to their pages.
• Terms and privacy now sit together on one page.

Fixed

• Match pages set the score apart from the team names.
• The player match log fits a phone screen.
• The sign-in panel fits a phone and says what each button does.
• Latest matches on the home page now show more on request.

Week of September 14, 2026

Your next match, ready to share
Copy an announcement of your team's next match, and compare both rosters on one chart.

Level changes in the match log
See what each line did to a player's Desk level, beside the levels of partners and opponents.

New research on bumps
Read where players finish in their range before a bump, and whether sectionals decide it.

Improved

• Two players who share a name each get their own linked page.
• The search page suggests names as you type.
• Search marks which leagues are still being played.
• Combo and mixed lines show the pair's combined level.
• A new self-rated player's level now starts from their first scores.

Fixed

• Every team in a flight now lists its roster.
• Chat league tables show one flight at a time.
• Search keeps combo and mixed teams when you type those words.

Week of September 7, 2026

Browse every league
See every league by year and area, filter to one, and find the leagues still playing first.

Search as you type
Find players, teams, leagues and clubs as you type, even with a nickname or a typo.

Tennis Desk Research
Read what years of league results show, such as whether the home team really wins more.

Improved

• Paste a USTA scorecard link into search to open that match.
• Player pages open on this year, with every year one tap away.
• Sign in from the menu on any screen, phone included.
• Manage or cancel your Desk Pass from the pricing page.
• A missing page links home and offers a tennis rally game.

Fixed

• League tables list every team in the flight.
• Upcoming matches show on their current date only.
• Tables on a phone keep their numbers in view.
• Team names in plus-level leagues read correctly.
• The logo takes you home on a phone too.

Week of August 31, 2026

Pages for players and teams
Every player, team, league and match has its own page you can open, bookmark and send.

Search and newest matches
Search any player, team or league by name, and see the newest matches on the home page.

The Desk Pass
Buy a Desk Pass to scout an opponent and forecast a lineup in the chat.

Improved

• The site is now The Tennis Desk, at thetennisdesk.com.
• San Francisco teams and players are now covered, beside Marin.
• The chat answers more questions about players.

Fixed

• The chat now says correctly whether a player won or lost.
• Records and Desk levels now count only lines that were played.
• The chat labels career records as career, not this season.
• Your free chat allowance is your own, not your network's.

Week of August 24, 2026

Fixed

• Match-by-match levels now run in date order, January included.

Week of August 17, 2026

Desk levels on every roster
See each player's Desk level, to two decimals, on rosters, lineups and in chat answers.

Week of August 10, 2026

Your level after every line
See how a player's Desk level moved after each line, and tap any opponent to see theirs.

Request your area
Ask about a team outside the covered area, and request that the Desk add your area.

Improved

• The Desk now covers 24 Marin clubs, up from 10.
• Share a league table like any other answer.
• A long club team list shows how many teams it has.
• Before a season starts, see a flight's teams, rosters and schedule.

Fixed

• Asking for a club's Combo teams now lists its Combo teams.
• Questions that end in a question mark now find the team.
• Desk levels now sit on the NTRP scale, not above it.
• Desk levels count a match tiebreak correctly and no longer drift upward.
• Every number in a chat answer now comes from recorded results.

Week of August 3, 2026

Share an answer
Share any chat answer or report with one button, and anyone with the link can open it.

Rosters by season
Pick any season a team played, or all seasons, on a roster in the chat.

League standings in the chat
Ask how a team stands in its flight, in the order the league's published rule sets.

Improved

• On phones, the menu hides and reports open full screen.
• A player's record shows Adult results beside the overall record.
• Ask the chat what it can look up to see its leagues.
• Desk levels now pick the winner of a line more often.
• For a team with few results, the chat names who they fielded.

Fixed

• The chat reads "this year" as the current season.
• New teams, Combo teams included, appear within a day.
• A club's team list shows only teams playing this season.
• Your own reports still open after you sign in again.
• Chat answers no longer fail when the data connection is slow.

Week of July 27, 2026

Who might move up
See which players on a roster are likely to move up an NTRP rating at year end.

Share a report by link
Send a link to a scouting report, and anyone who opens it sees the report, read only.

Plan a lineup
Ask who a team is likely to field and the win chance on each line.

Improved

• Scouting answers go deeper and keep every fact the Desk can check.
• Rosters and reports appear in seconds, before the written answer.
• Names read first name first, and scores stay on one line.
• A simpler start screen, plus a light and dark theme switch.
• Ask how you rank among players in your age group.

Fixed

• Rosters now list the whole team, with each player's recent form.
• A team outside the Desk's area now gets a quick, clear answer.
• An expired sign-in now still gets you answers.
• New chat now keeps earlier conversations, and you can reopen them.
• A closed report now reopens from its answer.

Week of July 20, 2026

Who your team plays next
Ask who a team plays next and when.

Sign in with your name
Type your name and confirm your player record to sign in, with no invitation needed.

Ask without signing in
Anyone can now ask about any Marin team or player right away, without an account.

Improved

• Data tables appear in seconds, and the written answer follows.
• Tables open in a report beside the chat that you can sort.
• The chat remembers what you asked earlier in the conversation.
• A misspelled name gets a one-tap "Did you mean" check.
• A new design, with quick search on Command-K.

Fixed

• Answers now show tables and lists instead of raw formatting.
• One missing detail no longer drops the rest of an answer.
• Open report now opens the report beside the chat.
• Naming a club now lists its teams so you can pick one.
• Recent-form questions about a team now answer much faster.

Week of July 13, 2026

Every Marin team since 2022
The chat now answers from every Marin league team match since 2022, with each line's result.

Player form and win chances
Ask how a player is playing or who is likely to win a matchup, with the lines behind each answer.

Ask for an invitation
Request access on the site, and once you're approved you get your own sign-in link.

Improved

• Answers show their progress while the chat works, then stream in.
• Your earlier conversations stay listed beside the chat.
• A scouting report now covers the opponent you name.
• On a phone, the chat and report each take the full screen.
• Questions about your own team now find your team.

Fixed

• A slow answer now always appears once it's ready.
• Questions about how a player is playing lately now get answers.
• Long matchup questions now get a clear reply instead of an error.
• Scouting reports now state only results from real scorecards.
• An invitation link now confirms you're signed in.

Week of July 6, 2026

Scouting reports in the chat
Ask about your next opponent and get a scouting report, with the scorecards behind it, ready to share.

Player and team search
Search for a player, team or club and see its results and recent form.

Flag a chat answer
Mark any chat answer as useful, confusing, wrong or missing context, so the Desk can fix it.