Tag: MCP

  • What’s New in Smashpoint 3 for iPhone iPad and Apple Watch

    We’ve been building Smashpoint for a long time, and this is the release we’re most excited to ship. Not because of any one feature, but because of what they add up to:

    Smashpoint finally does what we set out to build it for, turn every match you play into data you actually own, at whatever level of detail you want, shared with exactly who you choose.

    A New Design

    The app has been rebuilt from the ground up. New navigation, new layouts, light and dark themes that actually feel native, and a visual language that’s consistent whether you’re checking a score courtside or reviewing your stats later that night. It’s faster, it’s cleaner, and honestly, it’s the app we always wanted Smashpoint to look like. This is also the foundation for everything else in this release. The new features weren’t bolted onto the old app, they were designed in from the start.

    Five Levels of Tracking (Up From Three)

    Not every match deserves the same level of attention, and Smashpoint has never assumed it does. With 3.0, you now have five ways to track a match instead of three:

    • Games: the fastest way to record a result. Just the score.
    • Points: full point-by-point scoring with match flow.
    • Serve & Points: adds serve stats: first serve percentage, aces, double faults, points won on serve.
    • Point Outcomes: log winners and errors, so you know how points were actually won and lost.
    • Full Shot-Tracking: winners, errors, and shot types, for a complete picture of your game.

    Pick your depth before the first serve. A Tuesday night doubles match might get “Games.” A match you’re actually trying to learn from might get the full treatment. The point is that it’s your call, every time.

    Track Live, Broadcast Live

    This is the one we think people are going to love. When you want an audience, one tap opens the match up. Send the link, and anyone can follow along live, point by point — and when the match ends, that same link becomes the match page: final score, full stats, everything. One link, before and after. Text it, post it in the group chat, drop it in a club newsletter. Turn it off whenever you want, match by match.

    ELO Rankings

    Win-loss records tell you that you won. They don’t tell you much about who you beat. Smashpoint now calculates ELO ratings alongside traditional rankings, so your rating reflects the strength of your opponents, not just the number of matches you’ve won. Beat a tough player and it shows. Beat someone below your level and it barely moves the needle. It’s a more honest picture of where you actually stand — and it updates automatically every time you play. Learn more about Smashpoint ELO rankings.

    Publish Results Online

    Every match, group, and ranking in Smashpoint is private by default — that hasn’t changed and never will. But now, when you do want results visible beyond the people in the match, you can publish them: to a group’s standings page, to a public match page, wherever makes sense. It’s the same principle as live broadcasting — sharing is a decision you make, not something the app does for you.

    Smashpoint for AI Agents

    This one’s a little different from the rest, and it’s for the more technical players and organizers among you. Smashpoint now exposes your match and stats data through MCP — the protocol that lets AI tools like Claude connect directly to outside data sources. In practice, that means you can ask an AI assistant things like “what’s my head-to-head against Marcus” or “how has my ELO trended this season” and have it pull real answers straight from your Smashpoint data, instead of you digging through the app. We built the shot-by-shot tracking and the stats engine to be the best data layer in racquet sports — this is the first step in making that data actually useful to the tools you already use.

    Built for Everyone on the Court and Off It

    This release is for the player who wants to know if they’re actually improving. The parent following a match from three courts away. The club running a ladder. The federation overseeing sanctioned play across affiliated clubs. The doubles group that just wants an honest head-to-head record, once and for all.

    That’s always been the idea behind Smashpoint — every match becomes data, tracked at whatever depth you choose, shared only if and when you decide to. 3.0 is the clearest version of that idea we’ve built yet.

    Update your app and give it a try. We’d love to hear what you think. Get in touch.

  • Dynamic ELO Ratings Have Arrived on Smashpoint

    Dynamic ELO Ratings Have Arrived on Smashpoint

    We’ve all been there. You pack your bags, head to the courts, look across the net at a new hitting partner, and realize within three games that the skill levels are completely off.

    Either you’re scrambling just to get a ball back, or you’re holding back your own game to keep a rally going. In racquet sports, level-based matchmaking is everything.

    That is why we are thrilled to announce that Dynamic ELO Ratings are officially live on Smashpoint! Available right now for all users across our web platform at app.smashpoint.pro, this core analytical upgrade brings professional-grade ranking precision directly to your local courts.

    What is an ELO Rating?

    Originating in chess and widely adapted across professional sports and competitive esports, the ELO rating system measures a player’s relative skill level.

    Instead of static, bracketed ranking systems that only update once a year, Smashpoint’s built-in ELO engine recalculates your rating sequentially after every single match result.

    The Math: It’s Not Just About Winning, It’s About Who You Beat

    In a standard leaderboard, a win is just a win. But Smashpoint’s ELO engine operates on a sophisticated mathematical framework that calculates an Expected Score before you even step on the court:

    • If you defeat a heavily favored opponent, your rating jumps significantly.
    • If you lose to a player with a much higher rating, your ELO barely moves because the system already expected that outcome.
    • To keep your data unified and accurate, every player has one global ELO profile that travels with them, ensuring data liquidity no matter where they play.

    The Ultimate Clay-Courter? Tracking ELO by Surface

    A flat-hitting power player might look like a legend on indoor hard courts but completely lose their edge on slow, gritty red clay. True tennis data shouldn’t ignore the ground beneath your feet.

    That’s why we didn’t just build a single tracking metric. When you log into app.smashpoint.pro, your profile now displays a comprehensive ELO Dashboard Breakdown:

    Summary ELO: Your overarching, weighted global rating across all formats and matchups. This is your master seed.

    Surface-Specific ELO: Drill down into the exact environments where you thrive or struggle. Your profile dynamically splits your performance into four distinct court surfaces:

    • Hard
    • Clay
    • Grass
    • Carpet

    Now you can mathematically prove that you’re a 1600-level specialist on the turf, even if your hard-court grind sits at 1450.

    For the Power Users: Query Your ELO via the Smashpoint MCP

    Are you running deep performance analytics on your own data or building custom sports applications? We’ve got some incredible news for the builders and tech enthusiasts in our community.

    Alongside the web dashboard release, our Dynamic ELO data has been fully integrated into the Smashpoint Tennis MCP (Model Context Protocol).

    This means if you are utilizing local AI agents or platforms like Gemini, Claude, or ChatGPT, your large language models can now query your live, real-time ELO ratings and surface-specific metrics seamlessly. You can ask your favorite AI platform things like “Analyze my head-to-head records against left-handed players relative to my current Clay Court ELO” and receive instant, professional-grade insights driven directly by our data pipelines.

    For Players: Find the Perfect Hitting Partner

    No more guessing games or awkward text threads trying to figure out if someone is a “true” intermediate.

    Flawless Matchmaking:
    Your Smashpoint ELO gives you a fluid, real-time indicator of your exact skill level.

    Track Your Real Progress:
    Watch your rating climb dynamically as you improve your game, string together wins, and conquer rival head-to-head (H2H) matchups.

    Every Game Matters:
    Because your rating updates sequentially, every match has real competitive stakes, pushing you to play your best from the first serve to match point.

    For Organizers: Build Flawless Competitions

    If you manage a club, school, university, or local league, you know that seeding can be an administrative nightmare. Manual seeding leads to unbalanced brackets, blowout matches, and frustrated players.

    Smashpoint’s global ELO engine changes the game for facility administrators:

    Balanced Groups & Flights:
    Automatically group players into competitive round-robins or flights where everyone is guaranteed tight, high-energy matches.

    Automated Club Ladders:
    Use real-time ELO data to anchor custom club ladders (like our Accrual or Frog ladder designs), letting the software handle the movement dynamically.

    Instant Seeding:
    Pull up-to-date player ratings directly into your tournament engine to create mathematically fair brackets in seconds.

    Pro Tip for Club Admins:
    Being part of an organization should enrich a player’s data, not fragment it. Organizations can seamlessly filter the global ELO to display localized “Club Leaderboards,” keeping your community connected without isolating their data into a silo.

  • Smashpoint Tennis MCP

    Smashpoint Tennis MCP

    Unlock AI Insights from Your Tennis Data

    Smashpoint Tennis MCP uses the Model Context Protocol to connect Smashpoint.pro’s detailed match data directly to your large language models. It empowers your local AI agents to seamlessly query real-time tennis statistics, head-to-head records, and shot metrics, bridging the gap between professional-grade sports analytics and advanced AI reasoning.

    Smashpoint is now available as a connector inside Claude.

    That means your match history, H2H records, stats, and ladder standings travel with you into every Claude conversation — no copy-paste, no switching apps, no manual context-setting. Ask a real question, get an answer grounded in your actual data. A few things you can do right now:

    Before a match

    “Pull my H2H record against Marcus Webb and give me a quick scouting note on where I’ve won and lost points against him.”

    After a tough loss

    “Look at my last 90 days of singles results and tell me where my win rate drops — by surface, by score line, or anything that stands out.”

    Working on your game

    “Based on my results across hard, clay, and grass, which surface should I be prioritizing in practice right now and why?”

    That’s the idea. Your game, in context, whenever you need it.

    Get Started

    The Smashpoint MCP is fully unlocked for all active Pro subscribers. Free accounts can still test the waters with access to the last 3 match results. If you’re not on Pro yet, this is the perfect reason to upgrade. Go to app.smashpoint.pro to upgrade.

    Connect Claude

    Step 1 — Generate your API key

    Log into your Smashpoint account, go to Settings > Integrations, and generate your MCP API key. Copy it — you’ll need it in the next step.

    Step 2 — Add the connector in Claude
    Open Claude and go to:

    1. Customize
    2. Connectors
    3. Add New — select “Add custom connector”
    4. Enter Smashpoint as the name
    5. Enter https://mcp.smashpoint.pro as the URL
    6. Paste your API key when prompted

    That’s it. Claude will confirm the connection and you’re ready to go.

    A Note on Privacy

    Your data stays yours. The Smashpoint MCP only surfaces data from your own account — your matches, your stats, your connected players. Nothing is shared with other users. You can revoke your API key from Settings at any time and the connection drops immediately.

    What’s Next

    This is the first version. We’re already thinking about what comes after — deeper stats, group and ladder context, and eventually org-level access for coaching programs. If you’re a coach or program director at a university or club and want to talk about what that could look like for your team, please get in touch.

    For now — connect, ask, and let your data do some of the work.