Rules & Scoring

Tennis Snake

In snake draft contests, participants will draft a lineup via a live snake draft. After the draft, trades or other roster management activity will not be allowed. Contest results will be determined by the total points accumulated by each individual lineup entry (scoring rules summarized below).

Participation in each contest must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

Scoring

Scoring Notes

• Scoring values for statistics are different depending on whether the match is played as a best of 3 sets or best of 5 sets.
• The Straight Sets bonus and No Double Fault bonus are only awarded if the match is played to completion. It is not awarded in the event the match ends by retirement or disqualification.
• The Clean Set bonus is awarded if the set is played to completion. It is not awarded in the event a player retires or is disqualified in the middle of the set.

Retirements & Disqualifications

A retirement is when a player withdraws from a match after it has started.

In the event of a retirement, both players will be awarded fantasy points for all statistics accrued up until the point of the retirement. The player who did not retire will receive a Win by Retirement statistic for the set in which the retirement occurred.

The Win by Retirement Bonus reflects the combined total for the Match Won and Win by Retirement stats. For example, a player in a Best of 3 match who wins by retirement in the first set will receive stats for Match Won (+6 Pts) and Win by Retirement (Set 1) (+14 Pts), for a total of 20 fantasy points.

For retirement between sets, the most recently completed set is considered.

Disqualifications that happen after a match has started will be treated the same as retirements.

Walkovers

A walkover is when a player advances to the next round of the tournament because his/her opponent withdraws before the match has started.

In the event of a walkover, the advancing player will receive an Advanced By Walkover statistic for the match. The player who withdrew will not receive any fantasy points.

Replacement Opponents

In the event a player’s opponent withdraws before the match and a replacement opponent is announced, the original player who did not withdraw will receive all fantasy points accrued in the match. The player who withdrew will not receive any fantasy points.

Lineup Requirements

Lineups will consist of 5 players.

Your highest scoring players are automatically your starting lineup. Your non-starting player will make up your bench and their fantasy points will not count toward your team’s overall fantasy point total.

Player Pool

The Player Pool will consist of all players scheduled to play in a selection of matches determined by DraftKings (Men's Singles, Women's Singles, or a combination). Occasionally a player may be missing from the Player Pool due to withdrawals or unforeseen circumstances.

In most circumstances, the Player Pool will be posted the day before the matches, and once the Player Pool is established for a Game Set, it will not be adjusted. In the rare event that there is a mistake within the Player Pool that would significantly impact game quality, DraftKings reserves the right to correct the mistake after contests for that Game Set have become available. This may result in valid lineups becoming invalid. This would most likely occur shortly after the Player Pool becomes available, far in advance of the contest start time, and participants who have entered contests for the Game Set prior to the adjustment will be notified via email.

Match Postponements

In the event that a match is postponed due to weather, darkness, or some other reason, DraftKings will wait until the match is completed before finalizing contests. This may result in contests not being finalized until the following day, after the next day’s contests have started.

Draft Start Time

Snake drafts will begin once the required number of entrants enter the contest (snake draft contests must fill completely). There will be a two minute countdown period between the time the contest fills and the time the countdown begins for the first pick of the draft. The draft order is determined at random once the contest fills. You can withdraw from a snake draft at any time before the contest fills.

Pick Clock

Snake drafts will have fast draft settings. You will have up to 30 seconds to make each pick. Fast drafts typically take a few minutes to a few hours to complete.

Draft Requirements

In order to be eligible for prizes in snake draft contests you must either edit the pre-draft rankings, add a player to your queue during the draft, or make a manual draft pick during the draft. Failure to take at least one of the prior three actions will result in an invalid entry and you will not be eligible for prizes and your entry fee will be forfeited.

Pre-Draft Rankings

You can create your own personalized ordering of a snake draft player pool by editing the pre-draft rankings. Your last saved version of the pre-draft rankings are automatically imported for you as soon as a draft starts. You can edit your pre-draft rankings at any time and it will apply to every draft in the game set. If you edit and save your pre-draft rankings while in the middle of an ongoing draft, your new rankings will pass through to all ongoing drafts in the game set. If you do not edit the pre-draft rankings before a draft starts, you will use the default DraftKings player rankings.

Auto-Draft

If you do not make a pick before your pick clock expires, we will draft a player for you based on the following logic:

1. We will pick the highest player from your queue
2. We will pick the highest ranked player from your pre-draft rankings

On certain occasions, DraftKings will at their own discretion "disable" players who are no longer eligible to score fantasy points. Those players can still be manually drafted, but they will not be auto-drafted from a user's pre-draft rankings or their queue.

Collusion

DraftKings takes collusion seriously. If DraftKings suspects there was collusion in a contest, the contest may be cancelled. The users suspected of collusion will not be refunded and may be permanently banned from DraftKings.

Collusion is any action or decision that is made between two or more users in a draft with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage over other users, or otherwise, in DraftKings sole discretion, may compromise the integrity of the contest.