Respond to a partner invitation

Before you start

You'll get an email from LADER with your partner's name, for example "Alex Smith has entered you as their doubles partner for the Melbourne Open". It also names the division you've been entered in.
You don't need a LADER account yet. If you don't have one, you can create one when you accept. If you do, log in.

Quick steps

Open the invitation: click Complete Registration in the email, or find it under the notification bell on LADER.
Click Complete Registration to accept, or Decline Invitation to say no.
If you accept, add any other divisions you want, answer the registration form, and pay your share if anything is owed.

Step-by-step

1Open the invitation

Click Complete Registration in the invitation email. This opens the invitation page, which shows the tournament, the division and who entered you. If you're not logged in, LADER asks you to log in or create an account first.

You can also find the invitation any time under the notification bell at the top of LADER (the Notifications page). It has the same Complete Registration and Decline Invitation buttons.

Invitation notification — An invitation under Notifications: "Jane Doe has entered you as their doubles partner", with Complete Registration and Decline Invitation.

If you start registering for the tournament yourself instead, the Invitations screen comes first. Click Decline Invitation under any invitation you don't want, then Confirm to accept the rest.

More help: the invitation went to a different email from my LADER account

You can accept the invitation with any LADER account. Log in to your usual account first, then open the invitation link.

2Accept or decline

Complete Registration accepts the invitation. You're added as the partner and go on to the next steps.
Decline Invitation says no. You're asked to confirm, and you can't undo it. The player who invited you isn't told automatically, so let them know yourself. They can't choose a new partner themselves; only the organizer can change the partner on their entry.

Invitations don't expire, and you can still accept after registration closes. Try not to leave your partner waiting.

3Add your own divisions (optional)

After you accept, if registration is still open, you see the Your Entry page with the division you were invited to. To enter more divisions yourself, click Add More Divisions and tick them. You answer the form once and pay for everything together. To carry on with just the invited division, click Continue.

4Finish your part

Depending on the tournament, you may need to connect DUPR, hold a membership, answer the registration form or accept waivers. If you owe a payment, the Review and Submit page shows it and you pay with Complete Payment.

More help: why don't I owe anything?

Each player pays their own share, so usually you pay your registration fee after you accept. If the division is free, or nothing is outstanding on your side, there's nothing to pay.

What happens next

You're shown as the partner on the entry.
Your registration is on My Registration (click Manage Registration on the tournament page). Each section there (DUPR, memberships, form answers, waivers and balance) shows anything you still need to do.

Troubleshooting

I accepted but my status shows Registration incomplete. Something on your side is still outstanding, usually form answers, a waiver or your payment. Open My Registration and click Complete Registration to finish it. If your division shows Awaiting partner completion instead, it's your partner who still has something to finish.

I declined by mistake. You can't undo a decline, and the player who invited you can't add you back. Contact the organizer, who can put you back on the entry.