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Badges and how to earn them

Badges show on your profile once you've earned them. Here's every one, and exactly what it takes.

Playing

Earned from ladder matches. A match counts once both sides have confirmed the score (or it confirms itself after the confirm window).

  • First Game

    First Game

    Play your first confirmed ladder match, singles or doubles.

    Find a ladder →
  • Regular

    Regular

    Play 10 confirmed ladder matches. Singles and doubles ladders both count.

    Find a ladder →
  • Ladder Climber

    Ladder Climber

    Reach the top 3 of a ladder with at least 4 players, or finish a ladder season in the top 3 after playing at least one match that season.

    Once you've finished a season in the top 3, you keep it.

    Find a ladder →
  • Champion

    Champion

    Win a ladder season: finish first when the season ends, after playing at least one match that season.

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  • Team Captain

    Team Captain

    Captain a doubles team on a ladder. The player who creates the team is its captain, and can hand the captaincy to a teammate.

    Shows while you're the captain of an active team.

    Find a doubles ladder →

Community

Earned by getting out to new courts and bringing friends along.

  • Court Explorer

    Court Explorer

    Check in at 5 different courts. Tap “I'm here” in the “Playing here now?” card on a court's page when you arrive.

    Find courts →
  • Community Builder

    Community Builder

    Invite 3 friends who join. Share your invite link; a friend counts when they create an account from it within 7 days.

    You and each friend who joins become friends on Vara Performance automatically.

    Get your invite link →
  • Court Verifier

    Court Verifier

    Given to members of our court-checking team, who review court reports and keep listings accurate.

    Everyone can help: use “Report a change” on any court's page.

Special

Badges tied to when you joined or to ratings.

  • Founding Member

    Founding Member

    Be one of the first 1,000 players to create a profile on Vara Performance.

    Kept for good once you have it.

    Join free →
  • Verified Player

    Verified Player

    Coming soon, when DUPR connection launches.

    Connect a verified DUPR rating to your profile.

    How ratings work →
  • Founder

    Founder

    Held by the person who created Vara Performance. It isn't earned.