Singles & Doubles
Vallio supports two play styles, and the choice affects more than team size.
The two formats
Singles — 1 player per side (1v1).
Doubles — 2 players per side (2v2).
You pick during setup, and it determines how many slots you fill when building teams.
They're rated separately
This is the part worth knowing: your stats are tracked per format.
The dashboard carries six leaderboard modes — Regular and Ranked, each split by Overall, Doubles, and Singles. So your doubles record and your singles record are separate lines with their own PaddleRank and their own stats.
That reflects reality. Singles is a fitness and coverage game; doubles is a positioning and communication game. Being strong at one says little about the other, and Vallio doesn't pretend otherwise.
See Your Dashboard.
Singles and doubles performance stats are a Champion feature. On Rookie you'll see your overall picture. See What's Included with Champion.
Choosing
Mostly decided for you — by how many people showed up, and by what the court is set up for.
Where you do have a choice:
Doubles is the social default. Four people, more rallies, less running, easier to sustain for a long session. It's what most drop-in play is.
Singles is the harder workout and the cleaner test of individual skill. Nowhere to hide, and no partner to blame.
On a venue court
You may not pick at all. When a court uses game type voting, the players in line vote and the majority decides — three votes locks it in.
That's how courts resolve the singles-or-doubles question without an argument at the net.
In an event
The organizer sets the play style when creating the event, and it applies to every match. An event is either a singles event or a doubles event, not both.