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How does this whole thing work?

You will submit tennis rarepair RPF prompts via a google form (link coming soon).

Prompts are organized by the mod and released.

You will create fanworks (fic/video edits/graphics/art/etc) based on the prompt(s) that inspire you and post them.

We will all have a bunch of new rarepair content to check out! Fills will be reblogged and compiled on this blog.

The format of the event is heavily inspired by @advantage-tennisblr, a prompt meme that ran a year and a half ago.

What counts as a “rarepair?”

For the purposes of this event, a rarepair is anything that is not Sincaraz (the relationship between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz). Since the start of 2024, there have been over ten times as many works on AO3 tagged with their relationship as the next most popular pairing. While the definition of a rarepair will always be up for debate, especially in a long-running fandom where the most popular players change over time, given that in the past two and a half years, this ship is over an order of magnitude more popular than anything else, this is where the line for the event is being drawn…at least this time around! See here for numbers and more explanation if you’re curious. That being said, you are encouraged to go as rare and as niche as possible!

What’s the timeline?

Prompting opens: Thursday, June 18th

Prompting closes: Friday, June 26th, 11:59:59pm PST

Prompts published: Saturday, June 27th

Posting opens: Sunday, July 12th (last day of Wimbledon)