Tournament:Smash Summit 7

Smash Summit 7 was a national Super Smash Bros. Melee invitational tournament. It was the seventh installment of the Smash Summit series, and was held on November 15th-18th, 2018. Like previous Smash Summits, it was held at the Summit Gaming House, a private residence house in Los Angeles, California, and was closed to the general public.

Players invited/qualified
These 8 players were invited by Beyond The Summit:

These 3 players qualified:
 * (won the wild card slot by being the top non-invited finisher at )
 * (won the wild card slot by being the second top non-invited finisher at after defeating  3-0 in a tiebreaker match)
 * (won the wild card slot by being the top non-invited finisher at )

Players voted in

 * (October 20th)
 * & (October 22nd)
 * & (October 24th)

Players eliminated
These players were eliminated in voting:
 * ,, , (October 17th)
 * ,, , (October 18th)
 * ,, (October 20th)
 * , (October 22nd)
 * , (October 24th)

These players were eliminated in the nomination phase:

Eligible players
Anyone ranked on the 2017 SSBMRank Top 100 or Summer 2018 MPGR Top 50, or placing in Top 64 (33rd or better) at ; Top 32 (25th or better) at, , , , , and ; or Top 16 (13th or better) at and  are eligible for nomination. is presumably unqualified for nomination because of his ban from competition.

Super Smash Bros. Melee singles
(16 entrants) Bracket

Super Smash Bros. Melee doubles
(8 teams) Bracket

Draft crew battle
(4 crews) Bracket

5 Character Classic Iron Man
(8 entrants) Bracket

Random vs Random, Best of 5, 1 Stock
(10 entrants) Bracket

Trivia

 * This is the first time was not participating at a Smash Summit tournament, having announced his retirement from Melee singles a few months prior.
 * This is also means it is the first Smash Summit without Armada in Grand Finals,, as he won the first 4 and got second place in 5 and 6.
 * This is also the first Smash Summit without a player.
 * This is the first time was not initially invited to Smash Summit, although he later qualified by being the second highest non-qualifier at The Big House 8.
 * Smash Summit 7 is the first Summit tournament where a non-US smasher was not voted in, breaking the trend that started in the original Smash Summit.
 * This is also the first Summit tournament to only have five people voted in, as opposed to the usual six, since Beyond the Summit invited eleven players.
 * at Smash Summit 7 marks the longest hiatus a player has had between Smash Summits. His most recent Smash Summit before this was the first.