Americano and Mexicano, without the spreadsheet.
Sixteen people turn up. There are four courts. Everybody wants to play with as many different partners as possible, and somebody has to work out who is where. That is the job this does.
Partners that actually rotate
Every round is drawn to avoid pairings that have already happened. Sixteen players over five rounds means nobody partners the same person twice — and the rotation is tested to prove it, not just intended.
Odd numbers handled properly
Thirteen players on three courts means somebody sits out every round. It is a different somebody each time, and no player is ever more than one round behind anybody else.
Mexicano reads the table
First plays with fourth against second and third, redrawn from the standings after every round. The next round will not draw until the current one is scored, because a half-finished table is the wrong table.
A leaderboard everybody crowds round
Individual points, updated as each court comes back. An Americano ranks on points won rather than matches won, so a player on a losing court still banks what they scored — which is what keeps the last round worth playing.
Correct a score you typed wrong and the table rebuilds from the rounds rather than quietly double-counting.
You do not need a league to run one.
Create a session, pick who is playing, draw round one. No competition to set up first, no season, no divisions. If your club only ever runs social nights, that is a complete product on its own.
Sets, games and the tie-break — not just “2–1”.
A padel match is 6–4, 3–6, 7–5. Most software throws away everything except who won. This records the set scores, and the tie-break score underneath a 7–6, because both numbers matter to the people who played.
Your table shows games for and against. And a pair that wins more games but fewer sets does not get the win — which sounds obvious until you have seen software get it wrong.
Your rules, set once
Golden point or advantage
Sudden death keeps a club night to time. Advantage if your league plays it traditionally.
Tie-break, or play on
Standard tie-break to seven, or keep going until somebody leads by two and let 8–6 stand.
Championship tie-break
First to ten instead of a third set, so a match fits the court booking.
Rules are fixed to each match when it is created. Change your format halfway through a season and last month’s results stay scored the way they were played.
Fixed pairs, full seasons, proper knockouts.
Pairs leagues
Register pairs, run divisions, generate the fixtures. Tables rank on sets with games for and against — or on games, if that is how your league does it. Pairs are named, so “Alvarez / Reid” is what the table says.
Team matches
Club against club, several rubbers a fixture, two rubbers wins it. Squads pick a different line-up each week and the app keeps every pairing straight.
Cups, every format
Straight knockout, double elimination, Swiss, group stage into a knockout, or a league phase first. Automated draws, seeding, byes and public brackets.
Courts that do not double-book
Padel courts as bookable resources, with availability windows, blackout dates and clash detection that flags two matches sent to the same court.
The unglamorous half, already built.
None of this is padel-specific, which is exactly why it is worth saying — it has been running for other sports for a while, and it all applies to yours.
Who you play best with
Partnership records per season — every pair you have played in, and how it went.
Getting people in
Invite codes, join requests, and a public directory so players can find your club.
Scores both sides agree on
Result confirmation, disputes and an audit trail of who entered what.
Availability
Who can play, who cannot, and postponement requests that do not live in a group chat.
Player stats and awards
Automatic awards, per-season stats and player profiles.
The club noticeboard
News posts, broadcasts and push notifications to your members.
Transfers and discipline
Player moves between clubs, and a disciplinary record when you need one.
Friendlies
Casual games that still count towards stats, outside any competition.
Public pages
Tables, brackets and fixtures anybody can look at without an account.
Run your next club night on it.
Start a session in under a minute. No league to set up, no card needed.