Padel

Padel is played in pairs. Leagues and cups score it the way the game is played: sets made of games, with tie-breaks.

The match

Pick one of these when you set up a padel league or cup:

• Best of 3 sets: the standard match, with a tie-break at six games all.
• Single set: one set, for a busy night.
• Best of 3 (championship tie-break): two sets, then a first-to-10 tie-break instead of a third set.

You can also decide what happens at 40–40 (a golden point, where the next point wins the game, or advantage as usual), what happens at six games all, and how long a championship tie-break runs (to 7 or to 10). These are in the match format; see Match formats.

Scores are kept as sets and games, not just "2–1", so the table and the results show the games too.

Pairs

A padel fixture is played by pairs. Each side picks its pair for each match in the lineup, and results follow the pairing: player profiles and cup leaderboards show the top doubles partnerships.

Club nights: Americano and Mexicano

For a social night without a league, run a padel session at /padel/sessions and press Start a session:

• Americano: partners change each round on a fixed pattern, so everyone plays with as many people as possible.
• Mexicano: each round is drawn from the current standings, with 1st and 4th playing 2nd and 3rd.

Choose the number of courts and how many points a round is played to, add who's playing, and the session makes the rounds. Every point counts towards a leaderboard, and Finish session ends the night.