Americano — every round you get a new partner. A match is one long rally race: both teams' points add up to the match total (e.g. 14–10 in a 24-point match). You personally bank your team's score, win or lose. Highest individual total at the end wins.
Team Americano (fixed pairs) — pick this under Americano at setup when everyone brings a fixed partner. Each pair stays together all session and rotates opponents; whole teams sit out when there aren't enough courts. Standings, the podium and stats are all by team. Add or remove a whole team mid-session from Menu → Teams.
Mixed Americano (two groups) — pick this under Americano for classic mixed sessions: partners still rotate every round, but every pair is one player from each group (e.g. one man + one woman). Name the two groups at setup and enter each roster — groups need equal numbers to start, and everyone should be there at the start (no check-in screen). Sit-outs stay fair within each group; if someone leaves mid-session, the app fields as many courts as the smaller group allows. Standings stay individual.
Mexicano — round 1 is random; from round 2 the standings decide the draw: on each court, 1st+4th play 2nd+3rd of that group, so matches stay close.
Pickleball — pick Pickleball on the first screen for a pickleball Mexicano: doubles, four per court, new partner every round, and from round 2 each court's matchups follow the live standings (1st+4th vs 2nd+3rd). Side-out scoring, to 11 win by 2 (or 15 or 21): enter the final score as played; the only rule is no ties. Standings rank by wins (or fewest losses, your choice), then losses, then points scored, then head-to-head between the players still level; after that they share the rank. Sitting out earns nothing; the Rest column shows who has played less. After the last round you can play a final: 1st and 3rd against 2nd and 4th, one game; the winners take the tournament, the other pair are runners-up, and the standings keep the Mexicano rounds only.
Serving — one player serves 4 points in a row, then the serve crosses to the other team. Partners take turns: each time the serve comes back to your team, the other partner serves. So a 24-point match goes: you serve 4 → opponent A serves 4 → your partner serves 4 → opponent B serves 4 → you again… until all points are played. Within your 4 serves, alternate service box (right, left, right, left) like normal padel. Who serves first? Spin a racket — it doesn't matter for the points. (If your group prefers 2-point serve turns, that's fine too — the app doesn't track serves.)
Fair draws — nobody sits out twice in a row while the group allows it; when more than half the group has to rest each round (one court, nine or more players), whoever just played sits out next, the others take turns at random, and nobody is left waiting much longer than anyone else. Everyone's game count stays within ±1, and partners repeat only when mathematically unavoidable. Sit-out counts are shown next to resting players and in the standings.
The schedule — Americano draws every planned round upfront so you can see the whole evening. Rounds beyond the one being played are marked provisional: they redraw instantly if players, courts or skill badges change, and they can't be scored until it's their turn. Played scores are never touched. Mexicano draws each round only after the previous finishes — its pairings depend on the live standings.
Sitting out — by default each rest earns half the match points, so resting neither costs nor pays. Change it at setup, in Settings, or right on the standings, anytime (standings recompute instantly): none, where a rest earns nothing, or their avg, where each rest credits that player's own points-per-game, like ranking by average, so strong players keep their pace while resting. The points are added when the round is finished. For someone who joins late, the rounds played before they arrived count as rests too.
Rally points vs games — pick your scoring at setup. Rally points: each match races to a combined total (e.g. 24) and the leaderboard adds up every point you bank. Games (first to N): each round is a mini-set played with normal 15·30·40 golden-point scoring — first to N games (usually 4) wins — and the leaderboard counts games won, not rally points. Enter the games score (e.g. 4–2) after each round. In Mexicano with games, early draws are coarser because game totals tie often; they settle as rounds add up.
Scores — tap any court card to enter or fix a score, in any round, anytime. Standings always recompute from the raw scores.
Players — Menu → Players to add, rename, remove or rejoin someone mid-session. Draws adapt from the next round; results already played are kept.
Skill levels (optional) — turn on at setup or in Settings, then give each player a badge: + stronger, • middle, − weaker — always relative to your group, not an official rating. Americano draws then avoid obviously lopsided matches (the two strongest never team up against the two weakest), while still rotating partners. A one-step gap is considered normal padel and stays allowed.
Tie-breakers — total points, then point difference, then wins. (Or wins first — see Settings.)
Session timer — the ⏳ chip in the header counts down the session length you picked at setup (tap it for details). Above an hour it shows h:mm; in the last hour it counts down minutes:seconds; after time it shows +overtime. The blinking dots are its heartbeat. It's just a guide — play as long as you like.
Your data — everything saves automatically in this browser. Use Menu → Export backup to move a tournament to another device or keep a record.
Several tournaments — every tournament has its own link (padelato.com/t/…), and the home page lists the ones running on this phone. Menu → Start a new tournament opens the home page in a new tab while this one keeps going; Menu → Other tournaments opens any other one in a new tab. Up to 20 can run at once.