Padel, with the star point the FIP made the default.
Padel is scored like tennis, with the same points, games and sets. The differences are a deuce rule tennis has never had, the side of the court you play on, and no best of five anywhere.
3 match formats, 5 draw formats, and at least 1 h of rest between two matches on the same day.
How scoring works.
Points go 15, 30, 40. Six games with a two-game lead win a set, with a tie-break to seven at 6-6. Two sets win the match, so three is the most you play. The third set can be an advantage set if you agree on it beforehand, or a ten-point super tie-break instead of a set, which is how most padel matches are finished.
- 6-0
- 6-4
- 7-5
- 7-6
- 8-6
- 10-8
Three ways to play a deuce, and the pair receiving picks the court.
The FIP rules allow three ways to play deuce: classic advantage, the golden point, where one point decides the game at the first deuce, and since December 2025 the star point, where the third deuce is settled by one point. The star point is the 2026 default on Premier Padel and the CUPRA FIP Tour, so tour matches no longer use the golden point. SetMatcher saves which of the three you played, so every result is recorded the way it was really played.
- 4-1
- 5-3
- 6-5
- 6-6
- 9-7
- 10-9
The match formats you can play.
Three, all best of three: two tie-break sets and a third, two sets and an advantage third set if you agree on it, and two sets with a ten-point super tie-break instead of a third. Padel has no best of five, no short sets and no Fast4, so neither does SetMatcher. Doubles comes first, then mixed doubles, then singles: the enclosed 20 by 10 metre court is made for doubles, and singles is played on a narrower court.
- Best of 3 sets
- Best of 3, third set played out
- Best of 3, super tie-break
- Doubles
- Mixed doubles
- Singles
- Star point
- Deciding point
- Advantage
Draws, rest times and ladders.
Five draw formats, including the consolation draw set out in the Spanish federation’s rules. Padel rules have no double elimination, Monrad or compass draw, so those are not offered. Padel also asks something no other sport here does: which side of the court you play, drive or backhand. It is saved on your profile, because a padel pair is built around it.
The other six sports.
Plenty of clubs play two or three of these. Each one has its own page.
- TennisEight formats, both sides of every tie-break, and a match won on sets.
- PickleballTwo scoring systems, six formats, and a score called with three numbers.
- BadmintonA cap no other sport here has, and both BWF scoring systems.
- Beach tennisOne point at 40-40, always, in every format.
- SquashNo sets, no cap, and up to three plate draws.
- Table tennisFour match lengths, from a league three to a nine-game team tie.
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