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Tournament and match formats

How the padel formats that the rulebook does not define actually work: Americano, Mexicano and other rotations. Scoring, serving, pairing and standings, with the sources behind each convention and the date it was last checked.

Illustration titled Americano vs Mexicano in Padel with a clipboard comparing the two formats above a padel court

Americano vs Mexicano in padel: rules, scoring and rotations

Americano vs Mexicano in padel: how partners rotate, what a 24-point match means, who serves when, and the rules an organiser has to publish before round one.