Padel scoring guides

The rules behind padel scoring, explained from the FIP rulebook that applies from 2026.

These guides explain how padel is scored and what the rules say, checked against the FIP Rules of Padel that apply from 1 January 2026. They cover the questions that come up on court: how points, games and sets add up, what happens at 40-40 under advantage, the golden point and the new Star Point, how a tiebreak and a super tiebreak work, and what counts as a fault on the serve. Each guide opens with the short answer, uses a table where the rule is easier to see that way, and ends with its sources. Three more guides look at scoring on Apple Watch.

New to padel scoring? Start with padel scoring rules: how to keep score. It covers points, games, sets, the three ways to settle 40-40 and who serves, and links to every other guide.

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Padel Scoring Rules: How to Keep Score (With Examples)

Padel scoring rules in one place: points, games, sets, advantage, golden point and Star Point at 40-40, tiebreaks, super tiebreak and who serves.

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What Is the Golden Point in Padel? Rules and History

The golden point settles a padel game with one deciding rally at 40-40. How it works, who picks the side, and how it differs from the Star Point.

Top-down padel court diagram with a 40-40 score and a star between the tiles, and a ball landing on the deciding point

Padel Star Point Rule: How It Works (2026)

The Star Point ends a padel game after two advantages: deuce 1, advantage 1, deuce 2, advantage 2, deuce 3, then one deciding point. Rules and dates.

Two padel players at the net in a tense exchange, blurred glass wall behind them under court floodlights

Padel Tiebreak Rules at 6-6, Explained

At 6-6 a padel set goes to a tiebreak: first to seven, two clear points, service alternating every two points, ends every six. Serve order table included.

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Super Tiebreak in Padel: Rules, Scoring and Who Serves

First to 10 points, two clear, played instead of a third set at one set all. Padel super tiebreak rules: who serves first, when to change ends.

A padel player mid underarm serve, racket low and ball just above the court, opponents waiting at the net

Who Serves in Padel? Serve Order and Rotation

Who serves in padel: a coin flip decides first, pairs alternate games, each player serves every fourth game, and the tiebreak changes the rotation.

Top-down padel court diagram of a serve travelling diagonally over the net into the highlighted receiving service box

Padel Serve Rules (2026): Height, Feet, Bounce, Faults

How to serve in padel under the 2026 FIP rules: one foot behind the line, the bounce, waist height, the diagonal box, faults and lets, and what changed.

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Apple Watch Padel Workout: How to Track a Match

There is no padel workout on Apple Watch in watchOS 27. Which workout to pick instead, and how to get heart rate and calories from a match into Health.

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Keep Padel Score on Apple Watch, No Phone Needed

Club boards, paper and phones fail mid-match. How Apple Watch scoring keeps a padel score with the iPhone in your bag, and what to use without a watch.

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Padel Match Stats to Track (And Which to Skip)

Set scores, duration, points won, tiebreaks played, heart rate and active calories. Which padel stats tell you something and which are noise.

The table of an eight-player padel Americano after three rounds, ranked by points won

Padel Americano: Rules, Scoring and How to Run One

How a padel Americano works: rotating partners, points per match, who wins, how many rounds and courts you need, and a free generator for the draw.

Put the scoreboard on your wrist

One tap per rally, the rules your club plays, and a match card for the group chat afterwards.

Download on the App Store

On the App Store as “Padel Score Watch App Tracker”, for iPhone and Apple Watch. Free to download, subscription to unlock.