Padel tournament formats
Every format Rallyano runs, from the social classic to interclub nights. Each one deals the rounds, checks the scores and keeps a live leaderboard for you — pick the shape of your session and the app does the rest.
Americano
The social classic: partners and opponents rotate every round, everyone plays with everyone, and each player banks the points their team wins.
Read the Americano guideMexicano
Matchups come from the live standings, so after a round or two you are always playing people at your level. Great when abilities vary widely.
Read the Mexicano guideMixed Americano
Americano with one man and one woman on every team. Partners still rotate, scoring is still individual — the teams are just always mixed.
Read the Mixed Americano guideMixed Mexicano
The standings-based Mexicano ladder with mixed teams: every round, each team pairs one man with one woman, and the table decides who meets whom.
See how Mexicano worksTeam Americano
Fixed pairs, round-robin opponents. You and your partner stay together all session and climb the table on your combined points.
Read the Team Americano guideTeam Mexicano
Fixed pairs on the Mexicano ladder: the closest-ranked teams face off every round — 1st versus 2nd, 3rd versus 4th, and so on.
See how Mexicano worksClub Americano
The interclub night: your partner is always from your own club, your opponents from the rival club, and every point counts for your side.
Read the Club Americano guideKing of the Court
A court ladder: win and you move up toward Centre Court, lose and you slide down. Simple, loud, and everyone knows exactly what is at stake.
Read the King of the Court guideSeeded Teams
Rate your players and the fixed teams are seeded on their average. Every round is drawn up front against the closest seeds, never repeating a matchup while a fresh one is left, and the teams can be planned to change at a round you choose.
Read the Team Americano guideBeat the Box
Boxes of four play all three pair combinations, then the standings reshuffle the boxes — promotion for the strong, relegation for the rest.
Read the Beat the Box guideWhich format should you pick?
- A social night where everyone mingles: Americano — or Mixed Americano if you want every team mixed.
- Levels vary a lot and you want close matches: Mexicano. The ladder sorts players to their level within a round or two.
- People want to keep their partner: Team Americano or Team Mexicano.
- Two clubs, one night: Club Americano.
- Maximum drama: King of the Court — nothing beats fighting for Centre Court.
- A recurring box league: Beat the Box, and put the session in a Rallyano league so the table carries across weeks.
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