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The whole day in under a minute

Start, score, leaderboard, fixes and sharing. The step-by-step guide with every screen follows below.

PadelLife organizer guide

Running a tournament on the day

From the first serve to the final results: start the tournament, enter scores, follow the live leaderboard, fix mistakes on the fly and share the results. The screens below are from Single Americano. The other formats work the same way.

Tap what to tap on each screen Tap any screenshot to enlarge it

Before play1. StartPlayers, courts, go
During play2. ScoresTwo taps per match
During play3. LeaderboardLive standings
Any time4. FixesNames, courts, info
After play5. Finish & shareWinner, more rounds, results link

Part 1 · Before play

Start the tournament

Everything is set up on one screen. If you created the tournament earlier with a registration link, load it from My Tournaments and the registered players are already filled in.

Setup form with tournament name, scoring, date, eight players, two courts and the Start Tournament Now button highlighted

Step 1

Add players and courts, then tap Start

Open your format from the start page and tap Start Tournament Now. Then fill in:

Playing by: Points plays to a fixed total per match (for example 16) and fills in the other team’s score for you. Games lets you enter both scores freely.
Players: one name per line, 4 to 32 players.
Courts: 1 to 8. You can name each court, for example “Centre Court”.

Tap Start Tournament Now. The full schedule is created straight away.

Tournament screen showing 8 players on 2 courts, Fair Stop Rounds: All, 6 of 14 matches and 3 of 7 rounds played

Step 2

Your tournament at a glance

The top card shows the essentials:

Players / Courts, and progress in matches and rounds.
Fair Stop Rounds: rounds after which every player has played the same number of matches. If you run out of court time, stop after one of these so the leaderboard stays fair. “All” means every round is a fair stop.

Switch between Matches, Leaderboard and Players Statistics with the tabs. The icon at the top right goes full screen, which is handy on a TV or tablet by the courts.

Part 2 · During play

Enter scores

Two taps per match. Every score is saved automatically to your account.

Round 4 match card on Court 1 with the empty score box highlighted

Step 3

Tap a score box

Each match card shows the round, the court and the two teams. When a match ends, tap the score box next to either team.

Score picker with numbers 0 to 16 and 11 highlighted

Step 4

Pick the score

Tap the number of points that team won.

When Playing by Points, the other team’s score is filled in automatically: 11 out of 16 gives 5 to the opponents.
Points per match changes the total if you agreed on a different one.
Clear empties the score if you tapped the wrong match.

Match card showing 11 to 5, next match on Court 2 still empty

Step 5

Done, on to the next one

The match is complete and the leaderboard updates straight away. Enter the other courts’ scores the same way.

Mexicano and Free Flow: rounds are created one at a time. When every match of a round has a score, tap Generate Round 2 (and so on) at the bottom of the list.

Part 3 · During play

The live leaderboard

Leaderboard ranked by points with trophy and medals for the top three and green and red arrows showing movement

Step 6

Follow the standings

Rank by Points (most points won first) or Matches (most matches won first). The order of tie-breaks is shown under the switch.
The top three get a trophy and medals.
↑+1 and ↓-1 show who moved up or down in the last completed round.
Tap “What do these columns mean?” under the table for the legend.

Uneven matches played? If some players rested more than others, the leaderboard uses averages per match so nobody is penalised for sitting out.

Show/Hide Columns window with checkboxes such as Points Won, W-T-L and Points Difference

Step 7

Choose what to show

Tap the button on the leaderboard to show or hide columns: points won, wins-ties-losses, matches played, rounds rested, points difference, averages and more.

Part 4 · Any time

Fix things on the fly

Typos and last-minute changes happen. Most can be fixed without restarting anything.

Change Player/Team Name window with Maya S. selected and a New Name field

Step 8

Tap a name to fix a typo

Tap any player’s name on a match card, type the new name and tap OK. All matches and the leaderboard update.

Edit Tournament menu with Change Tournament Info, Edit Players/Teams List (greyed out), Change Player/Team Name and Change Court Name

Step 9

The Edit Tournament menu

Open Menu → Edit Tournament for:

Change Tournament Info: name, date, scoring and linked group.
Change Player/Team Name and Change Court Name.
Edit Players/Teams List: add or remove players. This rebuilds the schedule, so it’s only available before the first score is entered (it’s greyed out here).

Someone has to leave in Mexicano? The Mexicano formats also have Remove Player/Team in this menu.

Open menu with My Tournaments, My Performance, My Groups, Create Tournament and Edit Tournament

Everything else is in the Menu

Tap Menu at the top to reach My Tournaments, My Performance, My Groups, Create Tournament and Edit Tournament without leaving the tournament.

Part 5 · After play

Finish and share the results

Step 10

Tournament complete!

When the last score of the schedule goes in, the app celebrates and offers two choices: Check the Leaderboard now, or Generate More Rounds if you still have court time.

This appears in the Americano formats. In Mexicano and Free Flow there’s no fixed schedule, so you decide when to stop.

End of the match list showing All 7 rounds complete and the Generate More Rounds button highlighted

Step 11

Still have court time?

You can also tap Generate More Rounds at the bottom of the match list once every round is complete. New rounds are added and the leaderboard keeps counting.

Share Results window with the results link and a QR code

Step 12

Share the results

Tap Share (on the Matches or Leaderboard tab). The results link is copied to your clipboard and shown with a QR code players can scan by the courts.

Anyone with the link sees the live results and leaderboard. They don’t need an account.

Linked a group? The results also count toward the group’s all-time stats. See the Groups & registration guide.