How to Use a Live Padel Scoreboard

Creating a padel scoreboard takes about 5 seconds:

1. Go to the Free Scoreboard page on JudgeMate.
2. Select Padel from the available sports.
3. Tap "Create Scoreboard".

The system instantly generates two links:

• An admin link (with a secret token) — this is your control panel. Bookmark it.
• A spectator link (no token), this is what fans and players see.

Important: The admin link is the only way to control the board. If you lose it, you cannot regain access. Save it to your bookmarks or send it to yourself before the match starts.

No account registration is needed. No app download. The scoreboard works entirely in the browser on any device — phone, tablet, laptop, or a screen mounted by the court.

After creating the board, you will see the Match Setup screen where you configure the match before going live:

Pair Names:

• Type up to 20 characters per side.
• Default names are PAIR 1 and PAIR 2 — change them to the real player or team names.
• Padel is doubles, so most people enter both partners' names or a team name.

Colors:

• Pick from 12 preset colors: red, orange, amber, lime, green, teal, cyan, blue, purple, pink, gray, white.
• Colors appear on the spectator screen as pair identifiers.

Scoring options (padel-specific):

• Golden point — on by default, and this single switch is the board's whole deuce setting. On, 40-40 is decided by the very next point. Off, the game needs a two-point lead (advantage). For a match played under the 2026 FIP Star Point, turn it off — the section below explains why, and what the one difference costs you.
• Super tiebreak in the deciding set — off by default. Turn it on to settle a one-set-all match with a tiebreak to 10 instead of a full third set.

Start the Match:

• Tap "Start Game" when both pairs are ready.
• While in setup, spectators see a waiting screen until you start.
• Once you tap Start, the board goes LIVE and spectators see the score in real-time.

There is no time limit in setup. The match only begins when you tap Start.

Run a Star Point match with the golden point toggle off. In that mode the board plays advantage, which tracks the Star Point exactly through its first two advantages. Only the third deuce differs: the real rule settles it with one point, so tap the winning pair twice to close the game.

The reason is that JudgeMate's padel board carries two deuce modes — golden point and advantage — and that pair predates the 2026 rule. The Star Point sits between them: it is advantage with a cap of two, then a deciding point. Neither mode reproduces it from 40-40 to game on its own.

Here is what the board does at each stage. First deuce: tap the point winner and the board shows AD; win the next point and the game closes, exactly as in the match. Lose it and the board returns to 40-40 — again exactly as in the match. Second deuce: identical. Third deuce — the Star Point: one rally decides it on court, while the board still wants a two-point gap, so the operator taps the winner a second time. The point label is out of step for that one tap; the game, set and match score the board records and broadcasts is correct.

Turn golden point on only for a club event or league that has actually chosen the golden point, where a single rally settles every deuce. Switching it on for an FIP match would end the game two advantages early — the board would call the first deuce decisive.

If you are running the scoreboard for a mixed club night where some courts play advantage and others the golden point, set each board separately at Match Setup. The setting is per board, not per account, and it cannot be changed once the match is live — so confirm the deuce format with both pairs before you tap Start.

For the rule itself rather than the board, read how padel scoring works and padel vs tennis scoring.

Padel uses the tennis-style points ladder, so the board gives each side a single button:

• Left half — Pair 1
• Right half, Pair 2

How you score:

• Tap "+ Point" for the pair that won the rally.
• The point label climbs on its own: 0 → 15 → 30 → 40 → game. You never type 15 or 30, the board does the math.
• When a pair wins the game, the games count goes up and the point resets to 0.
• Win enough games and the set is recorded automatically (more on that below).

Fixing a mistake:

• Tap "Undo" (↶) to reverse the last point. It steps the score back exactly one tap, through a game or set boundary if needed.
• There is no separate minus button per side. Padel points move in a ladder, so Undo is the clean way to correct a mistap.

The current point shows large for each side (0, 15, 30, 40, or AD when you play advantage). At 40-40 the board flags GOLDEN POINT (or DEUCE in advantage mode) so everyone knows the game is on the line. In a Star Point match the board reads DEUCE at all three deuces; the third one is the decisive one, and only the umpire's call — not the label — tells the court that.

Tip: Rallies in padel can run long, so you have time to tap the winner. The button has a generous target and updates spectators instantly.

Padel has no game clock. A match is decided by games and sets, not by a timer, and JudgeMate's padel scoreboard reflects that.

This means:

• No START/PAUSE buttons.
• No time display on the spectator view.
• No timer to configure or manage.

The interface shows only what padel needs: the current point (0/15/30/40), the games in the running set, the sets won, a serving dot, and the history of finished sets.

The scoring can sound involved, but you only ever tap one button, + Point for whoever won the rally. The board turns those taps into games and sets for you. If you have never run a digital scoreboard, padel is still an easy place to start.

JudgeMate's padel scoreboard runs the whole nested-scoring machine for you:

Games: A game runs 0, 15, 30, 40. With golden point on, 40-40 is settled by the next rally — in real padel the receiving pair picks which side to return, and you simply tap the winner. With golden point off, a game needs a two-point gap (advantage) to close, and that is the setting for a Star Point match, where the third deuce takes the one extra tap described above.

Sets: The first pair to 6 games, two games clear takes the set (7-5, for example). At 6-6 the board starts a tiebreak to 7 (win by 2), and the set is recorded as 7-6 with the tiebreak score kept as a small superscript.

Match: Padel is best of 3 sets. When a pair wins its second set, the match ends automatically — the status flips to ENDED, the big number switches to sets won (for example 2:1), and the score freezes for every spectator.

Deciding-set super tiebreak (optional): If you turned on super tiebreak in setup, a one-set-all match is decided by a single tiebreak to 10 (win by 2) instead of a full third set. The board switches to it on its own and records it as the final set.

Set history: Finished sets stay on screen for admin and spectators as a running line — for example 6-4 · 4-6 · 7-6. Nothing to log by hand.

A yellow dot (●) marks the pair that is serving. It shows next to their name on the admin panel and on every spectator screen.

Automatic behavior:

• Padel serve changes hands every game, and the board switches the dot on its own as each game finishes.
• It also passes the serve when a tiebreak begins.

Manual control:

• Tap the "Serving" button to flip the dot by hand if the order ever needs a correction.

Why show the serve? The serving dot helps:

• Spectators watching on a phone or a screen by the court who cannot see who is about to serve.
• Keeping the serving pair clear during a long doubles match.

Padel serves are underhand and bounce first, but the board only needs to know who serves. Tap the winner of each point and the dot takes care of itself.

Sharing the live score: Tap the "Share" button in the top bar to open the share sheet:

• QR Code — spectators scan it with a phone camera to open the live scoreboard.
• Link, copy and send through any messenger (WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS, email).
• Native share, use your phone's built-in share sheet where the device supports it.

Anyone with the link can follow the match. No login, no app download — it opens in a web browser. It works on phones, tablets, laptops, Smart TVs, and projectors, so you can put the padel score on the big screen by the court.

Font size remote control: As the admin, you set the text size on every spectator screen:

• A− / A+ buttons change the font scale.
• Range: 50% to 300% of the default size.
• Handy when the board runs on a TV or projector, scale it up so the whole club can read 40-40 from the far court.

Spectators can also nudge their own local font size (70%-160%) by tapping their screen, but your global setting takes priority.

Automatic ending: The match ends on its own when a pair wins its second set. The board moves to the ENDED state and the final result, including the set-by-set line, freezes.

Manual ending: You can also stop the match at any time by tapping "End Game" in the top bar. A dialog asks you to confirm: "End game? This will freeze the score for all spectators." Tap "Yes, End Game", or "Keep Playing" to go back.

What happens after the match ends:

• The score is permanently frozen — no one can change it.
• Spectators see the final result with an "ENDED" label.
• The admin panel shows a match summary with every set score (for example 6-4, 4-6, 10-8).

Post-game actions:

• "New Game — Same Teams" — spins up a fresh board with the same names and colors. One tap, instant rematch.
• "New Game — Change Sport" — takes you back to the sport picker.
• "Share Final Results" — opens the share sheet so you can send the final score to players, fans, or the club.

How long does the board last? An unsaved board stays reachable for 7 days, then it expires. Screenshot the final score if you just want a quick record — signed-in organizers keep the match in their history for good.