Padel Americano League for Clubs
Every Thursday is its own evening. The season table adds them up.
An americano league is a run of separate club evenings joined by one season ranking. Partners rotate every round, so the ranking follows each player, never a pair. In JudgeMate every evening is its own event, and an event series links them. The series counts in one of two ways: points by finishing place (100 for first by default, best N evenings, final worth ×1.5), or a table that adds up every round point a player won across the season.
What a season of americano evenings is made of
A typical club season looks like this: twelve Thursdays from January to March, 12 to 24 players each night, and a different line-up every week. Some people come every time, some twice a month, and three new members turn up in February.
The unit is the player. In americano the partner changes every round. In mexicano the pairs come from the current standings (1st and 4th against 2nd and 3rd), so the same partner can come back. In both formats each player keeps the points their side won. A season table of pairs would be meaningless, because nobody has a fixed partner.
Absences are normal. A ranking that punishes a missed week empties the second half of the season. Decide before the first evening whether every night counts or only each player's best ones, and publish that rule.
New players arrive mid-season. They should be able to enter the table from their first night. Whether they can still win depends on the counting rule, which is the next decision.
Two ways to count the season
1. Points for finishing place. After each evening the final standings become places, and places become series points. The default table gives 100, 80, 65, 55, 45, 40, 36, 32, 29 and 26 points for places 1 to 10, and 20 points for everyone below tenth. You can change every value. Two settings shape the season: a counter for how many of each player's best evenings count (0 means all of them), and a switch that multiplies the evening marked as the final by 1.5.
This suits clubs where attendance varies. A player who comes to eight of twelve nights can still win, and a big night with 24 players weighs the same as a small one with 12.
2. A running table of round points. The series adds up every round point each player won across all linked evenings. Ties are split by rounds won, then by point difference. There is no best-N and no final bonus here, so attendance counts directly: six evenings averaging 120 points make 720, four evenings averaging 150 make 600.
This suits a closed group that plays every week and wants to know who collected the most points over the whole season.
Each evening goes into the series counted one way or the other. Pick one method for the season and keep it.
A six-week season, counted by place
Settings: default points, best 4 of 6 evenings count, evening 6 is the final (×1.5). x means the player was not there. F marks the final.
| Player | Places, evenings 1–6 | Series points per evening | Best 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe | x · x · 2 · 1 · 1 · F1 | x · x · 80 · 100 · 100 · 150 | 150 + 100 + 100 + 80 | 430 |
| Amy | 1 · 2 · x · 4 · 3 · F2 | 100 · 80 · x · 55 · 65 · 120 | 120 + 100 + 80 + 65 | 365 |
| Ben | 3 · 1 · 1 · x · x · F6 | 65 · 100 · 100 · x · x · 60 | 100 + 100 + 65 + 60 | 325 |
| Dan | 12 in all six | 20 · 20 · 20 · 20 · 20 · 30 | 30 + 20 + 20 + 20 | 90 |
Where an americano league goes wrong
Mixing rotating and fixed-pair formats. Americano, mexicano, mixicano and king of the court rank individuals. Team americano, round robin and knockout rank pairs. If one series links both kinds, the round-points table refuses to calculate and tells you why: round points and match wins are different units. In the place ranking a fixed-pair night would credit the pair as a separate row. Keep fixed-pair tournaments in a series of their own.
The same person under two names. Players are matched across evenings by account first. Players without an account are matched by name, with case, accents and extra spaces ignored, so "Łukasz Nowak" and "lukasz nowak" are one player. A player who signs up with an account one week and is typed in by hand the next becomes two rows. Ask regulars to register with their account every time.
Unmatched entries. When the round-points table cannot match an entry or a match across evenings, it counts them and shows the number to the organiser above the table. Nothing drops out silently, so check that number after every evening.
Forgetting to refresh. The round-points table is recalculated when you press Recalculate. Do it after each evening, or the public page shows last week.
Setting up the season in JudgeMate
1. Create the series. Open create for padel and choose Event series. Set the season name, make it public, and decide the scoring: the place table, Count best rounds only and Final counts ×1.5. A series holds up to 100 evenings.
2. Create each evening as an event. Give its category the americano or mexicano format and a round target of 16, 21, 24 or 32 points. Players sign up themselves or you add them by name.
3. Link the evening. In the series, open Rounds and press Link an event. Set the switches first: leave Build the table from matches off if you count by place, switch it on if you count round points, and for the last evening turn on Mark as final (×1.5). Only then press Add to cycle next to the event. You can't change the method or the final afterwards; you'd have to remove the round and link it again.
4. After the evening. For place counting press Import results on the round card. For round points open Standings and press Recalculate.
5. Share one link. The public series page shows the Ranking tab, and the Standings tab appears once at least one match has been counted. Players check their position on their phones.
How this differs from a single americano night or a judged league
One americano night covers the evening itself: courts, rounds, sit-outs and a table that is complete when the last court finishes. This page covers the next step, adding twelve evenings into one season table.
The bouldering league and the skate league use the same series tool, but their places come from judges' scores or tops and zones. In padel the source is points from rotating matches, and the person being ranked plays with someone different every week.
For the format itself (rotation, round targets, americano against mexicano) read the americano guide. To print one evening's rounds without accounts, use the americano generator.
Set up your event
Free for organizers. No athlete cap. No commission on registrations. See padel features · Organizer guide
Other scenarios
Padel americano night
A weekday evening for 12 to 24 players: rotating partners, rounds to a points target, personal standings that are finished when the last court is.
Padel club championship
A weekend of fixed pairs: groups feeding a knockout, seeding announced in advance, and a bracket the club follows from a public link.
Corporate padel tournament
A company afternoon where half the field has never played: short rounds, nobody eliminated, and a results page that gets forwarded on Monday.