Padel scoring, one point at a time.

Tap who won each point. See the score, who serves next, which side receives and when to change ends, with a plain explanation every time. Made for indoor winter beginners and December club tasters.

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Change names, first server and rules

Pair 1, player 1 Pair 1, player 2 Pair 2, player 1 Pair 2, player 2

Serves game 1 Opponents’ first server

At 40–40 (choose one)

AdvantageWin two points in a row. FIP Option 1. Two advantages, then deciding pointFIP Option 2. Deciding pointOne point at the first 40–40. FIP Option 3.

Match Set Set tie-break

Deciding set

Starting again clears the current score.

Serving

Receiving

Ends

Before the first point

12 situations to get right

Each one is a real moment from a match: read it, pick an answer and see straight away why it is right. Players are Ana & Ben against Cleo & Dev, and Ana serves first.

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Padel scoring reference

Rules for this match

Score words

Points won	Called
0	Love (zero)
1	15
2	30
3	40
4, or ahead from deuce	Game
3–3	Deuce (40–40)

The server’s score is called first. In a tie-break the points are called as numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3.

Serving order for this match

Serving

The server stands behind the service line, bounces the ball and hits it at or below waist height.
The first point of a game is served from the right; the side alternates every point.
The serve goes diagonally into the opposite box. Two tries.
One player serves a whole game. Serving passes to the other pair, then to the partner, in the order set before the set.

Tie-break serving and ends

The first server serves one point from the right. The opponents then serve two points, starting from the left. After that each player serves two points in a row.
Change ends after games 1, 3, 5 and every odd game of a set.
In a tie-break, change ends after every 6 points.
If a set ends on an odd number of games, change ends before the next set.

Source: FIP Rules of Padel, in force from 1 January 2026 (Rules 1, 2, 5 and 6), checked October 2026. Options marked as club options are not part of the FIP text. Clubs and competitions may set their own options, so agree the format before the first serve.

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More for the court

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