Free Padel scoreboard
Keep Padel score live on your phone and share the match with anyone — free to watch, no account needed to follow along.
Padel keeps tennis's 15-30-40 rhythm, but adds glass walls, a doubles partner, and the golden point that settles a deuce in one rally. Tap the score on your phone between points while your partner covers the back glass. Share the live board by QR code or link, and anyone at the club follows along — free to watch, no account, no ads.
Why score Padel with ScoreZen
- One-tap scoring, built for Padel
- Share the live score by QR code or link
- Free for spectators — no app to install to watch
- Keeps working if the connection drops
- 34 sports, tournaments and standings included
How Padel scoring works
Points follow tennis: 15, 30, 40, then game. At 40-40 (deuce) modern official padel (FIP / Premier Padel) plays a golden point: the very next point wins the game, and this is ScoreZen's Official preset. The classic two-points-in-a-row advantage is an amateur variant you can turn on in Custom mode. A team wins a set by reaching 6 games with a 2-game margin; at 6-6 a tie-break is played (first to 7 points, 2-point margin).
Match format
A match is usually played as best of 3 sets (first team to 2 sets wins). Each set is played to 6 games with a 2-game margin, with a tie-break at 6-6. Depending on the competition, variants exist (a 10-point super tie-break replacing the 3rd set, deciding point at 40-40).
How to win
The team that wins the majority of the scheduled sets (usually 2 of 3) wins the match.
Recommended ScoreZen setup
Set up padel with a tennis-style score: the Official preset plays the golden point at 40-40 (the FIP / Premier Padel rule), with sets to 6 games, 2-game margin, tie-break at 6-6 and 15/30/40 points, best of 3 sets and 2 teams. For casual play, switch to the classic advantage in Custom mode.
How padel scoring actually works
Padel scores like tennis, with one twist most clubs use. A game runs 15, 30, 40, game. At three points each, the rulebook offers three options, and the competition — or the two pairs — picks one before the first serve. Advantage: "deuce", then advantage, then two points in a row to take the game. Golden point: a single sudden-death point at 40-40, and the receiving pair choose which side takes it, without swapping positions. Star point, listed in the rulebook that applies from January 2026, sits in between: two deuce-advantage cycles, then a deciding point on the third deuce. In mixed matches, on the star point as on the golden point, the deciding point is received by the player of the same sex as the server.
Six games win a set, with two clear games. At 5-5 you play on to 7-5. At 6-6 you play a tie-break: first to seven points with two clear points, and the set ends 7-6. A match is the best of three sets. If it was agreed beforehand, one set all can be settled by a match tie-break to seven, or a super tie-break to ten, again with two clear points. That tie-break replaces the third set — it does not follow it. Some club formats also use a four-game "mini set", with a tie-break at 4-4.
(Sources: International Padel Federation, Rules of Padel, revision applying from 01.01.2026, Rule 1.)
The counting mistakes that happen every week
Nobody fixed the 40-40 rule. Advantage, star point and golden point are three different rules that produce three different matches. Decide before the first serve, and say it out loud so all four players heard the same thing.
The tie-break serve. The player whose turn it is serves one point only, from the right. After that, each player serves two consecutive points. This is the single most botched sequence in club padel, and it usually surfaces three points too late.
Changing ends. You change after the 1st, the 3rd and every subsequent odd game — not every two games. Inside a tie-break, you change every six points.
The score called backwards. The server's score comes first. "40-30" from one end of the court is "30-40" from the other, and both pairs will swear they are right.
Receivers swapping mid-set. Whoever takes the first serve of the first game keeps that role until the end of the set. If you swap by mistake, finish that game the way you started it, then go back to the original positions in the next game.
And a sixth: a super tie-break is not a third set. Write it 10-8, not 6-4, or your tournament standings will be wrong.
When an error surfaces, the rulebook is calm about it. Correct it as soon as it is discovered, and every point already won stays won.
Keeping score on match day
Who counts. In club padel there is no umpire. The server announces the score before every serve, out loud, their own score first. That single habit prevents most arguments. In a tournament, put one person per court, or one person at the desk with a screen everybody can see.
Where to stand. Behind the back glass, not at the side. From the side you cannot tell whether the serve landed inside the box, and you block the run-out for out-of-court play. If you are following several courts at once, pick the spot where you can read all the fences without the sun reflecting off the glass.
When the score is contested. Do not argue the last point. Go back to the last score both pairs agree on and replay from there. It is faster and nobody loses face. If the disagreement is about the serving side or a missed change of ends, fix it immediately — the points already played still count.
Showing the public. A flip board on the fence works, but it only faces one way. A phone or tablet clipped to the fence, or a screen in the clubhouse, is read by everyone, including the pair on court. Whatever you use, the score has to be legible from ten metres away, in direct sunlight.
What ScoreZen changes for padel
Padel is played inside a cage, often on four courts side by side, and the people who care most are usually somewhere else. ScoreZen is built for that.
You score from the phone at the fence. You share the match by link or by QR code: tape the QR on the glass, and anyone who scans it follows the score live — free, no account, no limit on how many people watch. Grandparents at home see the same screen as the pair on court.
Running an americano? Rotating teams is one of the built-in formats, alongside knockout, league, groups, Swiss system and best-of-3 or best-of-5 series. Across six courts, one QR covers the whole tournament: each player finds their own match and keeps the score, and the standings update in one place.
The clubhouse screen gets full-screen TV mode. If you stream your finals, the transparent overlay drops the score straight onto the video in OBS. If you would rather keep paper, print the A4 score sheet. After the last point, the replay and the story are made to be sent to the group chat. For the club website there is an iframe widget, a public API and CSV export of your fixtures.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you keep a padel match score live from your phone?
Yes. You tap each point as it's played and the live board updates on every phone at once. It follows padel's game and set structure, so you just keep your eyes on the court and log points between rallies. Share the QR code or link, and spectators watch the same score — no account needed.
Can I use the golden point in a friendly club match?
Yes. The rulebook lists advantage, star point and golden point as three legal options, and the competition — or the players themselves — choose before the match starts. Golden point is the fastest and the most common in club play, because courts are booked by the hour. Just agree out loud before the first serve, so nobody discovers the rule at 40-40.
How many points do you need to win a padel tie-break?
Seven, with two clear points. If the tie-break reaches 6-6, you keep going until one pair leads by two. The set is then written 7-6. A super tie-break used to settle a match at one set all goes to ten points, again with two clear points, and it replaces the third set instead of following it.
Who serves first in the set after a tie-break?
The pair who did not begin serving the tie-break start the next set. Within that pair, club practice is to let the players set their serving order again before the set begins; the FIP rules only fix the order at the start of the match. This is the most common restart error after a long tie-break, so say the name of the server out loud.
How do spectators follow the score without creating an account?
Send them the match link, or let them scan the QR code taped to the glass. The page opens on the live score: no sign-up, no app to install, no limit on how many people watch, and it costs them nothing. That is the principle — the person keeping score pays once, and everyone watching is free, for life.