Pozo padel (king of the court)
Add the pairs or players and set round 1 yourself, or let us shuffle it. Share one link: everyone enters their court’s score, winners move up, losers move down, and the next round is drawn the moment every court has a result. Free, no sign-up.
Prefer to add up points and change partner every round? Set up an Americano.
How it works
- Pick fixed pairs or pairs that split, paste the names, then choose courts, rounds and how a game ends.
- Shuffle round 1, seed it from your list or choose who plays where. Send the link to the WhatsApp group and keep the organiser link to yourself.
- Everyone taps their name and sees their court in big numbers. When a game ends, enter the games each side won.
- When every court has a result the next round appears and the table updates on every phone. At the end, send it to the group.
Not sure which format fits your group? Read padel tournament formats explained.
Frequently asked questions
What is a pozo (king of the court) in padel?
A format where the courts are ranked from 1, the top, downwards, and the result of each game decides where you play next. Win and you go up a court, lose and you go down. Over the night the strongest players gather on court 1 and everyone ends up playing people of their own level.
What is the difference between fixed pairs and pairs that split?
With fixed pairs the same two people play together all night: the winning pair goes up a court and the losing pair goes down. When pairs split, everyone moves alone. On each court the 2 winners go up and the 2 losers go down, and each new pair is one player coming up from below and one coming down from above, so you change partner every round.
What happens on the top and bottom courts?
There is nowhere higher or lower to go, so winners on court 1 stay on court 1 and losers on the last court stay on the last court. When pairs split, they still get a new partner: the top winners each partner a winner arriving from below, and the bottom losers each partner a loser arriving from above.
How does a game end?
You choose when you set it up: timed, 15 minutes by default, or first to a number of games, both with golden point. You enter the games each side won, like 4-2. If a timed game is level at the bell, one deciding point settles it and counts as a game, so it ends 4-3. There is always a winner.
What if there are spare players or pairs?
Whoever doesn’t fit on a court sits out and comes in at the bottom court: the losers on the bottom court make way for the spares who have waited longest, and the spares who played go back to waiting.
How is the table ranked?
By final court first, which is where you play next, then games won, then games for minus games against. With fixed pairs the table ranks pairs. When pairs split it ranks players.
Who can enter scores, and can they be changed?
Anyone with the link can enter any court’s score, and the organiser can undo any change from their own link. The next round is drawn as soon as every court has a result. After that the round is locked: you can still fix a score, which updates the table, but the draw never changes.
How many rounds do we need?
You choose, up to 12. With 15-minute games, 6 rounds is about an hour and a half of play.