8-Player Padel Americano Schedule: Seven Rounds

Use one numbered list for the entire event: 1 Alex, 2 Beth, 3 Chris, 4 Dev, 5 Erin, 6 Finn, 7 Gail and 8 Hari are fictional example names. Print or save that list beside the draw. Replacing a name halfway through without recording it makes the totals hard to audit.

The CSV contains fourteen match rows. Each round has two courts and all eight numbers appear exactly once. The partner combinations have been checked so that all twenty-eight possible pairs occur once. The schedule does not claim equal time on each physical court or equal playing strength.

Round one puts 1 and 2 against 3 and 4 on court one, and 5 and 6 against 7 and 8 on court two. Finish both matches before moving the whole group to round two. Do not redraw partners from the current leaderboard: that would change this fixed event into a different format.

One workable house convention is sixteen total rally points per match. A 10–6 result gives each member of the first pair ten event points and each member of the other pair six. It does not give the winning pair sixteen each. Write the result on the match row before adding individual totals.

An 8–8 round is possible under this convention. Decide before the event whether it remains a draw, and agree how equal final totals will be resolved. Service changes and the event ranking system should also be written down. This guide supplies a draw, not a universal Americano rulebook.

There are seven rounds, but the CSV does not predict how many minutes they will take. Choose a start time, a changeover allowance and a finish procedure that fit the booking. If you use a timer rather than a fixed point total, explain how an unfinished rally and unequal points played will be treated.

For a small organiser check, ask each player to find their next partner before the event begins. After each round, read both court results back to the group. A missing score is easier to resolve immediately than after several partner changes.

Use the spreadsheet for assignments and individual event totals. Padel Pointer can record a round on Apple Watch and keep match history on iPhone; this resource does not claim the app generates the draw or manages an event leaderboard. The CSV is a standalone download, not an app import file.