Padel Americano for 12 players: 3 courts, 11 rounds
Everyone partners every other player once and faces each of them twice, so no pair is luckier than another. Paste the names and they fill the table, then print it or keep it open on your phone.
Play every match to the same number of points and keep all of them: each player takes the points their pair won. After the last round, add them up. Most points wins; on a tie, the point difference decides.
How long it takes
A 24-point match takes about fifteen minutes. With two minutes to change courts between rounds:
Points a match
One round
All 11 rounds
16
10 min
2 h 10 min
21
13 min
2 h 45 min
24
15 min
3 h 5 min
32
20 min
4 h
Not 12 of you?
Use the Americano maker: it takes any number from four, says who sits out when the count is not a multiple of four, and pairs each round by who you have partnered least.
Questions organisers ask
How many rounds is a padel Americano with 12 players?
11, one for each of the other players, so everyone partners everyone once. On 3 courts, all 12 play every round.
How many courts do you need for 12 players?
3. Four players to a court, so nobody sits out.
Does everyone play against everyone?
Yes, twice. In this schedule every player faces each of the others in exactly two matches and partners each of them in exactly one.