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 7 rounds
16
10 min
1 h 25 min
21
13 min
1 h 45 min
24
15 min
2 h
32
20 min
2 h 35 min
Not 8 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 8 players?
7, one for each of the other players, so everyone partners everyone once. On 2 courts, all 8 play every round.
How many courts do you need for 8 players?
2. 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.