King of the court
Padel king of the court for 12 pairs
The first round already drawn and the sheet to write down the rest. Print it as it is.
- 24people
- 6courts
- 1 h 15 minwith 5 rounds
It follows the order you write the pairs in. If you know who plays better, put them at the top and the first match on each court is already even.
How people move
Win and you go up a court, lose and you go down one
- On court 1 there is no higher to go: the winners stay to defend it.
- On court 6 there is no lower to drop: the losers stay.
- Level when time is up: golden point. With no winner, nobody moves.
- At the end the winner is whoever finishes the last round on court 1.
Why
The court 1 rule is the one nobody remembers and the one that makes the last round matter: at the top there is something to lose.
And games do not decide it: at the top you play the top pairs, so adding games up would reward whoever spent the evening at the bottom.
After every round
Which court everyone goes to
The sheet to fill in
The next rounds are written down by hand
Who plays in round 3 depends on who wins round 2, so they cannot be printed beforehand.
Read more
That is not a fault of this page: a sheet with all 5 rounds written out in advance gets thrown away in the second. Here is the blank grid, and after every round you write down who is on each court.
| Court | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (top) | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 (bottom) |