Free Mexicano generator for padel
Mexicano cannot be printed in advance, every round is built from the current table. Draw round one, type in the scores, and the next round appears with the leaders on court one. Free, in your browser, no account.
Use real names instead of Player 1, 2, 3…
How Mexicano actually works
After each round the players are ranked by total points. The top four go to court one, the next four to court two, and so on down the club.
Inside a court the pairing is fixed: first with fourth against second with third. It is deliberately lopsided on paper, which is exactly what keeps the score close, the strongest player carries the weakest of the four.
Round one is the exception. There is no table yet, so it is a plain draw; from round two the standings do the work.
Scores share a pool: if the round is to 24 and one side gets 15, the other gets 9. Type one number and the tool fills in the other, then adds both to every player on that side.
With numbers that do not divide by four, the people who have rested least sit out. Nobody gets stuck watching two rounds in a row.
Questions organisers ask
- What is the difference between Mexicano and Americano?
- Americano mixes for variety, you play with everyone. Mexicano mixes by result, you play with and against people on your points. Scoring is identical; only the draw differs.
- Can you make a full Mexicano schedule in advance?
- No, and any tool that offers one is not running a Mexicano. Round two depends on the scores of round one, so the game is drawn one round at a time. That is what this page does.
- Who plays with whom on each court?
- First with fourth against second with third, by current standings. Court one holds ranks 1 to 4, court two ranks 5 to 8, and so on.
- How many points per round?
- 24 is the usual pool and fits a 12–15 minute round. Use 16 for short rounds, 32 for longer ones.
After the schedule, the game still has to run
A Mexicano redraws itself every round, which is exactly when a paper sheet starts lying. The hard half is everything that moves: somebody drops out an hour before, two more ask to come, and the score lives on a phone that keeps locking itself.
That is what MyPadel does. You open a game and send one link. Players put themselves on the list and take themselves off it, the pairs rebuild when the number changes, and the standings update on everyone's screen as the scores come in.
The generator above stays free and account-free, always. The live game needs a free organiser account, because a game has to belong to somebody.