FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

How To Play

Equipment

You’ll play with a solid padel racket (no strings) and a slightly softer tennis ball, on a 10m x 20m enclosed court with glass and mesh walls.

Serving

Serves must be underhand.

The ball must bounces once in your service box before you hit it.

You serve diagonally into your opponent’s service box.

It can touch the glass after bouncing, but not the metal fence.

You get two serves, just like in tennis.

Scoring

Padel uses the same system as tennis: 15, 30, 40, game.

Matches are usually best of 3 sets.

A set is won by reaching 6 games with a 2-game lead (a tie-break is played at 6–6).

Play

The ball must bounce once on the ground before hitting a wall.

It can rebound off the glass walls, but not the metal fence.

You can even play the ball off your own wall, as long as it lands in your opponent’s court.

Faults

The ball lands outside the lines without hitting the playable glass.

The ball hits the fence before bouncing in the opponent’s court.

The ball bounces twice on your side.