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Like tennis: 15, 30, 40, game. At 40-40 it is "deuce", and how deuce is settled depends on the scoring format (see the next question). The first pair to win 6 games with a margin of at least 2 wins the set. At 6-6 a tie-break is played. A match is best of three sets.

Source: rule 1 · dictionary: scoring

The FIP rules have three ways to settle 40-40. Advantage: you must win two points in a row, as in tennis. Golden point: one deciding point, and the receiving pair chooses whether to receive on the right or the left. Star point is new in 2026: advantage is played twice, and if it goes back to deuce a third time, one point decides the game. The event decides which format is used.

Source: star point · golden point · dictionary

A tie-break is played: first to 7 points with a margin of at least 2, and the set is recorded as 7-6. Players change ends every 6 points. Many events play a super tie-break to 10 points instead of a full third set.

Source: tie-break · super tie-break · changing ends

After the 1st, 3rd and every following odd game of the set. A change of ends may last at most 90 seconds, but after the first game of each set there is no break. At most 20 seconds may pass between points, and the break after a set is at most 120 seconds. Before the match there is a 3-minute warm-up.

Source: rule 5 · rule 2

The server stands behind the service line, bounces the ball in their own service box and hits it at or below waist height with at least one foot on the ground. The ball must cross the net diagonally and bounce in the receiver's service box. You get two attempts.

Source: rule 6 · dictionary: serve

A serve is a fault if the ball lands outside the receiver's box (the lines are in), if the server misses the ball, or if the ball bounces in the box and then hits the wire fence before its second bounce. It may hit the glass after the bounce. If the ball touches the net and lands in the box, the serve is replayed ("net").

Source: rule 7 · rule 9

Yes. Once the ball has bounced on your side it may hit the glass, and you can play it from there as long as it has not bounced twice. You may also hit the ball into your own glass so it goes over the net. But if your shot hits the opponents' glass or fence directly, without bouncing on their side first, you lose the point.

Source: rule 12 · rule 14 · rule 13 · dictionary: glass

No. If a player, their racket or their clothing touches the net, the posts or the opponents' half while the ball is in play, the point is lost. The same applies if you jump over the net or hit the ball before it has crossed to your side.

Source: rule 13

Only where the court is built for it: there must be two openings on each side and a clear safety area outside, and the event must allow it. Then you may run out and return a ball that has bounced out of the court. Many club courts are not built for it.

Source: rule 16 · safety area · dictionary

If the ball breaks, if something that is not part of play enters the court, or after another unexpected interruption not caused by the players. If you think the point should be replayed, say so at once. If you play on, you lose the right.

Source: rule 10

10 × 20 metres inside. The net is 88 cm high at the centre and 92 cm at the posts. The service lines are 6.95 m from the net. The end walls are 3 m of glass plus 1 m of wire fence, and there must be at least 6 m of clear height above the court.

Source: dimensions · net · ends

A padel racket has no strings but a solid face with holes of 9-13 mm. It may be at most 45.5 cm long, 26 cm wide and 38 mm thick. The wrist strap is mandatory and must be worn around the wrist.

Source: the racket · dictionary

It looks similar but has slightly lower pressure, so it is slower and bounces less. FIP's specification: 6.35-6.77 cm in diameter, 56-59.4 grams, and a new ball must bounce 135-145 cm when dropped from 2.54 m.

Source: the ball · dictionary

They are the levels of the Danish Padel Federation's ranking events: DPF100, DPF500, DPF700, DPF1000 and DPF2000. The higher the number, the more ranking points and the stronger the field. DPF2000 is the season finals. Above them all is the Danish championships (DM).

See dictionary: DPF levels · calendar · leksikon (Danish)

Social formats. In an americano you change partner every round, each match is played to a fixed number of points, and everyone collects their own points. A mexicano is the same, but after the first round pairs are made from the standings, so players of similar level meet.

See dictionary: americano

We stream matches from Danish tournaments and team ties. What is on right now is on the live page, and upcoming tournaments are in the calendar. Clips and full matches are on YouTube.

No. The Danish text is our own translation of the FIP rules. In case of doubt, FIP's original text applies. The event organiser also decides some things, such as the scoring format at 40-40 and whether a super tie-break is played.

Source: FIP Rules of Padel (PDF)

Rules are FIP's official rules of play. The dictionary explains terms such as bandeja, víbora and chiquita. Leksikon covers Danish players and tournaments: rankings, titles and results.