Padel Americano for 13 players on 3 courts
Thirteen players, three courts, thirteen rounds. Twelve play each round and one rests. It is a rare case where everything works out perfectly:
- Every pair partners exactly once: all 78 possible pairs, none twice.
- Everyone plays 12 games and rests exactly once, never twice in a row.
- Every player meets every other player as an opponent 1–3 times.
Free, no account: phones enter scores, the TV shows the table live.
The schedule
Number the players 1 to 13. "1 & 5 v 2 & 7" means 1 and 5 play together against 2 and 7.
| Round | Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Rests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 & 2 v 3 & 4 | 5 & 6 v 7 & 8 | 9 & 10 v 11 & 12 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 & 11 v 1 & 12 | 4 & 7 v 3 & 10 | 2 & 13 v 5 & 9 | 8 |
| 3 | 12 & 13 v 7 & 10 | 4 & 8 v 9 & 11 | 3 & 5 v 1 & 6 | 2 |
| 4 | 5 & 7 v 1 & 9 | 2 & 12 v 3 & 11 | 8 & 10 v 6 & 13 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 & 8 v 7 & 11 | 9 & 13 v 2 & 6 | 4 & 10 v 1 & 3 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 & 5 v 2 & 9 | 6 & 12 v 1 & 7 | 3 & 13 v 8 & 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 2 & 3 v 7 & 13 | 5 & 10 v 4 & 11 | 9 & 12 v 1 & 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 & 9 v 10 & 11 | 1 & 4 v 8 & 13 | 2 & 7 v 3 & 12 | 5 |
| 9 | 5 & 11 v 3 & 6 | 1 & 10 v 2 & 8 | 7 & 12 v 4 & 13 | 9 |
| 10 | 3 & 9 v 8 & 12 | 10 & 13 v 1 & 5 | 2 & 4 v 6 & 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 2 & 10 v 6 & 8 | 5 & 13 v 4 & 12 | 1 & 11 v 7 & 9 | 3 |
| 12 | 11 & 13 v 4 & 6 | 3 & 7 v 8 & 9 | 10 & 12 v 2 & 5 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 & 12 v 3 & 8 | 1 & 13 v 2 & 11 | 6 & 10 v 4 & 9 | 7 |
Per player
| Player | Games | Rests in round | Different partners | Different opponents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 12 |
| 3 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
| 5 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| 6 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Partner check: the round in which each pair plays together
Read across from one player and down from another. A dash means that pair never plays together. Every cell is filled exactly once.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | |
| 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | |
| 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| 10 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10 | |
| 11 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 3 |
How to use it
- Time: 13 rounds is a long evening. At 10 minutes per round plus changeovers, plan about 2¾ hours. If you have less, the live app can play fewer rounds and keeps games level after every round, give or take one.
- Ranking: total points won over 12 games each.
How we know it is fair
This page is generated by the same scheduling engine that runs the Fair Americano app (engine version 1). The build script then checks every number above against the schedule and refuses to publish the page if one does not hold.
The live app makes its own schedule with the same guarantees, so its rounds may differ from this printed sheet. It also copes with a late arrival or someone leaving early, which a printed sheet can't.
Free, no account: phones enter scores, the TV shows the table live.