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Team Mexicano

Fixed pairs, but this round’s matchup is set by the live team leaderboard.

What is Team Mexicano?

Team Mexicano keeps Team Americano’s fixed pairs — your partner never changes — but replaces the pre-planned round robin with Mexicano’s live-ranking logic applied at the team level. After every round, teams are re-ranked by combined points, and the next round pairs rank-adjacent teams: rank 1 vs rank 2, rank 3 vs rank 4, and so on.

That keeps every matchup competitive as the tournament goes: the strongest teams keep meeting each other near the top of the table instead of running through a fixed schedule regardless of form.

Like Mexicano, there’s no fixed round count — you add rounds for as long as you’re playing, and Padelay re-ranks and re-pairs teams fresh each time.

How it works

Scoring

Best for

Fixed-pair leagues of 4+ teams (8+ players) who want the round-to-round competitiveness of Mexicano without breaking up partnerships.

Worked example

Six fixed teams, 2 courts: after round 1, teams are ranked 1–6 by combined points. Round 2 pairs rank 1 vs rank 2 on court 1 and rank 3 vs rank 4 on court 2, while rank 5 vs rank 6 sits out that round — and gets priority to play in round 3.

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Team Mexicano FAQ

Is Team Mexicano the same as Team Americano?

The teams are fixed the same way, but the schedule isn’t. Team Americano runs a pre-planned round robin; Team Mexicano re-pairs rank-adjacent teams from the live leaderboard after every round.

How are teams matched up each round in Team Mexicano?

By current combined-points rank: the 1st-ranked team plays the 2nd, the 3rd plays the 4th, and so on, recalculated after every round.

How many rounds does Team Mexicano play?

As many as you want — there’s no fixed cap. You add a round whenever the current one is scored.