Mexicano generator

How the Mexicano format works

A Mexicano is played as individuals. You change partners every round, and your points follow you personally rather than your team. Because the pairings come from the standings, players who are winning meet each other, and players who are still finding their rhythm get matches at their level.

1. 1. Random opening round. Everyone is drawn at random across the courts, with byes shared out fairly.
2. 2. Confirm the scores. Enter the results for every court, then confirm the round in one deliberate action.
3. 3. Standings decide the next round. Ranks 1–4 go to the first court, 5–8 to the next, and inside each group rank 1 and 4 play rank 2 and 3.

Standings and tie-breakers

Players are ranked on total adjusted points: the points won on court plus any bye adjustment. If two players are level, the generator compares, in order:

1. Total adjusted points
2. Matches won
3. Point difference
4. Points scored on court
5. The original randomised tournament order

What is Team Mexicano?

Team Mexicano keeps every pair together for the whole tournament and ranks teams instead of players. Round one is a random draw of the teams; after that the standings decide who plays whom, so the leading teams meet each other as the evening goes on.

Standard Mexicano vs Team Mexicano

Standard Mexicano rebuilds the partnerships every round: ranks 1–4 share a court and rank 1 plays with rank 4 against ranks 2 and 3. Team Mexicano has nothing to rebuild — the pairs are fixed — so the ranked teams simply play one another.

What is Mixicano?

Mixicano is a Mexicano with one extra rule: every pair on court is one player from each of two groups. Players enter in two groups, round one is a random cross-group draw, and each later round is built from the live individual standings. Partners rotate, points stay personal, and one individual wins.

Mixicano vs Mixed Americano

Both guarantee cross-group partnerships and rank players individually. Mixed Americano plans the whole schedule before the first ball is hit, so the fixture list is visible from the start and results never affect later pairings. Mixicano creates one round at a time from the standings, so matches get closer as the evening goes on but the schedule cannot be printed in advance.

Standard Mexicano vs Mixicano

Standard Mexicano puts ranks 1–4 on the first court and pairs rank 1 with rank 4 against ranks 2 and 3, with no restriction on who partners whom. Mixicano ranks each group separately for the purpose of filling courts, then builds the two teams so that each one is a cross-group pair. Everything else — scoring, byes, tie-breakers, corrections, sharing and exports — is identical.

How Mixicano forms each court

After a round is confirmed, the individual standings are recalculated and two temporary ranking lists are made, one for the active players of each group. Court 1 takes the top two players from both lists, court 2 the next two from both, and so on. If four Group A players rank A1 to A4 and four Group B players rank B1 to B4, court 1 receives A1, A2, B1 and B2, and court 2 receives A3, A4, B3 and B4.

The two group lists exist only to build valid mixed matches. The tournament is never ranked as two separate competitions: the public standings, the podium and the final results are one combined individual table.

How Mixicano chooses partners

Within a court there are two valid mixed arrangements: A1 with B1 against A2 with B2, or A1 with B2 against A2 with B1. The generator prefers the arrangement with fewer repeated partnerships, then the lower single repeat count, then the smaller gap between the two teams’ combined group ranks, then fewer repeated opponents, and finally the original randomised order. In practice that usually gives the balanced crossover, A1 with B2 against A2 with B1 — but it will pick the other arrangement when that avoids repeating a partnership. A lower-ranked player is never moved onto court 1 just to dodge a repeat.

Can Mixicano use groups other than men and women?

Yes. The groups are called Group A and Group B until you rename them, and any two labels work: Left-side and Right-side, Advanced and Developing, or two visiting clubs. A Men / Women preset is one tap away, but no gender data is stored — the format only needs to know which of the two groups each player is in.

Can partners or opponents repeat?

Yes, when the standings make it unavoidable. The court grouping comes first, so once the same four players share a court again a repeat is possible; the arrangement rules then keep repeats to the minimum available. Rests work the same way: the same number of players rests from each group, rest history is tracked inside each group, and nobody takes a second rest before everyone in their group has rested once. A resting player receives the neutral rest credit and it never counts as a played match.

Team Americano vs Team Mexicano

Both keep the pairs together. Team Americano plans a full round robin in advance, so every team meets every other team once and the schedule is visible from the start. Team Mexicano generates one round at a time from the standings, which keeps matches level but means the fixture list is not known up front.

How later Team Mexicano rounds are generated

When every match in the current round is confirmed, the team standings are recalculated and ranked with the canonical comparator. Team 1 then plays team 2, team 3 plays team 4, team 5 plays team 6, and so on down the table. Only the next round is created, and a pair is never split to fill a court: if there are more teams than courts, whole teams rest in turn and receive the neutral rest credit.

Can teams meet more than once?

Yes. Rematches are part of a standings-driven format: two teams that stay level with each other will keep meeting. If you would rather guarantee a different opponent every round, use Team Americano instead.

Mexicano or Americano?

Choose Mexicano when you want competitive, level-matched games and a clear race for the top. Choose Americano when the priority is meeting as many different partners as possible, or when you want the whole schedule visible from the start.

Questions about the Mexicano generator

What is a padel Mexicano?

A Mexicano is an individual padel format where you change partners every round. Round one is a random draw. After that, every round is created from the current standings, so you play with and against people on a similar score.

How is Mexicano different from Americano?

In an Americano the whole rotation is planned in advance so everyone meets as many partners as possible. In a Mexicano only the next round exists: the standings decide the pairings, which keeps matches close and makes the top of the table competitive.

How are the pairings decided?

The standings are split into groups of four. Ranks 1–4 play on the first court, ranks 5–8 on the next, and so on. Inside each group the first and fourth player team up against the second and third.

How many players do I need?

At least four, and ideally a multiple of four so every court is full. With other numbers some players rest each round, and the generator rotates who sits out.

What happens to players who sit out a round?

They receive a neutral points adjustment for that round: half the match total in points play, or the average scored by the players who were on court in timed play. A bye counts as a bye, not as a played match: it adds no win, draw or loss, no points scored or conceded, and it leaves point difference unchanged.

Can I correct a score after confirming a round?

Yes. A confirmed round can be edited at any time. If later rounds were already generated from it, the generator asks you to confirm before removing them, then creates the next round again from the corrected standings.

Can players watch the scores on their phones?

Yes. Turn on the live scoreboard and share the link or QR code. Spectators see rounds, courts and standings, and can never edit anything.

Is it free?

Yes. The Mexicano generator is free, needs no account, and stores your tournament on your own device.