Padel TIE-BREAK Rules

PADEL TIE-BREAK RULES

Here are the official FIP rules, straight from the guidebook, made easy for you to read.

First and foremost, during a tie-break, the points “zero”, “1”, “2”, “3”, etc., are called.

  1. The “tie-break” is won by the first players to win 7 points (as long as it is with a 2-point advantage) If necessary tie-break continues until this margin is obtained.
  2. The “tie break” is started by the player whose turn it is to serve according to the order followed in the set.

    This player will only have one serve taken from the right side of the court.
    The following two points will be served by the players of the opposite team respecting the previous order of service and serving from the left.
    After this, the players will serve two consecutive points until the end of “the tiebreak” always respecting the order of service.
  1. A “tie-break” set is won by 7-6.
  1. The following set will be started by the player of the pair who did not begin serving in the “tie-break”.

Bonus Question

Q: Who begins serving in a “tie break”?

A: The player who began serving at the beginning of the set.

Except under circumstances as set out in the Service Rules. (If a player serves out of turn, the player who should have served must do so as soon as the error is discovered. All points won before the error are valid. If there has been a single service fault up to the time of the error it will not be taken into account.)


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