The match score, live on your screens
Players book, score their points from their watch or their phone, and the score appears on the club’s screen while they play. No umpire, no score sheet, and nobody at the bar typing anything in.
The best moment at the club leaves no trace
Four players give it everything for an hour and a half. At the bar, nobody knows how it stands. The next day, nothing is left.
- Nobody knows who is winning: not the players waiting for their court, not the parents in the lobby, not whoever is running the bar.
- The court screen shows the time, when it shows anything at all — when it could be showing the match being played right below it.
- On tournament day, someone copies the scores from a score sheet into a piece of software, between two rounds at the bar.
- The match ends and disappears: no score, no statistics, nothing to talk about, nothing to post.
- The clubs that do better do it separately: a scoring app on one side, the club software on the other, and players entering their names twice.
The club chooses, court by court
They all lead to the same place: a score that moves during the match, and a screen that shows it. Two work today, with nothing to install. The third is fitted by the court, and it is on its way.
And for players, the SportFinder app is free: they pay the court price, nothing else — no service fee, no cancellation fee. Tracking their score adds nothing to what they spend at your club.
The watch
A player scores from their wrist, without leaving the court. It is the Padel Stats AI integration, and it is running today.
The phone
No watch? The score tracker lives in the app: the phone goes down by the court and each player has their own buttons.
Courtsidesoon
Buttons fixed to the fence, a mini-server, a screen: nothing left to take out of your pocket. That is the scorer.
A player scores from the wrist
From their SportFinder booking, one of the four players starts the connected match. They keep their watch on, tap the point that has just been played, and everything else follows.
- It starts from the booking, not from a separate app: the four players are already there, with their names and levels. Nobody types them in again.
- Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch, Garmin, Wear OS: the player scores with whatever is already on their wrist.
- The watch wearer is always at the bottom of the screen: what they read on their wrist is laid out like the court in front of them. Nobody has to work out which line is theirs between two points.
- The score leaves the court on its own — it goes up into the booking, and from there onto whichever screen you choose.
- Nine game formats on the partner’s side: the format is chosen with the booking, and it does the point counting from then on.
- It is Padel Stats AI, a PadelDev product, with which we are integrated. Not a SportFinder building block: we would rather tell you where what you are buying comes from.
On Apple Watch: the score at the top, and one button per type of point.
On Wear OS — a Galaxy Watch here: same app, same match.
The connected match is being rolled out: it works, clubs use it, and its design is not final yet — the screenshots on this page show the app as it is arriving.
The match starts in three steps
About as long as a warm-up rally. Everything is set in the booking, not on the corner of a table — and what is set there is never asked again.
One step remains, as you walk onto the court: say which team serves first. From then on, the app follows the rotation on its own.
The match is shown everywhere
In the app, on the court, in the clubhouse. And with no dedicated hardware: the match screen is a web page that the app lets you open, copy or share.
- In the app: the score lives in the booking, for all four players — and for you, at the front desk.
- On the court screen, above the court: the score can be read from the back of the court, and it moves as play goes on.
- In the clubhouse, next to your other screens — availability, tournaments, sponsors. Same principle: anything that can open a web page can show it, no box to buy.
- And even outside the club: the link can be shared. A parent, a training partner, an injured player following the match from home.
- At the end, the match is closed and the post-match report can be downloaded: the breakdown of points, what each player won and how.
The phone propped against the fence
A smartwatch for every game is not something every group of four has. So the score tracker also lives in the app: same match, same club screen, a phone instead of a wrist.
- Each player has their own buttons, in their place on the court: you tap the name of whoever has just played the point.
- The point says how it was played — winning point, winning serve, unforced error, return error, double fault. That is what separates a scoreboard from a match report.
- A mistake can be cancelled, without stopping the match or re-arguing the last three points.
- The score at the top never moves: sets, current game, point. You read it at a glance between two rallies.
The point says how it was won
That is the whole difference between a scoreboard and a match report. Every point recorded carries its type — and at the end, players download the story it tells.
- The report is downloaded from the booking, in SportFinder, as soon as the match is closed. The player has nothing to go looking for elsewhere.
- A club that makes its players better keeps them: it is the kind of thing they do not find at the court down the road.
- Your coaches finally have more than a memory to prepare the next session.
- These charts are produced by Padel Stats AI, PadelDev’s product — they are not mock-ups, they are real broadcasts.
And the final goes online
One step further, PadelDev broadcasts the match itself — the video, the score overlay, your sponsors. It is their product, Padel Stats Live; we bring the match and its score.
- Your tournament final goes online: on the web, on your social channels, on YouTube — with the score and the charts overlaid on the picture.
- Your sponsors are in the picture, not just on the fence. It is an argument that sells, and it sells in advance.
- The camera stays yours: Padel Stats Live takes the feed from an off-the-shelf camera, and corrects the court’s wide-angle distortion itself.
- Players leave with their match — a download link for the video reaches them by email.
- None of this is a prerequisite for following the score. It is an option for the club, to look at once the first step is taken.
The details are on their site: padeldev.com. We talk about it in the demo, without selling you what does not belong to us.
A match on screen makes a club look alive
The score on the screen does not cost an hour of court time: it makes visible the hour already being played. And what is visible gets talked about.
- Players who are waiting watch the match instead of watching the clock — and they buy something while they do.
- On tournament day, the atmosphere changes: the lobby follows the semi-finals, families know how their player is doing, and nobody copies out a score sheet.
- Your players come back for their report — in your app, not somewhere else.
- And it costs them nothing: the app is free for them, they pay the court price and nothing else. An argument you can make at the front desk, with no small print.
- You finally have something to post the next day, other than a photo of an empty court.
What it looks like at your club, we look at together in the demo, on your courts — our prices, for their part, are already published.
The scorer: the point recorded on the court
A mini-server by the court, a screen, buttons — and the score will follow: on the court screen, in the app, on the lobby screens. No umpire, no score sheet, and this time without taking out a phone.
Before the slot: who is playing, on which side, in which format — and the countdown. It all comes from the booking; nothing is typed in on site.
Five minutes of warm-up, counted down in large type. Then play begins.
The player serving presses the button on their side. The match starts, the screen knows who is serving — and then follows the rotation on its own.
Sets, points, serve, duration, format: readable from the back of the court. The footer always shows what each button does.
Winner, final score, set-by-set breakdown — and the next booking on the court, right beside it.
These five screens are not mock-ups: they are rendered on the device itself. The module, on the other hand, is under construction — we are not announcing it with a date.
- The match will live in the device, not in the cloud — if the Wi-Fi drops, the scoreboard will carry on. Whatever was played in the meantime will go back to SportFinder when the network returns.
- The score will go out to the other screens: the court screen, the lobby screens, and the app. On tournament day, the same chain will feed the club’s screens.
- At the end of the match, nothing left to copy out — the score will reach the players’ profiles, and the tournament will update itself.
- Padel first, then tennis and 5-a-side football. We would rather have one sport that works than four sports that promise.
We integrate on request
Padel Stats AI is the first provider integrated because it is the one our clubs use. It is not an exclusive arrangement, and the architecture does not require it.
- Other providers will follow: the score comes in through an interface, not a dependency — replacing it does not mean rebuilding the rest.
- Already have a scoring system? Tell us in the demo. We look at what its interface allows before promising anything — and if it allows nothing, we tell you that too.
- Several solutions can coexist at the same club: the watch on the outdoor courts, the scorer on the centre court, nothing at all on the two beginners’ courts.
- None of this is a prerequisite: the club software works without it, and the score is added whenever you want.
Tracking the score at the club
Do I need to buy hardware to track the score?
No, not to get started. The connected match is launched from the booking, in the app: players record points from their watch or their phone, and the match screen is a simple web address — anything that can open a web page can show it. The TV in the lobby or the one by the court is enough. Dedicated hardware is the scorer’s job, and that will come later.
How does the score reach the club’s screen?
The match screen is a web address that the app lets you open, copy or share. You show it on the court screen, on the lobby screen, or send it to someone who is not at the club. The score updates on it during the match.
Do players need a smartwatch?
No. With a watch — Apple Watch, Galaxy Watch, Garmin, Wear OS — a player scores without leaving the court, and it is the most comfortable option. Without a watch, the score is tracked in the SportFinder app: each player has their own buttons, the phone goes down by the court and you tap between points.
Is Padel Stats AI part of SportFinder?
No, and we would rather say so: Padel Stats AI is a product of PadelDev, with which we are integrated. You start the match from your SportFinder booking; the score and the post-match report come from them. It is a partnership, not an in-house building block — the scorer, on the other hand, will be ours.
Can another scoring provider be connected?
That is the intention, and we do it on request. Padel Stats AI is the first one integrated because it is the one our clubs use; others will follow, and if you are already equipped, tell us in the demo: we look at what their interface allows before promising anything.
Which matches can be tracked?
Padel bookings with four players registered on the slot — that is the format the app tracks today. Teams, sides and match format are set before you start, in three steps on a single screen.
What is left after the match?
The final score, and a post-match report to download: who won their points, how, and what the match says about each player. That is what brings players back to the match page — and what gives you something to show the next day.
Can the match be broadcast online, or on YouTube?
Yes, and it is a product of the same partner: Padel Stats Live, from PadelDev, records and broadcasts the match with the score and charts overlaid on the picture — on the web, on your social channels, on YouTube — and your sponsors with it. The camera stays yours: their system takes the feed from an off-the-shelf camera. We bring the match and its score; video is not a SportFinder feature, and we would rather say so than sell it to you.
Does it cost my players anything?
The SportFinder app is free for them: they pay the court price, nothing else — no service fee, no cancellation fee. That is as true of score tracking as of everything else. For the club, on the other hand, we do not claim to be free: our commission exists and it is published on our pricing page.
What statistics do players receive?
Every point recorded carries its type — winning point, winning serve, unforced error, return error, double fault. From that come the team-by-team match record, the break points, and the game-by-game evolution of the winners to unforced errors ratio. The report can be downloaded from the booking as soon as the match is closed.
When will the scorer be available?
It is under construction, and we are not announcing it with a date. What you see above is not a mock-up: the five screens already run on the device, in our office. What remains to be written is the part that counts the points and sends them back to your back office. We would rather show you where we are than promise a quarter.
What equipment will be needed on the court?
A mini-server by the court — a Raspberry Pi, 4 or 5 series — that orchestrates the points. It will have plenty of inputs: USB, Bluetooth, GPIO, Ethernet. All input devices will plug into it, from one to four sensors, and it will remain the judge of the score whatever happens.
How many buttons will each court need?
At least three per court, and one to four sensors per player depending on the comfort you want. With a single button per player, a short press will score the point and a long press will cancel it. With two or three, each action will have its own button: score the point, cancel it. The configuration in use will be shown on the screen, before the match.
What TV will the scorer need?
Any model will do. It will need an HDMI input, a power socket and a network connection — Wi-Fi or cable. Nothing else: no smart TV, no subscription, no proprietary box.
And if the club’s Wi-Fi drops during a match?
The match will carry on. The mini-server will count the points on site: the score will live in the device, not in the cloud, and the court screen will not wait for a server round trip to show the point. When the network returns, everything played in the meantime will go back to SportFinder. It is an architectural decision, not a degraded mode: a club whose Wi-Fi fails on tournament day will not lose its scoreboard.
Will the scorer replace Padel Stats AI?
No. They are two ways of scoring points, and a club does not have the same needs on its centre court as on the other four. The watch and the phone work anywhere, with nothing to install; the scorer will be aimed at the court you equip for good. We show you both in the demo, and you choose court by court.
The score reaches the same screens as everything else: the club’s TV screens also show your availability, your tournaments and your sponsors, and your tournaments live in the same back office.
We run a connected match in front of you
Thirty minutes: we take a booking, set up the teams, and show the score on a screen. You will see exactly what your players will see — and what the lobby will see.