The shot-level padel rating
Padel is played in pairs, but every shot is hit by one player. A shot-level padel rating measures that individual performance and combines it with match results, so your rating reflects how you actually play.
Match results are the foundation
Every credible padel rating starts with results: who won, the score, and the strength of the opponents. The Universal Padel Rating (UPR) keeps those inputs as its foundation. They are proven, they are hard to argue with, and they capture what matters most in a match.
Why individual performance matters in doubles
In doubles, a result belongs to the team. Two players who win together receive the same result, even if one hit most of the winners and the other made most of the errors. Shot-level data separates those contributions, so each player's rating reflects their own play as well as the team's results.
What a shot-level rating measures
UPR layers individual shot-performance data across four dimensions:
- Stroke execution: the quality of each shot type, from the serve, forehand and backhand to volleys, the bandeja, vibora, smash and play off the glass.
- Court positioning: where you stand, how you move as a pair, and how well you win and hold the net.
- Serve and return quality: placement, pace, spin and how often the first two shots set up the point.
- Match intelligence: shot selection, patterns and decision-making under pressure.
Where the shot data comes from
UPR is capture-agnostic. Court cameras and smartphone apps such as AI Ball, Clutch, Padelytics, PlaySight, Raydel and SwingVision already record padel matches shot by shot. The UPR Converter translates each platform's data into one common format, so compatible shot data from any of them can contribute to the same rating, with player consent.
One portable performance rating
The result is a single number on the 1.00–13.00 padel rating scale that belongs to the player and travels with them to any club, country or tournament. To learn how padel ratings work in general, read What is a padel rating? The full methodology is in The Standard.