Choose or switch your sport

Updated October 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Padel, tennis or both: where to set your sport and how to switch between padel and tennis before a match.

Padel Watch counts padel and tennis. You set the sport you play once. If you play both, you choose before every match.

When you first open the app

The first question on iPhone is What do you play?: Padel, Tennis or Both. If you play only one sport, the app won’t ask again.

Change it later

On iPhone under Settings › Match & devices › Sport. Your watches take the setting from your iPhone.

Switch before a match (with “Both”)

  • iPhone: when you start a new match, pick Padel or Tennis. The sport you played last is preselected.
  • Apple Watch: the first setup step is the sport: Padel, Tennis singles or Tennis doubles. If you only play tennis, you pick Singles or Doubles there.
  • Garmin: the first step is Padel or Tennis, preselected with the one you played last.

iPhone and Garmin remember your rules per sport: switch to tennis and your tennis rules are waiting.

Older matches stay padel. Once you’ve played both, you can filter your stats by sport.

Keep score in tennis

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