SG Shubham Goel

Padel

Learning padel, in numbers

I picked up a padel racket on June 14 and haven't really put it down since. Every rated game I play goes into the World Padel Rating (WPR) app, which moves my rating up or down after each match. This page is that history, mostly Sunnyvale open plays, a South Bay league, and a couple of tournaments.

WPR data through October 3, 2026 · refreshed monthly

WPR rating 3.39 up from 0.80 on day one

Easily 50+ hours on court since June, most of it after 9 pm. That's the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy, four times over.

Record47–2863% won
Matches75over 20 days
Close sets15–12decided by ≤2 games
Best streak5wins in a row

My WPR, match by match

01234 1.5 band3.5 band JunJulAugSep 🏆 Jul 11 🏆 Sep 20 crossed 3.0, Aug 11 day one, 0.80 3.39
Each dot is one rated match; hover for the score. Dashed lines are the WPR open-play bands.

The form guide

current form LWWWW

  1. W
  2. W
  3. W
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. L
  10. W
  11. W
  12. W
  13. W
  14. W
  15. L
  16. L
  17. W
  18. W
  19. L
  20. L
  21. L
  22. W
  23. W
  24. L
  25. W
  26. W
  27. W
  28. W
  29. L
  30. L
  31. W
  32. L
  33. L
  34. L
  35. W
  36. L
  37. W
  38. W
  39. L
  40. L
  41. W
  42. W
  43. W
  44. L
  45. W
  46. W
  47. W
  48. W
  49. L
  50. W
  51. L
  52. W
  53. L
  54. L
  55. W
  56. L
  57. W
  58. L
  59. L
  60. W
  61. W
  62. W
  63. W
  64. W
  65. L
  66. L
  67. L
  68. W
  69. W
  70. W
  71. L
  72. W
  73. W
  74. W
  75. W

All 75 rated matches, oldest first, read like a football table.

Days on court

SMTWTFS JunJulAugSep Jun 14 · 5 matches, 5 won Jun 15 · rest day Jun 16 · rest day Jun 17 · rest day Jun 18 · rest day Jun 19 · 4 matches, 2 won Jun 20 · rest day Jun 21 · 4 matches, 4 won Jun 22 · rest day Jun 23 · 4 matches, 2 won Jun 24 · rest day Jun 25 · rest day Jun 26 · 4 matches, 1 won Jun 27 · rest day Jun 28 · rest day Jun 29 · rest day Jun 30 · 4 matches, 3 won Jul 1 · rest day Jul 2 · rest day Jul 3 · rest day Jul 4 · rest day Jul 5 · 4 matches, 3 won Jul 6 · rest day Jul 7 · 4 matches, 1 won Jul 8 · rest day Jul 9 · rest day Jul 10 · rest day Jul 11 · 2 matches, 1 won Jul 12 · rest day Jul 13 · 1 match, 0 won Jul 14 · rest day Jul 15 · rest day Jul 16 · rest day Jul 17 · rest day Jul 18 · rest day Jul 19 · rest day Jul 20 · rest day Jul 21 · rest day Jul 22 · rest day Jul 23 · rest day Jul 24 · rest day Jul 25 · 4 matches, 2 won Jul 26 · rest day Jul 27 · rest day Jul 28 · 4 matches, 3 won Jul 29 · rest day Jul 30 · rest day Jul 31 · rest day Aug 1 · rest day Aug 2 · rest day Aug 3 · rest day Aug 4 · 3 matches, 3 won Aug 5 · rest day Aug 6 · rest day Aug 7 · rest day Aug 8 · rest day Aug 9 · rest day Aug 10 · rest day Aug 11 · 4 matches, 2 won Aug 12 · rest day Aug 13 · rest day Aug 14 · rest day Aug 15 · rest day Aug 16 · rest day Aug 17 · rest day Aug 18 · 4 matches, 2 won Aug 19 · rest day Aug 20 · rest day Aug 21 · rest day Aug 22 · rest day Aug 23 · rest day Aug 24 · rest day Aug 25 · 4 matches, 1 won Aug 26 · rest day Aug 27 · rest day Aug 28 · rest day Aug 29 · rest day Aug 30 · rest day Aug 31 · rest day Sep 1 · 4 matches, 4 won Sep 2 · rest day Sep 3 · rest day Sep 4 · rest day Sep 5 · rest day Sep 6 · rest day Sep 7 · rest day Sep 8 · rest day Sep 9 · rest day Sep 10 · rest day Sep 11 · rest day Sep 12 · rest day Sep 13 · rest day Sep 14 · rest day Sep 15 · 3 matches, 1 won Sep 16 · rest day Sep 17 · rest day Sep 18 · rest day Sep 19 · rest day Sep 20 · 6 matches, 4 won Sep 21 · rest day Sep 22 · 3 matches, 3 won

Tuesday is padel night: 41 of 75 matches.

Favourite scorelines

  • 6–3 ×15
  • 6–2 ×10
  • 2–6 ×9
  • 4–6 ×8
  • 6–4 ×6
  • 6–1 ×5
  • 7–6 ×5
  • 7–5 ×4

My games first. Filled = won the set.

Odds and ends

69% win rate with a partner rated above me (22–10), versus 58% otherwise. Good partners are a cheat code.
+0.41 biggest single-match jump, on Jun 14. Worst drop: −0.19 on Jun 19.
5–2 in tiebreak sets. I'll take that.
+0.50 biggest upset: beat a pair rated that much higher on average, Jun 21.
54% of all games won. Matches are a lot closer than the record makes them look.
39 different partners and 68 different opponents. Open play is a great way to meet people.

Month by month

MonthDaysMatchesRecordWPRChange
June625 17–8 68% 0.80 → 2.57 +1.77
July619 10–9 53% 2.57 → 2.71 +0.14
August415 8–7 53% 2.71 → 2.88 +0.17
September416 12–4 75% 2.88 → 3.39 +0.51

Off the books

Friendlies don't count toward my WPR, so I log them by hand: 4 sets over 1 day so far, 1–3. Most honest note in the log: "led 4-1, lost 5 straight games."

Every match (75)
#DateResultScoreWPR
75Sep 22Won7-63.35 → 3.39
74Sep 22Won6-43.31 → 3.35
73Sep 22Won7-63.28 → 3.31
72Sep 20Won7-53.23 → 3.28
71Sep 20Lost4-63.23 → 3.23
70Sep 20Won6-23.19 → 3.23
69Sep 20Won7-63.12 → 3.19
68Sep 20Won6-33.08 → 3.12
67Sep 20Lost3-63.12 → 3.08
66Sep 15Lost5-73.16 → 3.12
65Sep 15Lost5-73.20 → 3.16
64Sep 15Won7-53.14 → 3.20
63Sep 1Won6-23.06 → 3.14
62Sep 1Won6-33.00 → 3.06
61Sep 1Won6-32.93 → 3.00
60Sep 1Won6-32.88 → 2.93
59Aug 25Lost2-62.93 → 2.88
58Aug 25Lost4-62.99 → 2.93
57Aug 25Won6-32.96 → 2.99
56Aug 25Lost6-72.98 → 2.96
55Aug 18Won6-02.91 → 2.98
54Aug 18Lost2-62.96 → 2.91
53Aug 18Lost2-63.02 → 2.96
52Aug 18Won6-42.96 → 3.02
51Aug 11Lost2-63.03 → 2.96
50Aug 11Won6-22.98 → 3.03
49Aug 11Lost4-63.03 → 2.98
48Aug 11Won6-32.97 → 3.03
47Aug 4Won6-32.90 → 2.97
46Aug 4Won6-32.83 → 2.90
45Aug 4Won6-12.71 → 2.83
44Jul 28Lost4-62.74 → 2.71
43Jul 28Won6-42.67 → 2.74
42Jul 28Won6-42.62 → 2.67
41Jul 28Won6-22.53 → 2.62
40Jul 25Lost4-62.62 → 2.53
39Jul 25Lost2-62.64 → 2.62
38Jul 25Won6-12.57 → 2.64
37Jul 25Won6-42.56 → 2.57
36Jul 13Lost3-6 6-72.61 → 2.56
35Jul 11Won6-32.58 → 2.61
34Jul 11Lost4-62.59 → 2.58
33Jul 7Lost2-62.64 → 2.59
32Jul 7Lost2-62.69 → 2.64
31Jul 7Won6-22.65 → 2.69
30Jul 7Lost3-62.70 → 2.65
29Jul 5Lost4-62.73 → 2.70
28Jul 5Won6-12.70 → 2.73
27Jul 5Won7-52.63 → 2.70
26Jul 5Won6-32.57 → 2.63
25Jun 30Won6-22.50 → 2.57
24Jun 30Lost0-62.57 → 2.50
23Jun 30Won6-12.47 → 2.57
22Jun 30Won6-32.41 → 2.47
21Jun 26Lost3-62.47 → 2.41
20Jun 26Lost3-62.50 → 2.47
19Jun 26Lost2-62.57 → 2.50
18Jun 26Won6-32.52 → 2.57
17Jun 23Won7-62.47 → 2.52
16Jun 23Lost4-62.54 → 2.47
15Jun 23Lost1-62.65 → 2.54
14Jun 23Won6-32.62 → 2.65
13Jun 21Won6-32.51 → 2.62
12Jun 21Won6-32.44 → 2.51
11Jun 21Won6-22.33 → 2.44
10Jun 21Won6-22.22 → 2.33
9Jun 19Lost2-62.27 → 2.22
8Jun 19Won7-62.21 → 2.27
7Jun 19Won7-52.15 → 2.21
6Jun 19Lost1-62.34 → 2.15
5Jun 14Won6-12.00 → 2.34
4Jun 14Won6-01.75 → 2.00
3Jun 14Won6-21.45 → 1.75
2Jun 14Won6-21.04 → 1.45
1Jun 14Won6-40.80 → 1.04

Source: my own match history from the World Padel Rating (WPR) app. The number shown is WPR-s, the social rating. Other players are counted, never named.