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Squash Score Counter
A squash score counter keeps point-a-rally scoring: every rally wins a point and its winner serves next, games are to 11, and from 10-all a player must lead by two. This one also keeps the server, the correct service box and the marker’s call, including hand out, lets, game ball and match ball.
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Call: Love-all
| Game | Player A | Player B | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| No game finished yet | |||
Tap the player who won the rally, including a stroke awarded by the referee; the counter decides whether that is a point and a hand out. A let replays the rally from the same box. A or ← is a rally to player A, L or → to player B, Ctrl+Z undoes. The box button works only while the server may still choose: at the start of a game and after a hand out.
This is a scorer for club nights, box leagues and practice matches, not an official match record. It follows the World Squash Singles Rules 2025 and keeps the score, the server and the service box. It does not decide lets, strokes, interference or conduct — that is the referee’s job, or the players’ by agreement — and it scores singles only; doubles squash has its own rules.
The score is the easy part. The rules ask whoever keeps it for three things — the score, who is serving and which box — and without a marker, the box is the one that gets argued about.
Squash is scored point-a-rally under the World Squash Singles Rules: the winner of each rally scores a point and serves the next, a game is to 11 with a two-point lead needed from 10-all, and a match is best of five or three games. A change of server is called hand out.
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Key facts
| Detail | Answer |
|---|---|
| Scoring | Point-a-rally to 11 (World Squash), plus PAR 15 and hand-in/hand-out as club formats |
| Games | To 11, win by 2 from 10-all; best of 5 or best of 3 |
| Server | Shown every rally; the rally winner serves next |
| Service box | Server’s choice after a hand out, then alternates; same box after a let |
| The call | Server’s score first, with hand out, game ball, match ball and 10-all |
| Lets | One button: no point, same server, same box |
| Undo | Every rally and let, including one that ended a game or the match |
| Offline | Yes, after the first load |
| Where data goes | Nowhere. Local storage in this browser only |
| Official record | No. It keeps the score; it does not decide lets or strokes |
How to keep score in squash with the counter
Set the match up once, then it is one tap per rally, to whoever won it.
Choose the scoring and the match
Point-a-rally to 11 is the World Squash rule. Best of 5 is normal; club leagues often play best of 3.
Set who serves first
Whoever won the spin of the racket serves first (Rule 5.1). Put both names in so the call and the game log read properly.
Pick the server’s box
At the start of a game and after every hand out the server chooses. The counter assumes the right box; use the box button before the first serve if the server picks the left.
Tap the player who won each rally
Always the rally winner, including a stroke. The counter scores it, calls hand out when the serve changes, and moves the box when the server wins.
Use Let for a replayed rally
No point, the same server, the same box. The let also closes the choice of box, as Rule 5.3 requires.
Read the call before each serve
It is what a marker would say: server’s score first, with game ball, match ball or 10-all added. Undo takes back the whole rally if you tap the wrong side.
Where a squash score counter gets used
Any match without a marker, which is most squash played outside tournaments.
Club nights and friendlies
A phone on the ledge behind the glass keeping the score and the box, so neither player has to remember which side they served from last.
Box leagues
Best of 3 or 5 with a game log to report afterwards, game by game, rather than just the result.
Learning to mark
The counter gives the call in the order the rules use, so a new marker can check themselves rally by rally.
Juniors and coaching
Teaching hand out, the box choice and 10-all with the rules on screen instead of in the coach’s head.
Older club formats
A club that still plays PAR 15 or hand-in/hand-out to 9 can score it, with Set 1 or Set 2 at 8-all handled properly.
Condition games
Practice games to 11 where the box alternation is part of the drill.
Score, server and box: the three things the rules ask a scorer to keep
Rule 3.1 of the World Squash Singles Rules 2025 tells the officials what to keep: “a record of the score, which player is serving, and the correct service box”. Three things. The free squash scoreboards at the top of a search, checked on 2026-09-25, keep the first and some of the second. JudgeMate’s scoreboard handles games to 11 and the 10-all rule correctly and says nothing about the box; Digital Tally Counter’s tracks the server and not the box; KeepTheScore’s is built for streaming overlays. Neither of the first two mentions a let. In a club match with no marker, the box is exactly what the two players end up arguing about.
The rules for the box are short (Rule 5):
- The server chooses a box at the start of each game and after every hand out, the moment the serve changes hands (5.2).
- While holding serve, the server alternates: right, left, right, one box per rally won (5.2).
- After a let, the same box again (5.3). A let is not a rally won, so nothing alternates, and it ends the choice: the server cannot use a let to change boxes.
- A serve from the wrong box that nobody notices stands (5.11). If the server wins that rally, the next serve is from the other box, counted from the box actually used.
The marker’s call follows the same logic: the server’s score first, “hand out” in front of it whenever the server changes (3.5.4), “game ball” or “match ball” when a player needs one point (3.5.7), and “10-all: a player must win by 2 points” the first time 10-all comes up in a game (3.5.8). Here is the start of a game exactly as the counter calls it:
| What happened | Score (A–B) | Call | Next server | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of game | 0–0 | Love-all | A | A’s choice (right) |
| A wins | 1–0 | 1–0 | A | Left box |
| A wins | 2–0 | 2–0 | A | Right box |
| B wins | 2–1 | Hand out, 1–2 | B | B’s choice (right) |
| Let | 2–1 | Yes let, 1–2 | B | Right box again |
| B wins | 2–2 | 2-all | B | Left box |
Two things in that table catch players out. After the hand out the call is “1–2”, not “2–1”, because the server’s score always comes first. And after the let B is still serving from the right: the let used up B’s choice without moving the box.
Between games
The winner of a rally serves the next one (2.1), and the winner of a game has won its last rally, so the game winner serves first in the next game and chooses a box again. Players have up to 2 minutes between games (7.1). A match is best of 5 games, or best of 3 (2.3). Unlike badminton and pickleball, nobody changes ends: there is only one end.
The nearest relative in scoring is table tennis, also point-a-rally to 11 with a two-point lead needed from 10–all, but there the serve changes every two points instead of staying with the rally winner, which the table tennis score counter tracks. Padel is played inside walls too, but it scores like tennis, in points inside games, as the padel score counter keeps; and in tennis itself a game from deuce needs two clear points, which the tennis score counter applies.
PAR 15 and hand-in/hand-out left the rules in 2025
Until the end of 2024 the World Squash rules carried an Appendix 3, “Alternative scoring systems”, with two formats: point-a-rally to 15, and the old hand-in/hand-out scoring to 9. The 2025 rules erased it. World Squash’s own track of changes for the 2025 version lists Rule 2.4 (“Alternative scoring systems are described in Appendix 3”) and the appendix itself as erased. The only scoring in the singles rules now is point-a-rally to 11.
Plenty of what you find has not caught up. Digital Tally Counter’s squash scoreboard offers games of 11 or 15 points beside a claim to follow official PSA rules. KeepTheScore’s squash scoring guide, updated in March 2026, still presents hand-in/hand-out as one of two scoring systems. Neither format is wrong to play — a club can play whatever its members agree — but neither is in the rules any more, so the counter names both as club formats rather than as options the rules give you.
| Rule | Point-a-rally to 11 | Point-a-rally to 15 | Hand-in/hand-out to 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | The World Squash rule (Rule 2) | Appendix 3 until 2024; erased in 2025 | Appendix 3 until 2024; erased in 2025 |
| Who scores | The winner of every rally | The winner of every rally | Only the server; a receiver who wins gains the serve |
| Game to | 11 | 15 | 9, or 10 if the receiver chooses at 8-all |
| At the end | From 10-all, win by 2 | From 14-all, win by 2 | At 8-all the receiver picks Set 1 (to 9) or Set 2 (to 10); no win by 2 |
| Match | Best of 5, or best of 3 | ||
| Serve and box | Rally winner serves; choice of box at the start of a game and after each hand out, then alternate | ||
Source: World Squash Singles Rules 2025 (V1.2, effective 1 September 2025), Rules 2, 3, 5 and 7, and the 2024 rules’ Appendix 3 as quoted in the 2025 track of changes.
Hand-in/hand-out games run long because a rally won on the other player’s serve scores nothing. The counter shows that directly: in that format, a receiver on 8 is told they need one point but must win the serve back first, and at 8-all the rally keys stay locked until the receiver has chosen Set 1 or Set 2, as the old rule required, “before the next service”.
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| Feature | This online counter | Handheld clicker | Counter phone app | Pen and paper | Spreadsheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | $5–$15 | Free with ads, or paid | Cost of paper | Subscription |
| Anything to install | No | Buy the device | App store download | No | Yes, or a web login |
| Several counts at once | Unlimited | One per device | Usually limited | Yes, messy | Yes |
| Fix a miscount | Undo and redo | Start over | Sometimes | Cross it out | Edit the cell |
| Counts by more than one | Any step size | One at a time | Sometimes | Manual maths | Yes |
| Below zero | Yes | No | Rarely | Yes | Yes |
| Keeps the count if you close it | Saves automatically | Until you reset the dial | Yes | If you keep the paper | Yes |
| Works with no signal | Yes, after first load | Yes | Yes | Yes | Often not |
| Keyboard and shortcuts | Full | None | None | None | Partial |
| Sends your counts anywhere | Never | Never | Often, for accounts and ads | Never | Yes, to the cloud |
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Frequently asked questions
How does squash scoring work?
Squash uses point-a-rally scoring. The winner of every rally scores a point and serves the next rally, whoever served. A game is to 11 points, but from 10-all a player must lead by two, so 11-10 plays on and 12-10 wins. A match is normally best of five games, or best of three, under the World Squash Singles Rules.
Which service box do you serve from in squash?
The server chooses a box at the start of each game and after every hand out. While they keep winning rallies they must alternate boxes: right, left, right. After a let they serve again from the same box. If a serve from the wrong box goes unnoticed, the rally stands, and the next serve is from the other box to the one actually used.
What does hand out mean in squash?
Hand out means a change of server. When the receiver wins a rally they score a point and take the serve, and the marker calls “hand out” before the score, which is always called with the new server’s score first. So at 2–0, if the receiver wins, the call is “hand out, 1–2”, and the new server chooses a box.
What happens at 10-all in squash?
At 10-all the game continues until one player leads by two points, with no cap. The marker calls “10-all: a player must win by 2 points” the first time it happens in each game. After that, a player one point ahead has game ball, and games can finish 12–10, 13–11 or later.
Who serves first in the next game of squash?
The winner of the previous game. The winner of each rally serves the next one, and whoever won a game won its last rally, so they serve first in the following game and choose their box again. At the very start of the match the server is decided by the spin of a racket. Players have up to two minutes between games.
What is a let in squash, and does it change the score?
A let is a rally that neither player wins, usually because of interference or a disturbance, so it is replayed. The score does not change, the same player serves again, and they serve from the same box as before. Whether a let should be given is the referee’s decision; a scorer only records the outcome.
Is PAR 15 squash scoring still allowed?
It is no longer in the rules. Point-a-rally to 15 and hand-in/hand-out to 9 were Appendix 3 of the World Squash rules until 2024, and the 2025 rules erased that appendix. A club can still agree to play either, and this counter scores both, but the only scoring in the current singles rules is point-a-rally to 11.
How does old English squash scoring work?
In hand-in/hand-out scoring only the server scores; a receiver who wins a rally takes the serve without a point. Games are to 9. At 8-all the receiver chooses, before the next serve, to play to 9 (“Set 1”) or to 10 (“Set 2”). It was removed from the World Squash rules in 2025 but is still played in some clubs.
Is this an official squash scoresheet?
No. It is a scorer for club matches, leagues and practice. It keeps the score, the server, the service box and the call in this browser, and nothing is sent anywhere. It does not decide lets, strokes, interference or conduct, which belong to the referee, and it scores singles only, because doubles squash has its own rules.
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