All International Padel Federation articles
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News briefsA record year for professional pádel
Over the course of 2023 the International Padel Federation (FIP) – which conglomerates the Premier Padel, Cupra FIP Tour and FIP Promises circuits – held 160 tournaments for some 6,000 registered players. Of these 4,874 were professionals, hailing from 72 countries, and of the professionals 1,362 (28%) were women and ...
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News briefsFIP and FEP to collaborate in Spain
The International Padel Federation (FIP) and the Spanish Padel Federation (FEP) have joined forces to hold the FIP’s Platinum and Gold tournaments in Spain, to be organized in conjunction with the federations of the country’s autonomous regions. Platinum tournaments have a prize pool of €120,000, and Gold tournaments have a ...
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News briefsPadel players association complains to the FIP
The Professional Padel Association (PPA) has taken issue with the manner in which the International Padel Federation (FIP) is handling its tournaments. In a press release on its website, the PPA alleges “irregularities” in player draws and in the allotment of points and prize money. For instance, in the recent ...
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News briefsFIP has a new official pádel court
MejorSet (literally, Better Set) has come up with a new design for the official court of the International Padel Federation (FIP) and its tour. The Spanish manufacturer has been supplying official courts for the FIP and its Premier Padel tournaments since 2020. Many of the court’s new specifications are available ...
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News briefsPadel is experiencing exponential growth in Italy
Italy is second in Europe (after Spain) regarding the number of padel courts and participants, the International Padel Federation (IPF) said in a statement. The country experienced an increase of 16 percent in facilities (sports clubs, padel clubs, accommodation facilities) in the first nine months of 2023 compared to 2022 ...
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News briefsPremier Padel appoints Eno Polo as CEO
Source: Premier Padel Eno Polo Premier Padel, the global pro padel tour founded by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) with the International Padel Federation (FIP) and the Professional Padel Association (PPA), has announced the appointment of Eno Polo as CEO, effective Nov. 16. Polo has a long-standing experience ...
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News briefsQatar has acquired World Padel Tour to form unified Premier Padel circuit
Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the owner of Premier Padel, has bought the rival tour World Padel Tour from its organizer, Spanish firm Damm, for an undisclosed amount. QSI intends to combine the two competitions into a unified global circuit starting in 2024. World Padel Tour and Premier Padel will continue ...
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News briefsWheelchair-pádel tournament coming up
The association Missing Link Sport, as The Padel Paper reports, has put out a call for entrants for the 2023 International Tournament for padel-fauteuil, or wheelchair pádel, scheduled for Aug. 30 - Sept. 1 in Paris. Missing Link specializes in promoting the para-version of pádel in France ...
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News briefsFIP expands by eight
At its recent general assembly the International Padel Federation (FIP) raised its total of countries represented to 71, thanks to the addition of eight: Slovakia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Tunisia and Venezuela. Slovakia has established national men’s and women’s teams, built its National Padel Centre (with bi-weekly tournaments) in ...
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News briefsThe women sign up for Premier Padel
Premier Padel’s president, Luigi Carraro, appears to be as good as his word. As we reported last week, the league has been promising to bring women into its tournaments over the course of the current season. Indeed, Carraro said, the only reason the women weren’t playing already in the Ooredoo ...
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ArticlePremier Padel to include women this season
The president of the International Padel Federation (FIP), Luigi Carraro, has told Relevo in an interview that women will be playing in the next tournament organized by Premier Padel – that is, after the Ooredoo Qatar Major, which took place from Feb. 28 to March 6. “If we’d had a ...
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ArticlePPA reviewing legal options against WPT
The Professional Padel Association (PPA) is none too happy over the plans of the World Padel Tour (WPT) for the current year. The union has released a nine-point statement alleging breach of player contracts and describing the tour’s “unilateral” decisions as being “of a gravity without comparison, not only in ...
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ArticleThe twin forces of pro pádel meet
The two professional circuits in the sport of pádel, Premier Padel and the World Padel Tour (WPT), are discussing joint operations in the future.
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News briefsPro pádel league to open 2023 in Qatar
Premier Padel is opening its 2023 season with the Ooredoo Qatar Major, from Feb. 26 to March 5 at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash complex in Doha. There will be live coverage in Latin America and the Caribbean (on ESPN), in Europe (Sky Sports, Viaplay and Canal+), in the ...
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News briefsEuropean Games admit pádel
Pádel is angling for a spot on the list of Olympic sports, which now includes skateboarding, trampoline and even breaking (break dancing). The president of the International Padel Federation (FIP), Luigi Carraro, seems to have taken the sport a step closer to this goal. Back in July 2019, he appealed ...
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New pádel tournament in Egypt
Premier Padel has struck a multiyear deal with the New Giza Sports Club, CA Sports Marketing and the Egyptian Padel Federation to establish the first P1 pádel tournament in Egypt – and, indeed, in all of Africa. NEWGIZA Premier Padel is scheduled for Oct. 24-30 of this year at the ...
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Roland Garros to host the next tournament of the Premier Padel circuit
Luigi Carraro, president of the International Padel Federation (FIP), Gilles Moreton, president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), and Arnaud Di Pasquale, director of Greenweez Paris Premier Padel Major, presented on June 3 at the Roland Garros Stadium in Paris the first edition of the Paris Premier Padel Major. The ...
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WPT sues Premier Pádel in Madrid
The World Padel Tour (WPT) – through its parent company, Setpoints Events SL – has filed suit in the 15th Commercial Court of Madrid against the International Pádel Federation (FIP), Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and the Professional Pádel Association. The WPT alleges anti-competitive practices: namely, the setting up of a ...
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News briefsInternational Padel Federation accepts 14 new members in landmark meeting
The General Assembly of the International Padel Federation (FIP), the world’s governing body of padel, which met in Rome on April 28, voted 14 new national federations into FIP’s membership. The new members represent and are responsible for padel in the following countries: Albania, Bahrain, Croatia, El Salvador, Israel, Kuwait, ...
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Italy secures pádel tournament
The International Padel Federation (FIP), the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and Italy’s government sports agency (Sport e Salute) have signed a multi-year deal to establish Italy’s first majors tournament for pádel. The event is part of the world’s new official circuit, Premier Padel, under the management of FIP, the Professional ...
