2026 French Padel Championships: favorites, draws, schedule and all the pairs entered in Agen

The  2026 French Padel Championships  settle for the first time in  Padel Plus Agen ,  2 to 4 October For three days, the Estillac site will simultaneously host the women's and men's senior draws and the  French Wheelchair Padel Championship . In total,  72 pairs  are announced: 32 for women, 32 for men and 8 in wheelchair padel.

This 11th edition of the French Senior Championships presents several particularly interesting scenarios:  Léa Godallier  aims for a sixth consecutive title, this time alongside  Carla Toully  ;  Bastien Blanqué and Thomas Leygue  reform their association; the title holders  Dylan Guichard and Manuel Vives  will defend their crown; and the pair  Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny  occupies first place in the list of men's pairs. In wheelchair padel,  Sébastien Husser-Walther and Tony Boval  They arrive with the status of reigning French champions.

French Championships 2026: Essential Information

The complex will have  10 tracks  to host the competition. The senior draws will be played as a multi-chance tournament with single elimination and ranking of the 32 teams. Wheelchair padel will follow a different format, with  two hens of four pairs , of which the first two will advance to the semi-finals.

Women: Godallier with Touly aiming for a sixth consecutive title

This is one of the main new features of this edition. After winning the last five editions,  Léa Godallier  She's changing partners. This time she'll be evolving with...  Carla Toully , finalist of the French Championships in 2024 and 2025.

The pair  Touly / Godallier is ranked No. 1  of the competition. Behind her appear, in particular  Camille Sireix / Mélissa Martin then  Lucile Pothier / Louise Bahurel .

The change is all the more notable given that the recent women's rankings are extremely marked by the association  Alix Collombon / Léa Godallier They won the 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 editions together. Before that, Collombon had already won in 2017, 2018 and 2019 with Jessica Ginier.

Women's Draw: The 32 Pairs

Gentlemen: a particularly dense table

The men's draw has an interesting peculiarity: the reigning French champions are not the number 1 pair on the list.

First place goes to  Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny , before  Bastien Blanque / Thomas Leygue  and the title holders  Manuel Vives / Dylan Guichard .  Yoan Boronad / Jérémy Robert  occupy fourth position, ahead  Julien Seurin / Thomas Vanbauce .

The return of Blanqué / Leygue

This is obviously one of the most anticipated partnerships.

 Bastien Blanqué and Thomas Leygue  together they won three consecutive French Championships:  2022, 2023 and 2024 They were unable to defend their title together in 2025 due to Thomas Leygue's injury. They now meet again in Agen with the opportunity to add a fourth shared crown.

Leygue also arrives after his time at the Alpine Paris Major where he reached the round of 16.

Guichard / Vives are putting their title on the line

In 2025,  Dylan Guichard and Manuel Vives  had interrupted the Blanqué/Leygue series by winning the French Championship ahead  Bastien Blanqué / Nicolas Rouanet .

They will therefore return in 2026 with a clear objective: to retain their title.  Dylan Guichard is the French number 1 .

Bergeron / Fonteny in first position

Another association that is particularly well-followed:  Johan Bergeron / Timéo Fonteny .

Bergeron knows this competition perfectly. He was French champion with Bastien Blanqué in  2017, 2018 and 2019 , then with Benjamin Tison in  2021 A new victory would therefore allow him to add a fifth national title to his record.

Men's draw: the 32 pairs

Padel-chair: Husser-Walther / Boval defend their crown

Le  French Wheelchair Padel Championship  will be in its third edition.

In 2024,  Dorian Navarro / Nicolas Vanlerberghe  had won the first title ahead  Sébastien Husser-Walther / Tony Boval They took their revenge in 2025 by becoming French champions ahead of  Dorian Navarro / Laurent Giammartini .

Husser-Walther and Boval therefore arrive in Agen with the title to defend.  François Heyraud / Bernard Fasanelli  et  Antoine Guillot / Serge Garnier  are among their main competitors.

The 8 pairs of wheelchair padel

Unlike the senior competition, the tournament will not begin directly with a knockout phase. The eight teams will be divided into  two groups of four The top two teams from each group will then advance to the semi-finals.

What format will the French Championships have?

All matches will be played in  two winning sets to six games , with  tiebreaker in all sets .

Another point to remember: the  Off-track excursions will be permitted from the quarter-finals onwards. .

In the senior category, the 32 pairs are ranked from 1 to 32 and compete in a multi-chance tournament. Ranking matches will therefore be played alongside the main draw throughout the weekend.

Full schedule for the 2026 French Championships

Sunday will therefore be the highlight of the competition.  The wheelchair padel final will begin at 9:30 am. , before the women's senior final and then the men's senior final.

Women's rankings: Collombon/Godallier have dominated since 2021

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One figure sums up what's at stake for Godallier:  five consecutive titles since 2021 She can therefore win a sixth in a row, but for the first time in this series without Alix Collombon.

And for  Carla Toully The story is different: a finalist in the last two editions, she will try this time to take the final step.

Men's achievements: Blanqué and Bergeron at the heart of the last decade

The results also allow us to measure a particular feature of this edition:  Bergeron and Blanqué won three titles together. before continuing their journeys with other partners. In 2026, they will be opponents again, Bergeron with Fonteny and Blanqué with Leygue.

French padel continues its explosion

These French Championships come at a time of very strong growth for the sport in France.

According to data released by the FFT, the country now has  850 practitioners including  469,000 identified on Ten'Up  and  346,600 FFT members .

Infrastructure development follows the same trend: France has  4 tracks , compared to 3,199 in the same period in 2025, representing a projected increase of  41,2% in one year The number of clubs offering padel now reaches  1 348 , up 31%.

On a global scale, the FFT mentions  more than 30 million practitioners  et  100 member countries  of the International Padel Federation.

Where to watch the 2026 French Padel Championships?

The broadcasts will take place on Padel Mag TV for the early rounds and the finals on the  Youtube channel  of the FFT.

For the decisive day of  Sunday 4 October The finals will be commentated by  Émilie Loit and Mario Cordero .

The matches will be played with the  Wilson bullets – Premier Padel The three judges appointed for the competition are  Michel Carnejac, Florian Couturier and Xabi Valdivielso .

Three French championship titles awarded to Agen on Sunday

Three competitions, three titles and several different stories will therefore intersect in Agen.

In the ladies,  Léa Godallier  will attempt to extend a streak that began in 2021, now with  Carla Toully In men,  Guichard / Vives  will defend their title against, among others, the return of  Blanqué / Leygue , in pairs  Bergeron / Fonteny but also to a new generation represented, among others, by  Boronad / Robert .

In wheelchair padel,  Husser-Walther / Boval  will try to retain a crown won in 2025.

The appointment is set for  October 2nd to 4th Padel Plus Agen , with the three finals scheduled for Sunday starting from  9:30 .

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