There is no data yet on racket sales from Padel in France. I analyzed the rackets of the top 100 French players (I only managed to find 86 players out of 100) and made the graph below. Among the top 100, Head largely dominates the market. I think this graph reflects fairly well what is happening on the French market. When you watch tournaments Padel, the photos on Facebook of the tournaments, you can see the domination of Head.

Head played the blow well, using all the experience it has acquired in the Spanish market and the large network it has built up in tennis clubs and with distributors such as Décathlon, to dominate the Padel French.

So of course, this chart is not perfect and does not represent perfectly the sales of rackets in France, but it nevertheless helps to show that the 100 first French players (which represent distribution channels because they have either fans or students) have a particular sponsor. The more 100 players you have with your brand, the more visibility you have in tournaments, social networks and clubs. So it's a good indicator.

I did the same analysis for the female TOP 30, and there again Head is largely in the lead.

I want to tell all readers of this study that this ranking, this graph does not reflect for me the superiority of one brand over another in terms of the quality of the racket (I specify that I do not work for any brand at the time I publish this study free of charge). I know the Spanish racket market very well. Padel and some really nice racket brands are not present in the graphics above.

All this to say that these graphs inform the reader about the state of the market but I do not want him to believe that it means that such or such has better products. No. All brands have very good products. I have preferences but I can not say that the X brand has the best racket on the market or that Y has the least good racket on the market. Each racket corresponds to different types of players. And a racket that pleases one may not match the other.

Below I put the link to two articles that establish the ranking of the best-selling rackets in Spain in 2015 (http: //Padelstar.es/tienda-de-Padel/ tienda-Padelstar / las-10-palas-mas-vendidas-del-2015-en-Padel-star/)

And the best rackets on the market at the start of 2016 (http: //Padelstar.es/tienda-de-Padel/ tienda-Padelstar / mejores-palas-Padel-2016 /) so that you realize that most of the leading brands in Spain are not represented in France.

So being the first on the French market does not mean having the best rackets. It only means that the brand Head had the best strategy (and good products obviously but others have too).

Below, I list all the brands of rackets from Padel sold on the largest Spanish online sales site specializing in Padel.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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