THEAPT Padel Tour has been generating much ink for several weeks with the announcement of its stages in America and Europe. The professional circuit of padel who wants to be “the most international in the world”Shows the muscules facing the World Padel Tour.

18 dates for 12 countries: Say it all!

The organizers of the APT Padel Tour announced the 18 dates of the circuit in 2021. It will be observed that these announcements were made before the announcements of World Padel Tour for 2021. A sign?

Both in terms of competitions and financially, the APT Padel Tour hits hard and above all demonstrates just one thing:

Le padel must internationalize as much as possible. Spain and Argentina are countries of padel, and it is obviously a very nice showcase. But if we want to participate in its development: We must not stay on these achievements.

the founder and president of the APT explained to us Padel Tower, Fabrice Pastor.

APT Padel Tour is the most international professional circuit in the world. And we will show it.

Objectively, difficult not to confirm this trend clearly assumed and desired by its President.

  1. February 15-21: The Chilean Open in Santiago de Chile2021 apt calendar padel tour
  2. March 15-21: The Master of Paraguay in Asuncion
  3. April 5-11: The Monaco Open in Monaco
  4. April 12-18: The Belgian Open
  5. May 3-9: the Argentine Open
  6. May 10-16: the Las Vegas Masters in the USA
  7. May 17-23: the Mexican Open
  8. June 7-13: the Master of Madrid
  9. June 12-18: Finnish Open
  10. June 19-25: the Swiss Open
  11. August 2-8: The Grand Master of Rosario in Argentina
  12. September 13-19: The Master of Portugal
  13. September 20-26: the Seville Open in Spain
  14. October 11-17: The Grand Master of Sweden
  15. October 25-31: San Diego Open
  16. 1-7 November: the Torreón Open in Mexico
  17. November 8-14: Miami Open in the USA
  18. December 8-12: Master Final

The 18 events of padel will take place in 12 different countries: South America, North America and Europe.

An important Price Money

In terms of Price Money, for a second edition, we are in high standings. We have 3 types of events:

  • Open: $ 35
  • Masters: $ 60
  • Grand Master: 100 euros

As you will have noticed, the players of the World Padel Tour who think they have no chance of reaching the final table of the World Padel Tour could therefore make a very good economic operation by playing on the APT Padel Tower. And this is one of the arguments of this circuit.

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Weak points?

The ladies are sorely missed?

Obviously, the critics could focus on the fact that there are a priori no or few ladies events in 2021.

But without being in the right mood: Is there room for 2 professional circuits of padel at the ladies for now? Do professional players support the APT Padel Tour and would be ready to participate?

We know that World Padel Tour will suffer losses in its ranks among players of the top 100/200/300 world men. There will certainly be more to gain from the APT side Padel Only round of the WPT for those who are blocked by the best players of the World Padel Tour. Finally, the pool of players remains important throughout Europe. And the standard is very high.

For the ladies, the majority will stay in the WPT for now. And the APT Padel Tour believes that it could be counterproductive to try to throw in parallel to the men's events, the women's events. This could be a second step after the launch of the men's editions.

Some will criticize, others will think it is well thought out. We're waiting for your comments.

The best players in the world will stay at the WPT?

For the first editions, this will certainly be the case. The bet of the APT Padel Tour is to show, prove and then attract the best players in the world.

Behind the scenes, players from World Padel Tour of the top 100 who all want to remain anonymous and avoid possible sanctions speak:

"The WPT is made for the world's TOP 20. The rest is forgotten. ”

Saying it publicly is impossible at the moment. Perhaps with this circuit, tongues could be untied.

Note, however, that the World Padel Tour remains the benchmark circuit and that it offered an exceptional show in 2020, despite the health crisis.

For professional players, for entertainment and for the development of padel in the world, this competition will hopefully be healthy and very interesting for the future.

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.