Arnaud Di Pasquale, Director of Mission padel at the FFT and Greenweez Paris Premier Padel Major was recently interviewed by the newspaper Les Echos.

During this interview, the former professional tennis player notably stated that in France, “We should soon reach a million” players. In other words, there should soon be a million padel players in France. This seems crazy when you consider that just a few years ago, most French people confused padel and paddle.

Those who confuse padel and paddle are obviously fewer and fewer in number.

It must be said that between the initiatives of the FFT and the almost planetary boom in activity, the number of players is exploding in France. At the last classification, there were approximately 45 competitors, barely just under half of what is found in Spain, the reference country at the global level. And with an estimate of 4 million of the number of players on the other side of the Pyrenees, we say that the million is certainly not far for France, which today already has nearly 500 players according to the lowest estimates. more optimistic.

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Last July, there were nearly 1600 padel courts, almost double the number found in 2021. And as Gilles Moretton said not long ago, If France had an entity dedicated solely to padel, it would “would be one of the five largest federations in France.” This shows the importance that the activity is taking on in France.

From there to catch up with Spain in a few years? It is not forbidden to believe in it!

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