FFT Padel : what you need to know about the new assimilation rules in 2025

From August 2025 , the French Tennis Federation updates its assimilation rules for the FFT padel ranking , with the aim of better reflecting the real level of players, whether they are foreign or French, former tennis players, or active on international circuits such as the FIP Premier Padel ou A1 Padel .

Objective: greater fairness between player profiles

The FFT wants to ensure that any player starting or returning to the system has a FFT padel ranking consistent with your level of play , especially if he has already performed internationally or in another discipline such as tennis.

These classification assimilations concern several profiles:

Players ranked on the FIP circuit Premier Padel
Tour players A1 Padel
Players who had a good FFT tennis ranking
Players previously ranked in FFT padel ranking
Players who have been selected for the national team

Automatic assimilation for the best French FIP

Now the FIP ranking is integrated into the FFT hierarchy:

At the Men , any French player ranked in the Top 300 FIPs at the time of publication of the FFT ranking will be assigned an FFT ranking ranging from 1 to N .
At the Women , this rule applies to Top 200 FIPs , with a numbering of 1 to N .

This allows international performances to be valued directly in the national ranking.

Men

Best FIP ranking obtained	2025	2024 to 2022
1 to 50	1	10
51 to 100	2	15
101 to 150	10	25
151 to 200	15	30
201 to 250	25	40
251 to 300	30	75
301 to 400	40	150
401 to 500	50	300
501 to 600	75	ND
601 years and +	ND	ND

Women

Best FIP ranking obtained	2025	2024 to 2022
1 to 25	1	5
26 to 50	2	10
51 to 100	3	20
101 to 150	10	30
151 to 200	15	40
201 to 250	25	80
251 to 300	30	100
301 to 400	40	120
401 years and +	ND	ND

FIP assimilations for other players

A FFT assimilation grid is intended for players (men and women) ranked outside the Top 300 / 200 FIP.

Example for men:

A ranked player 101st FIP in 2025 will be assimilated 10th FFT
A ranked player 401th FIP will be assimilated 50th FFT
Outside the top 600 FIP: no assimilation possible

For women :

A ranked player 51th FIP in 2025 will be assimilated 3th FFT
A 251st FIP will have an FFT ranking of 30

Assimilations for the A1 circuit Padel

Le A1 classification Padel is also taken into account:

Gentlemen:

No. 1 to 20 → assimilated 10 FFT
No. 21 to 40 → 25 FFT
No. 41 to 100 → 50 FFT

Ladies:

No. 1 to 20 → 5 FFT
No. 21 to 40 → 10 FFT
No. 61 to 100 → 80 FFT

For affected players, the best ranking between FIP and A1 Padel is retained .

Men

Ranking A1 Padel	FFT Assimilation
No. 1 to 20	10
No. 21 to 40	25
No. 41 to 100	50
No. 101 to 200	100
No. 201 and more	ND

Women

Ranking A1 Padel	FFT Assimilation
No. 1 to 20	5
No. 21 to 40	10
No. 41 to 60	30
No. 61 to 100	80
No. 101 and more	Not determined

Tennis players: a second life in padel

Any player who has been ranked 15 or better in FFT tennis these last 20 years can benefit from a padel assimilation:

Example in men:

Former 1st tennis series → 600th padel
Former 3/6 to 15 → between 7.500 and 20.000 depending on the year
Former -15 tennis → 2.500 to 7.500 padel FFT

Example in women:

Ancient 2nd numbered tennis series → between 150 and 1.500 FFT padel
Ancient 1st tennis series → 100 to 500 FFT padel

⚠️ Attention: as soon as a player assimilated through tennis has played 12 FFT padel tournaments in 12 months , he cannot never benefit again of a new assimilation linked to tennis.

Applicable to players who have been ranked at least 15 in tennis (excluding presumed levels).

Men

Tennis Rankings	N to N-5	N-6 to N-15	N-16 to N-20
15/1 and below	No	No	No
3/6 to 15	7 500	12 500	20 000
+2/6 to 0	5 000	7 500	12 500
-2/6 to -15	2 500	5 000	7 500
2nd numbered series	1 500	2 500	5 000
1st series	600	1 500	2 500

Women

Tennis Rankings	N to N-5	N-6 to N-15	N-16 to N-20
15/1 and below	No	No	No
3/6 to 15	1 500	5 000	7 500
+2/6 to 0	500	2 500	5 000
-2/6 to -15	300	1 500	2 500
2nd numbered series	150	500	1 500
1st series	100	250	500

Reclassification from an old padel ranking

The players who have been well ranked FFT padel since October 2018 can achieve assimilation, even after a break:

Example gentlemen:

Former n°500 FFT padel in N-2 → 3.000 in 2025 setups
Old top 50 → 200 FFT padel
Old top 20 → 100 FFT padel

Example ladies:

Old No. 300 → 1.000 FFT padel
Former top 50 → 80 FFT
Former top 20 → 50 FFT

Men

Old padel ranking	N to N-2	N-3 to N-5	N-6 to N-10
10.001 to 15.000	20 000	30 000	50 000
5.001 to 10.000	10 000	20 000	30 000
2.001 to 5.000	7 500	10 000	20 000
1.001 to 2.000	6 000	7 500	10 000
501 to 1.000	3 000	5 000	7 500
301 to 500	1 500	3 500	5 000
101 to 300	500	2 000	3 500
51 to 100	300	1 000	2 000
21 to 50	200	600	1 000
TOP 20	100	300	600

Women

Old padel ranking	N to N-2	N-3 to N-5	N-6 to N-10
1.001 years and +	No reclassification possible
501 to 1.000	1 500	3 000	5 000
301 to 500	1 000	1 500	2 500
201 to 300	600	1 000	1 500
101 to 200	300	600	1 000
51 to 100	150	300	600
21 to 50	80	150	300
TOP 20	50	80	120

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.