In France, the first tournament of the year 2025 in Europe is scheduled in Mondeville near Caen in Calvados from January 7 to 12. Many French pairs will try to win the title!

This is a first for Mondeville to host a tournament with international level players for a prize money of €8. On the courts of Padel Shot, for men, there are 9 pairs that are 100% French.

Maxime Moreau (136) is playing this competition with Bilal Duprat (981). An unprecedented association on a FIP Tour. However, the pair seems unbalanced and it will take a great Bilal to allow the pair to hope in this tournament. Winning this first FIP ​​Bronze of the year would be a surprise for the pair.

Bilal Duprat / Maxime Moreau

Maxime Forcin (426) is accompanied by the experienced Spaniard Adria Mercadal (141). On paper, he is certainly one of the big contenders for victory.

Maxime Forcin and Adria Mercadal fip caen

Among the girls, we will find two 100% French pairs and a pair made up of two nationalities: Marianne Vandaele (252ᵉ) associated with the Swiss woman Gaëlle Rey (322ᵉ).

Marianne Vandaele smash

The French pair, Steffi Merah (306)/Melissa Martin (217) have not played since November and have 44 points. Will Normandy be a region that smiles on the French? The answer will be available from January 7 in Mondeville for the start of the 2025 padel season.

Steffi Merah and Melissa Martin FIP CAEN
Henri Pasquet

Passionate about football and tennis, for three years, I have discovered another racket sport, ping-pong. And I dream of becoming the new French prodigy! Otherwise, on the cultural side, I love giving my opinion so I write film and video game reviews.

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