In 2020, Ladies are allowed to participate in certain men's tournaments. This is the big news this year. We will thus be able to play in approved men's tournaments against mixed pairs and even ladies pairs. A request from the players heard by the FFT.

If ladies can participate in men's tournaments, the FFT has however set up an assimilation system and very specific rules:

 - Possibility to register a lady in a men's tournament, up to and including the P 500

- Possibility, therefore, of having, in a men's tournament P 25, P 100, P 250 or P 500: a pair made up of 2 players; or a pair made up of a player and a player; or a pair made up of 2 players

- Classification equivalence to be assigned to a player participating in a men's tournament, for the establishment of pools and tables. A ranked player

between 1 and 20 => + 250 in the men's ranking

between 21 and 50 => + 800 in the men's ranking

between 51 and 100 => + 2000 in the men's ranking

between 101 and 500 => + 4000 in the men's ranking

501 and more => + 6000 in the men's ranking

Example: a player ranked 23 rd French will be ranked 823 (23 + 800) in the men's classification, and this classification of 823 will be used to calculate the weight of the pair. To be able to participate in a tournament, we reason by pair weight (addition of the two player rankings): Example: the player ranked N ° 18 wants to participate in a P 250 Men tournament with a boy ranked 458 th, the weight of the pair will therefore be: (18 + 250) + 458 = 726

Note: for Mixed events where only Mixed pairs are obligatorily composed of a woman and a man, no need to use these equivalences; the weight of the pair will simply be the sum of the player's rankings in their respective rankings.

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.