After the American epic, where the International Federation of padel (FIP) had validated, confirmed, and communicated on Miami for the world championship of padel 2015, it is finally Malaga which is chosen, thus thumbing its nose at the other candidate cities, including Miami in particular.

It must be said that the affair of the world championships of padel has become quite a story.

WPT, PPT, fep, FEP, FIP?

Between the Padel Pro Tour (PPT), World Padel Tour (WPT), the International Federation of Padel (FIP), the Spanish Federation of Padel (FEP) and the European Federation of padel, it becomes very complicated to know who does what.

Without going into detail that is not so interesting that we try to make a point about the various institutions.

First, the World Padel Tour (WPT) is somewhat equivalent to padel from ATP to tennis. The WPT is the professional circuit of padel as are ATP tournaments in tennis. The WPT is a private institution that looks like a franchise. To run a tournament World Padel Tour, you have to pay at least the tidy sum of 150 € (for a stage). As in tennis, there are different types of WPT tournaments namely the challengers since this year which are pro tournaments but where the best players do not participate, the WPT stages and finally the Master rank (as is that of Monte Carlo Master next September).

Le Padel Pro Tour (PPT) was the benchmark professional tour a few years ago. But until 2013 there was a war between the WPT and The PPT. This war continued in the courts. It was the PPT that won. Problem, the WPT had meanwhile become the benchmark of the professional circuit. Finally, the PPT and the WPT basically merged by dividing up roles.

The Spanish Federation is obviously the most imposing Federation since it has millions of licensees and has become, according to it, more important than the Spanish Tennis Federation. But that's yet another debate. Its ambition is to establish itself as the benchmark Federation on the world level which obviously is not to the taste of the International Federation of Padel.

During this time, a few years ago, a new Federation was born: The European Federation of Padel. An open conflict therefore opens between this new European Federation and the FIP. Reason given by the FEP: The FIP would not be legitimate.

Last quack: Miami is grilled politeness by Malaga and PPT

Last January, thunderclap in Miami: The Padel Pro Tour calls into question the world championships of padel in Miami and this, while the FIP had already communicated and validated this place. How did we get there ?

The TPP became at least for this year the organizing company of these world championships. She considers that she has not been consulted for this award. It also recalls that it is contractually bound to the FIP. It is he (the PPT) who is supposed to be in the front positions for the world championships until 2017.

In January, the PPT surprised the FIP by canceling the attribution of the world championships of padel at Miami.

3 months later, the PPT finally formalizes the attribution of the world championships of padel on the land of the famous player Caroline Navarro: Malaga.

The competition will take place from 9 to 15 November 2015.

Franck Binisti - Padel Magazine
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.

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