The WPT Human Padel Open 2023 approaching!

As we told you previously, on Thursday May 11, at the premises of TBS Education in Toulouse, the press conference was held to present the second edition of the WPT Human Padel Open, which will take place at Toulouse Sports Center from June 12 to 18, 2023.

Robin Haziza, Tournament Director, invited prestigious guests who were present for this preview: Tony Parker, President of T&T Global Management, Jean-Luc Moudenc, Mayor of Toulouse, Stephanie Lavigne, Director General of TBS Education, Line Malric, Vice-President of the Departmental Council of Haute-Garonne, Kamel Chibli, Vice-President in charge of education, guidance, youth and sports, as well as the partners of the event.

The Managing Director of T&T Padel Events and the tournament, Robin Haziza, announced that this new 2023 edition promises to be “more spectacular than the 2022 edition”.

Human Conference Padel Open — Photo credits Michel Mantovani

A successful first edition

The first edition of the Human Padel Open had made it possible to write the history of padel in France with nearly 12 000 spectators come to admire the best days in the world in Toulouse in an exceptional atmosphere.

The top of the world scene present during the second edition

The second edition of the Human Padel Open will be an opportunity to vibrate once again at the Palais des Sports André Brouat.

It's again the 20 Best Women's and Men's World Pairs, as well asthe tricolor headliners who will be present in Toulouse.

We remember last year this epic final between Ale Galán and Juan Lebrón who lost this magnificent final and this memorable match point.

A new setup

For the 2023 edition, this success, these full stands during the 2022 edition, made the tournament organizers want to reconfigure the hall of the Palais des Sports.

A single configuration therefore awaits the 15 fans hoped for at the Palais des Sports in Toulouse. The central court will be specially laid out in an arena of 4 200 places, redesigned for break the attendance record for a match of padel in France. Otherwise, courts 2 and 3 will also be located at Small Sports Palace.

In the heart of Toulouse, the Human Padel Open will offer spectators, from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 June, a unique experience favored by this unity of place. On the program, matches from 9:30 a.m. until the end of the night (with attractive prices from €10 to €69), a dynamic general public village with catering areas, commercial stands and numerous activities were also think.

A unique device and worldwide media coverage

In 2023, the only French stage of the World Padel Tour will benefit from an exceptional media device with national and international broadcasting of the tournament in more than 150 countries.

A village for the general public with multiple activities will be set up during the event, with more than 3 visitors in the hospitality areas.

In France, the matches will be broadcast in full on theChannels of the Canal group and the final will be broadcast on Canal+, guaranteeing a single audience for the padel.

RMC, which will be at the heart of the event, will relay the various results, as will the teams of Padel Magazine.

Robin Haziza, Director of Human Padel Open

“Tony Parker is a legend of French sport, but is also an accomplished entrepreneur, and this is the obvious link with the place where we are currently, TBS Education, a school of international management recognized in the world.

For this second edition, of course, there are partners who are essential and the most important partners, today, are obviously our communities which have enabled Toulouse and the Occitanie region and the Haute-Garonne department to receive for the first time in history, last year, the best players in the world.

At the start, it was not won! In the end, the room was full, we had an exceptional show and obviously, I am very happy to be able to count on the support and guidance of the communities once again.

I would like to warmly thank all the partners of the event who, in addition to being more numerous than last year, are enormously committed to promoting the tournament.

Le padel is experiencing considerable growth in France. Make the Human a long-term Padel Open is an objective that will allow as many people as possible to discover this wonderful discipline.”

Toulouse, city of choice

Line Malric: “The Haute-Garonne departmental council is very happy to be once again a partner of this beautiful event which last year was a resounding success. Despite the great heat on the site, people came and the players played well.

We have a proactive policy and a desire to always link professional, high-level sport and amateur sport, but also to develop the practice of sports, and in particular padel throughout our Haut-Garonne territory.

This is why we organize our partnership by investing in the equipment that is used for the tournament, and which will then be implemented in the territory.

Kamel Shibli: “I would like to thank TBS for welcoming us today, all the elected officials, the parliamentarians, the partners, Robin but also Tony. It is true that initially padel was something very new but it's since something that has germinated well.

When I met both of you a few months ago, it's true that I was quite skeptical. I had trouble imagining that this practice could become a performance practice, even more so through the television dimension. But it went rather well, with attendance beyond our expectations in Toulouse, which is a city very marked by sport.

bring the padel for an event as important as this was a courageous ambition because inevitably when you organize an event, you have to find partners, have people … but I am very happy with the result obtained.

There are a lot of people who will come from all over France, from Spain, but also from all over the world. For us, it's a real satisfaction and for the economy it's also important. Through this event, the image of Toulouse is also important.

Tony is also an asset. Beyond the personality he embodies in terms of the medals, of everything he has won, we know the man, the humility of the person. He has this human side which is a real added value, at least for the younger generations who listen to him. It is a satisfaction for us to also have this image of ambassador that he embodies on the desire to develop sport in our territories and to develop the practice.

Stephanie Lavigne: “When students are asked where they want to study, Toulouse has topped the list for several years now. A city that has been accumulating sports awards lately and a school, TBS Education, which wanted to join this partnership. So we are today a partner of the Human Padel Open 2023 which is held in Toulouse. It's a big sporting event in the world of padel !

TBS is a school that has been a pioneer in the proposal of a sports retraining program for top athletes. Terre d'Occitane and Toulouse oblige, we had dedicated it to rugby players. And so for several years, we offered rugby players who were reaching the end of their career a sports retraining program around entrepreneurship and around structural management..

And with this skill, I am happy to announce that TBS will announce in a few weeks very interesting things concerning training that will be dedicated to management professions – sport. So TBS has the ambition to position itself as a key player, a benchmark player in the sports world.”

Official program

Eleonore Coulibaly

What a pleasure to be a journalist in the middle of the padel, an attractive growing sport. I hope you enjoy the content offered. See you soon perhaps on the slopes!