Classification Assimilations may be issued to certain foreign players, or to certain French players, so that their ranking reflects at best their level of play.

These assimilations can be delivered under certain conditions.

The foreign players concerned:

  • foreign players with a significant Ranking in their home country,
  • players with a very good international ranking (ranking FIP).
  • players classified, or having been ranked, at least 2 / 6 in tennis in France - presumed rankings are not taken into account (see chart below).

The French players concerned:

  • players who have played in the French team of Padel.
  • players who have (or have had recently) a significant ranking at the international level (ranking WPT).
  • players classified, or having been ranked, with the minimum + 2 / 6 in tennis (see chart below)

For any request for assimilation, please contact the Federal Department - sberrafato@fft.fr.

The Players who, at the time of the request, are classified, or have been classified in Tennis at least at +2/6, may benefit from an assimilation of Ranking to Padel.

This assimilation will be given according to the following grid, and taking into account their experience at Padel and their age.

Period of validity

Given the monthly payment of the Ranking of Padel, a Classification assimilation is valid for 1 year from its date of issue.

If a player has less than 10 tournaments in his prize list at the time of a Ranking Calculation, but despite this number of tournaments being less than 10, his calculated Ranking is better than his assimilation, the player then naturally enters the “ ranking ”, and its ranking will be calculated in the following months.

Moreover, as soon as a player has participated in 10 minimum tournaments over a period of 12 consecutive months, his assimilation is no longer valid and he naturally enters the Ranking Calculation.

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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