• Prize money of 1000 € or more per event (lots not counted)
  • Application for homologation: at least 8 weeks before the start of the tournament
  • Referee: JAT2 minimum (the JA of a P 1000 can not in any player of the tournament he organizes)
  • Arbitration of non-compulsory parties
  • P 1000 Men: minimum teams per event - selected according to the Ranking of Padel. Attention: 24 minimum male teams are required for a P 1000, however:
    • If the tournament has 8 teams 23, it will be approved in P 500 and not P 1000. The prize money will however have to be distributed as originally announced
    • If the tournament has 4 to 7 teams, it will then go to P 250, the announced prize money to be distributed
    • If the tournament has less than 4 teams, the event may take place but will not be homologated. The prize money announced initially will have to be distributed
  • P 1000 Women or Mixed: 12 teams minimum per event - selected according to the Ranking of Padel. Attention: 12 minimum teams are required for a P 1000 Ladies or Mixed, however:
    • If the tournament has 8 to 11 teams, the points distributed will be equivalent to those of a P 500 and not a P 1000. The prize money will however have to be distributed as originally announced
    • If the tournament has 4 to 7 teams, it will then go to P 250, the announced prize money to be distributed
    • If the tournament has less than 4 teams, the event may take place but will not be homologated. The prize money announced initially will have to be distributed

       P 1000 Gentlemen:

  • P 1000 Gentlemen's tournaments are open to Clubs with a minimum of 3 homologated pitches (covered or uncovered) on the same site, and having a minimum clear height of 7m.
  • For P 1000 Gentlemen only, it is desirable that a "central" court (main court) can allow players to leave the field, on both sides, from the semi-finals.

P 1000 Ladies or Mixed:

  • P 1000 Ladies or Mixed tournaments are open to Clubs with a minimum of 2 homologated pitches (covered or uncovered) on the same site, and having a clear height of 7m minimum.

For any P 1000 tournament, Men, Women or Mixed:

  • A kinesitherapist or osteopath must be made available free of charge throughout the competition.
  • A weight room, warm up should be made available free of charge throughout the competition.
  • Catering possible on site (fee).
  • A “players' evening”, in the form of a dinner at the Club (for a fee), must be organized and offered to participants the day before the last day.
  • Sports formula:
    • the Final Men's Table must have 24 minimum teams
    • the Final Ladies or Mixed Table must have 12 minimum teams
  • Format (s) matches:

P 1000 Gentlemen & Ladies:

  • Qualifications: at the choice of the organizer
  • Final score: up to 1 / 8e finals: 1 or 2 format
  • Quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals: mandatory 1 format
  • Possible classification matches: at the choice of the organizer

P 1000 Mixed:

  • Formats at the choice of the organizer so as to respect, if a player participates in DM and DMX, or a player in DD and DMX, the rules relating to the maximum number of matches per day depending on the formats used.

Classification matches: be careful, if classification matches have been announced, they will have to be played and will award the points corresponding to the final ranks obtained (see points scales). A pair not wishing to play in the classification matches will in fact obtain the last rank corresponding to their round of the table.

  • 3 new balls for each game (except classification matches where new balls are not required)
  • The tournament must take place on 4 maximum days.
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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