Native  Saint-astier  en  Dordogne , Lucas Pillon has joined the  Big Padel Jet Academy  from Bordeaux to progress and train with the  best french players . At 17, ranked  82th French , he hopes to make a place for himself in the  professional world of padel .

In September 2024, Lucas Pillon reached a milestone in his career as  paddle . After picking up his  Bachelor , he decides to leave his  Dordogne  native to join  Bordeaux   and  Big Padel Jet Academy  created by the coach  Jean-Thomas Peyrou  and two players they really like:  Dorian DeMeyer  et  Thomas Vaubance . “I discovered padel just four years ago, it's quite recent. Before, I played a racket sport, tennis,” assures Lucas Pillon. The  Gironde city  is a land of padel since it will host  28 June to 6 July  le  Bordeaux P2  of the circuit Premier Padel.

Aiming for national tournaments in 2025

In his  family , everyone plays this sport: “My father, my mother and even my sister!”, he smiles. In four years of padel, at 17 years old, Lucas Pillon is ranked  82th French . For 2025, it aims for the  national tournaments  before aiming at the  international competitions  : “I plan to participate in P15000 and P2000. In 2024, my best result remains a semi-final of the P1000 Cedars. I'm starting to get used to it, but I leave often.  alone  by train to the  weekend tournaments “It’s a pace of life to get into and not necessarily always pleasant,” he comments.

Right-handed and left-handed player

For now, Lucas Pillon is looking forward to playing  Bordeaux   where he rubs shoulders with the best French players: “I train with Maxime Joris, Nicolas Rouanet and Dorian De Meyer”.  Right-handed , the Bordeaux player enjoys playing  left  while not having any constraints to position himself on the right. “I am rather an aggressive player who wants to finish on the volley. It is much harder to defend while managing the windows.” He does not have a fixed partner, but  Lucas Pillon  often plays with his friend  Arthaud Dumoulin , aged 19, ranked  87th French .

Intense training

In January 2025,  Lucas Pillon  just stopped his  biology degree , and is fully focused on padel. “I haven't found my career path yet. I'm focused on padel and I'm thinking about going back to school next September.” He alternates between  1h30 to 3h  padel in the morning and twice a week during  1:30 am , he works with his  fitness trainer .

A sports fan, he watches the  tennis  with as idol  Roger Federer . “Dominic Thiem also impressed me with his one-handed backhand.” However, for the moment, he watches very few matches of  paddle . On the football side, since his childhood, he has followed the  Girondins of Bordeaux “This year, the fact that they were relegated to N2 (4th division, editor’s note) hurts,” he notes.

Direction Le Mans

When asked if he has succeeded in making his friends want to get into  paddle , the answer is yes: “I have a lot of friends from high school who loved it and they quickly took out their license to hold tournaments”. For his part, the  competitions  arrive quickly. On February 14,  Lucas Pillon  travels to Le Mans for the  P1000 UrbanPadel  then at home, on February 21, the  P1500 4Padel  is organized in Bordeaux.

Henri Pasquet

Passionate about soccer and tennis since I was a kid, I've been playing ping-pong for three years at a club in Nantes. More recently, I discovered padel! Basketball, rugby, golf, and motorsports: yet more new sports that I follow regularly. On the cultural side, since I love giving my opinion, I write film and video game reviews on my Instagram page, Silence ça Mix.

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