The Mélissa Martin / Lorenz Ilg pair officially became the first French mixed pair by winning the Open Padel Attitude together in the P500 approved padel tournament.

As we now know, the FFT authorizes the establishment of approved mixed padel tournaments. The categories are the same as in the ladies' and gentlemen's padel tournaments.

By winning this first P500 padel tournament, history will remember that the first French number ones in mixed will be Mélissa Martin and Lorenz Ilg.

During this same weekend, Padel Marseille also offered a P250 mixed padel tournament… Mixed tournaments are becoming more popular and that’s a good thing!

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.