The expert in audit and data analysis, Gille Fiolet, discusses the development of the padel in France by targeting players from padel and leagues. New licensees, the most active players in the padel during the last month ...

We will try to give you an overall point before going back in detail a little later on the stats of the padel French. (Subscriber access)

As expected, the month of August has not been conducive to the recruitment of new licensees ... holidays require

1 / A number of licensees padel influenced by the holidays ...

The figures for September are not the best in terms of new licensees. It was expected because the holidays have been there. One can even positiver by noting that there have been more 200 new licensees, which is more 200 less than the previous months ... But still interesting to note that we remain in the positive.

Growth in the number of licensees continues on its upward trend with nearly 7.500 licensed

2 / The players who have played the most and who have progressed the most in the FFT ranking is ...

Here is a graph "fun": the best progress of the players of the month with one color per league.

Based on this graph, we see that the tournaments of padel were rather in the south or at least the most important tournaments. The players were rather active in the south because the PACA league and the Occitanie league were where the players gleaned the most points.

In women, especially Occitanie:

In men, PACA:

3 / Other analysis:

In Occitania, women have taken power: there is more top 100 in women than in men (compared to August).

Which is consistent with the previous graph.

18 players in September for 17 players

14 versus 17 in August.

Gilles Fiolet

Gilles Fiolet discovered the padel 5 years ago in the Hauts de France and has been passionate about this sport since then, which he practices on the fields and in front of the streams. Consultant in the world of Data, he combines and has fun with his 2 passions to analyze the performance of padel in France, leagues and players. He does not despair of seeing his name appear one day in the best progressions of the year… Veteran category.

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