Padel is experiencing a big expansion and wins in popularity in many countries. This global expansion is reflected in the organization of tournaments FIP (International Federation of Padel) in increasingly varied destinations, such as the Japan, Australia, Peru...

We explain why European players tend to try their luck outside Europe despite sometimes very high financial costs.

Points Strategy

European players, in particular, find it interesting to participate in these tournaments outside Europe. Indeed, since padel is still relatively new in these countries, the level of play there is generally lower that in some European countries which have players of very high level. This situation creates a opportunity interesting:

  • FIP tournaments offer the same number of points regardless of their location.
  • The density of top players is often lower in tournaments outside Europe.
  • The chances of winning points are therefore higher for experienced European players.

Ranking issues

Competition is particularly strong to reach the top of the world rankings. A lack of points may be prohibitive for participating in the biggest world tournaments, such as the Premier Padel, who offer prize money (and these famous points) more important than the FIP tournaments. Some French players, such as Dylan Guichard, Julien Seurin or, Manu Vives travel around the world to participate in these FIP tournaments. This strategy allows them to accumulate valuable points for the world ranking.

One of the great specialists of this strategy was Jérémy Scatena. We can even say that he was one of the first to understand how the FIP Tour, based on the principle that in the long term, this approach would cost less in the medium term, provided that the player is aware of his level of play, to accelerate his development in the world ranking.

Jérémy Scatena: “Padel, the adventure of my life”

Today, this strategy is much more known among players and, therefore, even outside theEurope, the tables are now much more loaded than two years ago. This also explains why we see many WP (Wild Cards) in the qualifiers or early rounds as soon as the tables are published. Indeed, what is the point of spending a lot of money when you know that the chances of success are low?

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !

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