Scheduled on October 21, 22, 23 at Toulouse padel club, the French Championships “in pairs” are approaching with great strides. It is already time to see what awaits us for this great celebration of padel.

Some key information to remember

The playing conditions

The FFT has revealed to us some rather interesting information which allows us to find out more about the conditions for welcoming players.

  • 8 tracks will be reserved for the competition
  • 3 will be reserved for training

In addition, players will be able to train from Thursday (i.e. October 20) from 10 a.m., by making reservations directly with the club at +09 (86)14 54 35 XNUMX XNUMX.

For the other days, reservations for training slots will be made directly with the referees of the competition.

Match Format, Main Draws and Placement Matches

Regarding the formula adopted for the competition, we remain on a classic match format, that is to say that we will have:

  • A format in 3 sets of 6 games + decisive game for all matches with change of balls in the 3rd set
  • All matches will be played without exits, with the exception of the finals for which exits will be authorized

A 12th track will be reserved on Saturday and Sunday for a free initiation “ Discovery padel » for the general public (loan of Wilson rackets and balls).

Formula and promotion of the competition

The competition will be in the format of a multi-chance tournament (each pair will play 5 matches in total: 2 matches on Friday, 2 matches on Saturday and 1 match on Sunday). It is expected that all pairs will play all matches over the 3 days.

In the event of a forfeit, the pair will be placed in the last row of the round in question!

Other information to remember : the French Championship is valued in P3000 and all pairs
will be ranked from 1 to 32 at the end of the competition.

Provisional programming

Friday October 21:

Morning: 1/16th final from 9 a.m.

Afternoon: 1/8th finals and classification matches

Saturday October 22:

Morning: 1/4 final and classification matches from 9 a.m.

Afternoon: 1/2 finals and classification matches

Sunday October 23:

Morning: classification matches from 9 a.m.

10 a.m.: men's final followed by the women's final

As for the prize-giving, this will take place on the track, after the finals.

Focus on qualified pairs

What thrills the hearts of enthusiasts of padel and of sport more particularly, it is competition. And to be honest, we do too!

In order for you to have an idea of ​​the different statuses (if you are not aware) we have decided to focus on the different favorites, underdogs and pairs to watch, whether on the ladies' or men's side.

Pairs qualified Ladies French championships 2022
Qualified pairs for the 2022 French championships

For the ladies: Godallier / Collombon, the team to beat

As in 2021, Léa Godallier and Alix Collombon will be the big favorites in the competition for the ladies. By analyzing the situation in all lucidity, despite the general progress of the padel women, there is still a gap between them and the rest of the teams and they should, in all likelihood, retain their title obtained last year.

Godallier Collombon victory P2000 Pyramids 2022
Collombon Godallier after their victory during the P2000 des Pyramides 2022

However, the competition is likely to be particularly interesting to follow, because behind it is the blur. Several pairs appear as potential rivals: Invernon / Soubrie, Ginier / Pothier, Detriviere / Martin, Ros / Lefevre or even Ligi / Clergue to name but a few.

To be clear, the clashes promise to be particularly fierce between all these pairs which seem very close to each other in terms of level.

Among the gentlemen: the duel Bergeron / Tison vs Blanqué / Leygue headlining, but…

The fight promises to be particularly tight among the men. Between the Bergeron/Tison pair which arrives with its number 1 seed status and the Blanqué/Leygue pair which won two P2000s this year, we are going to be served.

It was also the poster for the final of the 2021 edition of the French championships. Bergeron and Tison had then taken over their vis-à-vis. But watch out for Blanqué and Leygue who will arrive with a knife between their teeth, with the aim of leaving this time with the trophy.

tison bergeron fip rise canet
Benjamin TisonJohan Bergeron
Bastien Blanqué and Thomas Leygue victory p2000
Bastien Blanque Thomas Leygue

Just as with girls, many pairs appear as potential outsiders who would be on the lookout for the slightest misstep. We can think of Maigret/Scatena, Grue/Moreau, Inzerillo/Forcin, Authier/Lopes, Cancel/Guichard, or even Vives/Auradou (who won the Mas P2000 this year).

A panel of particularly formidable rivals who will have only one objective: to shake up the current hierarchy to hope to dream bigger.

See you from October 21 at Toulouse padel club for a show that promises to be monumental!

Nasser Hoverini

Passionate about football, I discovered the padel in 2019. Since then, it's been crazy love with this sport to the point of abandoning my favorite sport.

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