While professional players complain – rightly – of an overloaded 2023 calendar, which could theoretically force them to play between 35 and 40 tournaments, there are a few die-hard enthusiasts in France who make the pros look like little natures.

They achieved their “Top 10 goal”

The ten players who follow are not the top ten in the national ranking, but they are part of another Top 10: this one of the Top 1000 players who play more than 50 tournaments a year! And among these players, one of them is very well known: you can also try to recognize him in the photo above, taken during the round of 1000 of the last PXNUMX in Strasbourg.

► N°1 with 72 tournaments : Hugo Galibert, from Béziers, ranked 831e French

► N°2 with 69 tournaments : David Dumaye, from Luy du Béarn, ranked 783e

► N°3 with 67 tournaments : Thibault De Galbert, (Ile de France), ranked 536e

► N°4 with 66 tournaments : Clément Capdevielle Pere, from Luy du Béarn, ranked 910e

► N°5 with 64 tournaments : Mathieu Gorrias, from Béziers, ranked 455e

► N°6 with 63 tournaments : Emmanuel Martin, from Agen, ranked 102e

► N°7 with 61 tournaments : Matthieu Gonzalez, from Villemomble, ranked 137e

► N°7 with 61 tournaments : Cyril Hanouna, (AS padel aficionados), ranked 265e

► N°9 with 57 tournaments : David Cartier, from Orléans, ranked 522e

► N°10 with 50 tournaments : Patrick Tachet, from Rueil, ranked 686e.

More than one tournament per week

With the exception of the last one, all these players therefore play on average more than one tournament per week. A real professional pace, even if some events take place over a single day.

And for the few who would not have recognized the mystery player who poses in the photo above alongside Julien Seurin, François Authier and Pierre Vincent, here is the unblurred photo again:

Any resemblance to Cyril Hanouna would be purely intentional Photo 4Padel

Find the current ranking on the FFT website et full ranking history HERE

After 40 years of tennis, Jérôme falls into the pot of padel in 2018. Since then, he thinks about it every morning while shaving… but never shaves pala in hand! Journalist in Alsace, he has no other ambition than to share his passion with you, whether you speak French, Italian, Spanish or English.

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