Yoan Boronad reaches the best world ranking of his career: 167th in the world

Yoan Boronad continues his ascent. At 18 years old, the Frenchman reached 167th in the world rankings this week, the best FIP ranking of his young career. This progress rewards a particularly consistent 2026 season on the international circuit and several important results in recent weeks.

The bar continues to rise for Yoan Boronad The Frenchman now appears at the 167th place in the FIP ranking with 345 points , which is his best career ranking. He gained five places in this latest update. (and one 151st place in the Race 2026 .

A rapid progression, since Boronad had joined the top 200 in the world in February 2026 .

A semi-final in Mol that pays out

His latest result is his FIP Bronze Mol semi-final , in Belgium, alongside Jeremy Robert .

Seeded 9th, the French pair began by dominating Samuel Jones / Nikhil Mohindra 6 / 2 6 / 0 , before winning an all-French duel against Philémon Raichman / Tristan Piombo 7 / 5 6 / 1 .

In the quarter-finals, Boronad and Robert achieved the performance of their tournament by defeating the 3rd seed, Christian Medina Murphy / Alberto Garcia Jimenez, after a hard-fought battle: 6/3 6/7 7/6 .

The journey finally came to an end. in the semi-final against Douglas Rutgersson / Sergio Nieto Simon, seeded 8th: 7 / 6 6 / 1 .

This semi-final earns 14 FIP points to Boronad and directly fuels his progress in the rankings.

Consistent results since the beginning of summer

Boronad's progress, however, is not solely based on his result in Mol. Quite the contrary.

Since the beginning of June, the Frenchman has racked up impressive performances: Quarter-final at the FIP Silver Bandol, semi-final at the FIP Bronze Lanzarote, quarter-final at the FIP Silver Narbonne , then round of 16 at the FIP Silver Alcalá de Guadaíra.

He also scored points on the circuit Premier Padel.

Au Bordeaux P2 Boronad obtains a Wild-Card for the first round of the main draw, credited with 22 points A few weeks later, at Pretoria P1 This time, he made it through the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw, with 32 extra points , its best accounting contribution among its results currently displayed by the FIP.

Pretoria P1: Boronad and Fonteny come very close to a big win against Fernandez and Vilariño

In Pretoria, associated with Timeo Fonteny Boronad had even come very close to another big upset against the Spaniards José Jiménez Casas / Mario Huete Hernández in the first round of the main draw.

28 wins in 47 games in 2026

Statistics also allow us to measure the progress of French.

Since the beginning of 2026, Boronad has competed 47 international matches, with 28 wins and 19 losses. i.e 59,6% win rate Throughout his young international career, his record is 29 wins and 22 losses.

These figures are all the more interesting given that the player, originally from Perpignan, was born on September 12, 2007 He is only 18 years old. He is trained at the My Center Palavais by Yannick Maurel and Benjamin Tison .

New deadlines with Jérémy Robert

This progression also comes at a time when Boronad is beginning a new association with Jeremy Robert for the second part of the season. Their first outing in Mol therefore immediately concluded with a semi-final.

The two Frenchmen must, in particular, continue their association with FIP Bronze Marne II where Robert will revisit a tournament he won in the first edition.

FIP Bronze Marne II: Robert returns to defend his title, with Boronad by his side

For Yoan Boronad, the objective now will be to continue this momentum. 167th in the world at 18 years old The Frenchman has never been so high in the FIP rankings.

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.