Your guide to Premier Padel as world's top circuit comes to London
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The arrival of the Premier Padel Tour in London this summer will give the British padel-playing community a thrilling first look at how the world's best practitioners play the game.
Premier Padel is the world's top global padel circuit featuring elite men's and women's players.
The 2026 Premier Padel calendar includes 26 tournaments in 18 countries, with Great Britain joining the roster for the first time when Olympia hosts the London Premier Padel P1 between 4-9 August.
Premier Padel calendar
Premier Padel's 26 tournaments this year are split into four tiers:
- Majors (four events) in Doha, Rome, Paris and Acapulco. Winners receive 2000 points
- P1 (10 events) across locations including London (winners receive 1000 points)
- P2 (11 events) Smaller tournaments (winners receive 500-600 points)
- Premier Padel Finals. The season-ending event in Barcelona for the top 16 players in men's and women's rankings (winners receive 1500 points)
As in other racket sports, performances at these tournaments earn players ranking points. Each player's best 22 results in a rolling 52-week period count towards their rankings.
Spain is, by some distance, the dominant nation in world padel, followed by Argentina, Italy, France and Portugal. As padel globalises, a wider variety of flags are starting to appear in the world's top 100, including Great Britain's.
Premier Padel Tour ranking points
The points system for Premier Padel and Cupra FIP Tour events is graded depending on the category of the tournament and the round achieved by the player.
The points system regulates access to tournaments according to players' performance levels.
| Major | P1 | P2 | |
| Winners | 200 | 1000 | 600 |
| Runners-up | 1200 | 600 | 360 |
| Semi-finalist | 720 | 360 | 180 |
| Quarter-finalist | 360 | 180 | 90 |
| Third round | 180 | 90 | 45 |
| Second round | 90 | 45 | 22 |
| First round | 35 | 22 |
Points accrued by players at each event count towards their world ranking. The 22 best results achieved by players on the Premier Padel and FIP circuits over a 52-week cycle will form their FIP ranking.
Players must match or better their performance from the same weeks of the previous year to retain points in their ranking. The loss of points at the end of each cycle is automatic.
These are replaced by the result obtained in the corresponding week of the current year.
Who are the players to look out for at the London Premier Padel P1 event?
Men
In the men's game, the formidable partnership of Agustin Tapia and Arturo Coello have been the world No.1s for three consecutive seasons. Their lethal Argentine-Spanish combination of power, technical acumen and attacking flair will be a treat for audiences in London this summer.
The world No.2 men's pair is also a combination of Spanish and Argentine brio. Aljandro Galan and Federico Chingotto regularly battle with their rivals Tapia and Coello, and a new chapter in their famous list of duels could unfold at Olympia.
Although he's now world No.5, it would be remiss not to mention the legendary Juan Lebron. He was the world's top player for four years (2019-2022) when playing with Galan. Now partnered with phenomenal smasher Leo Augsburger, 31-year-old Lebron remains one of Premier Padel's biggest crowd pullers.
Women
World No.1 pairing Gemma Triay and Defina Brea (another Spanish-Argentine combination) have reached the final in 14 of their last 15 Premier Padel tournaments together. Triay brings the panache, Brea contributes smooth, consistent control.
Their main rivals are Spain's Ariana Sanchez and Paula Josemaria. They have won eight Premier Padel titles together in the last 12 months.
Beatriz Gonzalez brings boundless energy to the arena, and fellow Spaniard Claudia Fernandez is a fast-rising 20-year-old. Together, they won last year's Premier Padel Tour Finals in Barcelona.
Will any Brits be playing at the London Premier Padel P1 event?
Britain's best players, including respective men's and women's No.1s Christian Medina Murphy and Aimee Gibson, usually compete on the FIP Tour, which is the tier just below Premier Padel.
However, several British players, including Murphy, Gibson, British No.2 Catherine Rose and No.3 Tia Norton have taken part in qualifying draws at Premier Padel events.
It is anticipated some British players will be offered wildcards to compete at London Premier Padel P1, offering British fans an exciting opportunity to see the home favourites jostle with the world's best players.
Tickets for the London Premier Padel P1 event go on pre-sale for LTA Advantage members on 23 April before general sale starts on 24 April. To sign up for Advantage membership, click the link below.
