Padel tournaments explained: Premier Padel, the FIP Tour and the UK scene

Padel's tournament structure can look confusing from the outside. Here's how the main tours fit together, from the world's best players at Premier Padel down to the British domestic circuit.

Premier Padel: the top tier

Premier Padel is the world's top professional circuit. Its 2026 calendar has 26 tournaments in 18 countries, in four tiers:

• Majors (four events: Doha, Rome, Paris and Acapulco), with 2,000 ranking points for the winners.
• P1 (ten events, including London), with 1,000 points for the winners.
• P2 (eleven smaller events), with 500 to 600 points.
• Premier Padel Finals in Barcelona for the top 16 in the men's and women's rankings, with 1,500 points.

Source: LTA Padel: Your guide to Premier Padel.

The CUPRA FIP Tour

Below Premier Padel sits the CUPRA FIP Tour, run by the International Padel Federation. It has four categories: Platinum (300 points for the winners), Gold (150), Silver (80) and Bronze (40), plus the CUPRA FIP Finals (225). Source: Padel FIP: CUPRA FIP Tour categories and points. It gives players around the world a route to FIP ranking points, as with the FIP Bronze in Taunton.

How padel rankings work

FIP rankings combine results from Premier Padel, the CUPRA FIP Tour and other FIP events. A player's ranking is based on their best 22 results, and points count for 52 weeks. Source: CUPRA FIP Tour rulebook (PDF).

The British scene

In Britain, the LTA Padel British Tour is the top domestic competition, with Grade 1 and Grade 2 events over full weekends for prize money. For 2026 the LTA announced five FIP Tour events, seven Grade 1 events, 21 Grade 2 events and three FIP Promises junior tournaments, plus the LTA Padel National Championships. Source: LTA Padel: 2026 performance competition calendar.

The UK's FIP Tour events in 2026, according to the LTA's calendar, included:

• FIP Bronze Rocks Lane, Chiswick (4 to 10 May)
• FIP Silver HOP London Padel Open, Padel Hub Whetstone (18 to 24 May)
• FIP Silver Rathbones Jersey Island Padel, Jersey (27 July to 2 August)
• FIP Silver R3 Bullpadel Cup, Stratford Padel Club (5 to 11 October)
• FIP Bronze City Padel, Taunton (19 to 25 October)

Source: LTA Padel: 2026 performance competition calendar. Dates can change, and the LTA says a tournament is only confirmed once it's listed on the LTA competitions portal or the FIP website.

London Premier Padel P1 2026

Premier Padel came to Britain for the first time in August 2026, at Olympia in London. In the men's final, Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia beat Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. In the women's final, Claudia Fernández and Martina Calvo beat Delfina Brea and Gemma Triay 7-5, 6-3, and Calvo, at 18, became the youngest player to win a Premier Padel title. More than 20,000 fans attended across the week. Source: Premier Padel: London's first-ever champions.

Celebrity and charity events

Not everything is about rankings. The Pro Am Padel Tour pairs famous faces with top British players. Read how Team Goode won the 2026 Grand Final.

How to play in a padel tournament

LTA-sanctioned competitions are listed on the LTA Padel competitions pages, and results from them count towards official LTA Padel rankings. Source: LTA Padel: Competitions; LTA Padel: How to get started playing padel. Many clubs also run their own social tournaments and leagues, so ask at your local venue.