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The FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok is scheduled for 14–20 September 2026 at Pista Samakom Racquet & Social Club in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi. The tournament brings men's and women's international competition to Greater Bangkok, with an €18,000 prize…
Competition
The Thailand Padel Association's Thai League 2026 plan sets out 18 leagues across six areas, offering Thai pairs a format built around repeated matches rather than a single tournament weekend. Its published blueprint combines local divisions, a 45-day…
Players & People
Thailand finished fourth in the professional-team competition at the 2026 Asia Pacific Padel Cup in Manila. The team reached the semi-finals before losing 3–0 to the Philippines, then fell 4–1 to India in the contest for third place.…
Competition
The Thailand Padel Association's published bylaws and competition documents place governance alongside a practical sporting agenda: player licences, rankings, regional leagues and national-team activity. For a player entering that system, the rules behind the competition help explain how…
Competition
The FIP Bronze High Velocity Phuket brings international padel to WAREHAUS.club in Choeng Thale, with the main draw beginning on 11 September and finals scheduled for 13 September 2026. The official FIP event listing gives the tournament an…
Business of Padel
Thailand's expanding padel map can be counted in several ways, and those measures do not always produce a single national total. The Thailand Padel Association's website publishes club and court figures alongside geographical listings, while other sporting platforms…
Players & People
Thailand completed the consolation stage of the 2025 Asia Pacific Padel Cup with victories over South Korea and Pakistan in Kuala Lumpur. The published competition results record a 3–0 win over South Korea in the consolation semi-final, followed…
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The draws are out for PPS #18 at Padel Bay. The Phuket weekend opens on Friday, with Thai-connected pairs in Saturday’s professional programme and finals scheduled for Sunday.
Players & People
Thailand's women's padel campaign at the 2025 FIP Asia Padel Cup in Doha forms part of the background to the country's preparations for the 2026 Asian Games. A later TV5HD report described the Thai women as finishing sixth…
Competition
Alba Pérez and Alba Gallardo won the women's title at the FIP Bronze Samui in May 2026, taking the final 6–2, 6–2. Jordi Casanova and Sergio Icardo secured the men's trophy through a longer route, recovering from a…
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Pattaya's July 2026 APPT Grand Slam brought professional and amateur padel together across nine categories, with titles for Altimires Ros and Gama González in the men's professional draw and Carlota and Elisabeth Estrada in the women's professional competition.…
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Alba Gallardo and Alba Pérez completed consecutive title wins in Thailand at the FIP Bronze Phangan in May 2026. After winning in Samui the previous week, they took the Phangan women's final 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 against Carmen Azcoitia…
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Eli Nogueras and Joanna Tao Yee Tan won the women's professional title at the APPT Pad Thai Grand Slam Bangkok, while Miguel González and Adrian Ronco took the men's crown. The event ran from 15 to 18 January…
Players & People
Natalie Narkprasert led the Thailand Padel Association's published women's 2026 ranking with 4,250 points in the late-August snapshot. Chattida Thimjapo was listed second on 3,000, while Gift Vitayaviroj and Ten Srirungraeng shared the next displayed position with 2,950…
