LANDMARK DEAL FOR ITALY TO HOST PREMIER PADEL MAJOR IN MAY

The International Padel Federation (FIP), the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT) and Sport e Salute (the Italian Government’s sports agency) are proud to announce that Italy will host a Premier Padel Major in May as part of a new multi-year tournament deal. Premier Padel is the official global padel tour, governed by FIP and backed by the Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI).

The annual category one tournament, which will be known as the Italy Premier Padel Major, will take place at the historic Foro Italico in Rome from 23rd to 29th May 2022. The Qualifiers will take place on 21st and 22nd May, with the main draw starting at their conclusion. The Italy Premier Padel Major completes the roster of four Majors of the new Premier Padel tour in 2022, namely: Italy, France, Mexico and Qatar. The Italy Premier Padel Major will offer 2000 ranking points to players, and also record prize money, in keeping with all “Majors” under the new Premier Padel tour.

Launched earlier this year, Premier Padel will host at least ten (10) new tournaments in 2022 – including four category one “Major” events. The first major – the Ooredoo Qatar Major 2022 – took place in Doha in March. Together with the Italy Premier Padel Major in May, the other category one tournaments are the Paris Premier Padel Major at Stade Roland Garros taking place on 11th July to 17th July, and the Mexico Premier Padel Major at the Club Sonoma en Monterrey, México on 28th November to 4th December. The first category two tournament has also been announced in recent weeks with the Argentina Premier Padel P1 taking place from 8th to 14th August. More announcements are to come.

The deal demonstrates the vision FIT and Sport e Salute have for