Padel has been gaining weight on the world sports scene, and little by little it is gaining followers. The competition that takes place all over the world is called the World Padel Tour, and we will tell you how you can see all its tournaments comfortably from your living room .
The World Padel Tour acts in the same way as in tennis with its two circuits (ATP for men and WATP for women). This world padel circuit hasn’t been around for as many years as its tennis namesake, but its spectators are increasing. One of the most curious things about this is that Spain has a great weight in it, and if we look at the calendar we can see how the majority of important tournaments take place within our country.
Calendar World Padel Tour 2022
Speaking of the calendar, one of the things that we must keep in mind to be able to watch the matches of this fantastic sport is to know when the most relevant tournaments will take place. What we must point out in the first place is that in padel we are going to find 3 different types of tournaments . The most important ones are called Masters, and these are the ones that are most relevant during the year. These are accompanied by the Open tournaments, which are much more numerous and award fewer points in the WPT ranking.
A novelty in recent years is the so-called Challenger tournaments, which are designed to be played by players with a lower ranking. During the year we can also see some exhibition tournaments, although there are not too many on the calendar. Next, you can see the entire calendar of the World Padel Tour for this 2022 :
- Acapulco exhibition tournament (February 17-20)
- Miami Open (February 21-27)
- Reus Open (7-13 March)
- Vigo Open (March 21-27)
- Getafe Challenger (March 28-April 3)
- Alicante Open (April 4-10)
- Albacete Challenger (April 25-May 1)
- Brussels Open (May 2-8)
- Copenhagen Open (May 16-22)
- Majorca Challenger (May 23-29)
- Marbella Master (May 30-June 5)
- Austrian Open (June 6-12)
- French Open (June 13-19)
- Valladolid Master (June 20-26)
- Finland exhibition tournament (June 30-July 3)
- Valencia Open (July 4-10)
- Open Malaga (July 18-24)
- Knokke Exhibition Tournament (19-21 August)
- Calanda Challenger (August 22-28)
- Portuguese Open (August 29-September 4)
- Sardinia Open (5-11 September)
- Stockholm Open (September 12-18)
- Madrid Master (September 19-25)
- Amsterdam Open (September 26-October 2)
- Santander Open (October 3-9)
- Middle East Master (October 10-16)
- Menorca Open (October 17-23)
- Torrent Challenger (October 31-November 6)
- Malmö Open (7-13 November)
- Buenos Aires Master (November 14-20)
- Mexico Open (November 21-27)
- Challenger Final of Córdoba (December 1-4)
- Barcelona Final Master (December 15-18)
Where to watch all the games
To see the best paddle tennis from our home we have several options, so it will be up to us to choose the one that best suits us. Keep in mind that both the finals and the bigger rounds will almost always be broadcast on the same platforms, but the lower rounds will not. Below are the platforms you can use to watch the WPT.
Sanyo and Tapia, one of the best couples on the circuit.
Through World Padel Tour TV
The best place to watch this sport will always be the official channel that has the circuit. This is called World Padel Tour TV , and best of all, it is completely free to use . To do this, all we have to do is access the website or one of the available mobile applications, and register. We can do this registration with our Google account, with our usual email or even with our Facebook account.
The best thing about this own television is that it will give us access to absolutely all the matches on the circuit to watch them both on television and on any compatible device such as mobile phones, tablets or computers . Its programming also includes some of the most important historical matches in sport, as well as compilations of the best points or exclusive content such as interviews, summaries or own reports.
Through Movistar Plus+
Another option that we have to see the best paddle tennis is to go to the television offered by the Movistar operator. If we have contracted this service, we will be able to go to both the #Vamos channel (dial 8) and the Deportes channel via M+ (dial 53). Movistar’s #Vamos channel is included in Movistar+ Lite, so if we have this “mini” version of the contracted platform we can watch some matches. The main difference with the official platform of the circuit is that these channels only broadcast the matches from the quarterfinals onwards .
A peculiarity of Movistar is that it has a channel dedicated to broadcasting the most important women’s sport on the scene, and it is on this channel where we can see female couples face each other. This channel is called Ellas #V (dial 56), but as with the previous channels, it will only broadcast the matches after the quarterfinals.
Through various international channels
If you are going to see a paddle tennis tournament in Spain, you are going to have to go to one of the media that you have above. However, if you go outside of Spain and you intend to continue watching matches, you can go to some international channels, owners of the WPT rights in certain countries.
The Sky channel, for example, has the full rights to this sport in Mexico, while others like Ziggo broadcast it in the Netherlands. You can always go to the official online platform that the circuit has, since it is available in most countries of the world .