The February 2026 competition guide specifies the rules of  ranking, CUTS and access limitations  applicable to FFT-approved padel tournaments, for the categories  Men, Women, Mixed Teams and Youth across all formats  P25 to P2000 .

The stated objective is clear:  homogenize the skill levels , particularly on low and medium level tournaments, while maintaining maximum openness on major events.

General principle of CUTS

  • For  Women's and Men's Senior and Senior+ tournaments ,  CUTS ranking  are established at tournaments  P25 to P250 inclusive .
  • For tournaments  P500, P1000, P1500 and P2000 ,  no ranking limitations  is not applied:
    Registrations remain open, with a halt to the lists being carried out  the weight of the pairs .
  • The categories  mixed  et  Youth  retain a more flexible logic, with few or no restrictions depending on the format.

Summary table of classification limitations (February 2026)

TestMenWomenmixedYouth
 P2000 OPEN (at the cut)OPEN (at the cut)No testNo test
 P1500 OPEN (at the cut)OPEN (at the cut)No testNo test
 P1000 OPEN (at the cut)OPEN (at the cut)No testNo test
 P500  (excluding TNJ)OPEN (at the cut)OPEN (at the cut)No testNo test
 P250 ❌ Prohibited  TOP 800 included ❌ Prohibited  TOP 100 included No limitationNo limitation
 P100 ❌ Prohibited  TOP 3,000 included ❌ Prohibited  TOP 300 included ❌ Prohibited: TOP 3,000 M / TOP 300 FNo limitation
 P50 ❌ Prohibited  TOP 3,000 included ❌ Prohibited  TOP 3,000 included ❌ Prohibited: TOP 30,000 M / TOP 3,000 FNo limitation
 P25 ❌ Prohibited  TOP 3,000 included ❌ Prohibited  TOP 3,000 included ❌ Prohibited: TOP 30,000 M / TOP 3,000 FNo limitation

What you must remember

  •  The lower the tournament, the stricter the ranking restrictions. , in order to preserve sporting fairness.
  • Tournaments  P500 to P2000  remain without a ranking ceiling.
  •  mixed events  are subject to the same prohibitions as the main categories on formats P100 to P25.
  •  jeunes  benefit from an access logic without classification limitations on these formats.
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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