World's best padel players return to Brussels for the Premier Padel Tournament
Brussels will host the fourth edition of the Brussels Premier Padel Tournament over the Easter weekend, marking the second European stop of the 2025 Premier Padel season. The event will take place at the Gare Maritime in the Tour & Taxis complex, a striking architectural venue in the Belgian capital.
Organisers are expecting around 70,000 visitors, including 30,000 ticketed spectators, as players compete for a prize pool of €262,250. Despite earlier uncertainty caused by a dispute between players and the Qatar-backed Premier Padel Tour over the unilateral introduction of new rules, the boycott of P2-level events has now ended. Brussels will be the first P2 event of the season to welcome the full top 100.
We're going to prove that Brussels is the world capital of padel
"This year's line-up is particularly special after a rocky start to the season," said Vincent Laureyssens, chairman of the organising committee. "Once again, we're going to prove that Brussels is the world capital of padel - at least for one week". The tournament will also pay tribute to Fernando Belasteguín, known as "King Bela", a legend of the sport.
Five Belgian players will be in the main draw, including Helena Wyckaert and An-Sophie Mestach on the women's side and Clément Geens, Isaac Huysveld and Maxime Deloyer on the men's side. Last year's titles went to Argentina's Federico Chingotto and Spain's Alejandro Galán in the men's category and to Spain's Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez and Argentina's Delfina Brea Senesi in the women's.
The picture shows the 'Brussels Padel Open', a padel sport tournament, on Saturday 7 May 2022 in Brussels. © BELGA PHOTO NICOLAS MAETERLINCK
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