Our role
Padel needs more than courts to grow. It needs competitions people can enter, players people can follow and matches people can watch. That's the gap PTUK was built to fill.
Five ways PTUK helps the sport grow
Since August 2023 PTUK has run 10 LTA graded tournaments, National Tour Grade 2 and Regional Tour Grade 3, at 6 venues in Bromley, Ilford, Bristol, Derby and Brentwood. That gives players outside the biggest hubs a route into ranked competition.
Men's, women's and mixed draws, plus a consolation draw so every pair plays at least two matches. At our We Are Padel events the top junior players were offered padel camps.
Founder Tamer Michael believes live streaming is the sport's future, because it lets people watch events they can't attend. PTUK's streams and highlights have reached 2,488,824 views on YouTube and 3.2M views on Instagram. After the first tournament's rallies went online, entries doubled at the next event.
Our tournaments have featured GB seniors players Kerry White and Sarah Lochrie, GB juniors Chloe De La Mare and Rosie Quirk, and Nikhil Mohindra, with commentary from Ethan Bardo at Rocket Padel Ilford in June 2024.
Sport in Mind, the mental health charity, is PTUK's official charity partner.
Numbers that tell our story
Tournaments
LTA graded events run since August 2023.
10YouTube views
Live streams, finals and rally Shorts.
2.49MInstagram views
Highlights shared across our channels.
3.2MHost venues
Clubs in London, Bristol, Derby and Essex.
6In the press
The Padel Paper profiled PTUK's founder and the move to multi-camera live streaming in July 2024.
