RPF Tournament Categories

For many non-professional padel players it is still not entirely clear what an RPF 500 is, and so on. Let's work it out together.

RPF tournament categories:

40, 100, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 1750, 2000

All these figures are the number of points that the winners of the tournaments receive.

Everything above 750 is run exclusively by the Russian Padel Federation. The other categories may be run by private organisers on a commercial basis, in agreement with the federation, on accredited courts and provided that referees are present at the tournament.

We will put out a separate post about refereeing, but for now – about the numbers.

40 and 100 – tournaments for players of roughly level 34 on the Lunde scale. As for the women, the 40 category may also include players of level 2.5, especially in the regions.

250 – an intermediate tournament for pro players. Here the guys earn points in order to enter tournaments of a higher category, and also gain experience of playing against stronger opponents.

Interesting fact: players in the top 30 of the RPF ranking cannot enter a tournament of this category.

500 – here pro players and even Russia's top seeds play outside the main season, earning ranking points. That is why at such tournaments you can already see highly entertaining matches at the level of the RPT and the Russian Cup.

750 – a new category. The first such tournament in Russia was staged by our friends at @kiselevpadelleague, and in terms of entertainment it is even better than the RPF 500. 1000 can also be run by organisers.

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