The 2023 World Padel Tour was the eleventh and final edition of World Padel Tour, the most prestigious professional padel circuit in the world. In the male division, Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello dethroned Alejandro Galán and Juan Lebrón to reach the number 1 spot for the first time in their careers. In the female division Ariana Sánchez and Paula Josemaría dethroned the three time number ranked Alejandra Salazar and Gemma Triay, to be crowned number one for the first time in their careers.

Held throughout 2023, it featured 26 tournaments and included both men's and women's categories. It was the most international edition of the World Padel Tour, taking place in 14 different countries across Europe, America, and Asia, surpassing the 12 countries of the previous edition.

At the beginning of the year, the updated "disciplinary regulations" and "technical regulations" were published, which came into effect starting this 2023 season.

Schedule The 2023 Calendar, revealed by WPT on January 18, incorporated several new features compared to previous editions. The "Open" category was divided into two, "Open 1000" and "Open 500", the number referring to the amount of ranking points that each member of the winning pair gets (the old "Open" is therefore equivalent to the current "Open 1000").

For the first time, Finland hosted an Open tournament, although in the previous year an exhibition was held in Tampere. The "American tour" in March is also noteworthy; three consecutive weeks of tournaments in countries across the Americas, specifically Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay, in the cities of La Rioja, Santiago, and Asunción, all making their debut on the tour. Some European cities that hosted an Open in the previous year, such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen and Malmö remained on the calendar. Two new countries have also been added to the calendar; the first in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and at the beginning of autumn an Open 1000 in Germany.

A total of five tournaments, four Opens and the Marbella Master we're held consecutively from May 1 to June 4.

There we're four tournaments in the new "Open 500" category, which we're hosted in Reus, Alicante Santander and Albacete.

With the return of an Open in Granada, a tournament that hadn't been held since the 2018 World Padel Tour, Andalusia became the autonomous community or region with the most tournaments in a year, with a total of three.

To end the year, Barcelona and the Palau Sant Jordi we're selected to host the 2023 Master Final again, after breaking the all-time attendance record for a padel match (12,141 spectators), in the semi-finals of the Barcelona Master Final.

Changes Initially, the official calendar was supposed to be revealed before the end of the 2022. On November 7th of that year, World Padel Tour announced that "in the coming days, no later than the Estrella Damm Master Final taking place in Barcelona between December 15th and 18th, the World Padel Tour will unveil the rest of the 2023 calendar." Finally, on January 18, 2023, exactly one month after the conclusion of the aforementioned tournament, the WPT published the calendar for the upcoming season, although without the Challenger events, the Challenger Final and exhibitions.

Three tournaments from the previous edition weren't held this year. The Miami and Sardinia Opens, whcich were dropped from the calendar, as the tournament in Portugal, which was a regular feature in recent WPT editions.

First modification, on February 10th the first changes to the calendar are announced: Logistical difficulties have caused the Stockholm Open, which was scheduled to take place from April 17 to 23, to be postponed to 2024. The new 'Open 500' in Albacete is announced, to be held from June 6th to 11th. Three tournaments changed dates. The Madrid Master is delayed by one week and the Santander Open and the Menorca Open have swapped positions on the calendar. The color of the "Open 500" tournaments is changed from light blue to orange, the color that, until then, represented the "Challenger" tournaments, so it was implied that the Open 500 tournaments were going to replace them.

It was initially agreed that the season would start with an Open in Mallorca, a tournament that had not been held since 2016 and was going to use the facilities of the "Rafa Nadal Academy", but on January 12, the World Padel Tour announced, without explanation, that the opening tournament would be the Abu Dhabi Master. Six days later the calendar was published, without the tournament in Mallorca.

Due to the constant struggle to equalize prize money in both the men's and women's categories, the Buenos Aires Master, one of the most important tournaments of the year, didn't have a women's category tournament.

Tournaments and results

Tournament Date Men's Women's Winners Score Runners-up Winners Score Runners-up Abu Dhabi Master 20 – 26 February Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 7–6 / 6–3 Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría6–3 / 6–3 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay La Rioja Open 1000 6 – 12 March Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–1 / 6–0 Leandro Augsburger Valentino Libaak Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay 6–7 / 6–4 / 6–1 Bea González Marta Ortega Chile Open 1000 13 – 19 March Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–4 / 6–7 / 7–5 Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay 6–1 / 1–0 / WO Claudia Jensen Jessica Castelló Paraguay Open 1000 20 – 26 March Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–2 / 6–1 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay 7–6 / 7–6 Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría Reus Open 500 27 March – 2 April Mike Yanguas Momo González 6–3 / 7–6 José Diestro Pincho Fernández Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–3 / 6–2 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay Granada Open 1000 10 – 16 April Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–4 / 7–5 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría6–2 / 7–6 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay Stockolm Open 1000 17 – 23 AprilCancelledCancelled Brussels Open 1000 24 – 30 April Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 7–6 / 3–6 / 6–3 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–7 / 6–3 / 7–5 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay Alicante Open 500 1 – 7 May Eduardo Alonso Juanlu Esbrí 2–6 / 6–4 / 6–4 Gonzalo Rubio Javier Ruiz Marta Ortega Sofia Araújo 7–6 / 7–6 Tamara Icardo Virginia Riera Vigo Open 1000 8 – 14 May Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–3 / 6–7 / 7–6 Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–2 / 6–3 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay Danish Open 1000 17 – 21 May Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno 6–3 / 6–2 Momo González Sanyo Gutiérrez Bea González Delfina Brea 6–2 / 3–6 / 6–4 Alejandra Salazar Gemma Triay Vienna Open 1000 22 – 28 May Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–3 / 6–3 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–3 / 6–1 Bea González Delfina Brea Marbella Master 29 May – 4 June Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–3 / 6–2 Momo González Sanyo Gutiérrez Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–1 / 6–4 Tamara Icardo Virginia Riera Albacete Open 500 6 June – 11 JuneCancelledCancelled France Open 1000 12 – 18 June Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno 6–2 / 6–4 Federico Chingotto Paquito Navarro Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría6–1 / 4–6 / 7–6 Bea González Delfina Brea Valladolid Master 17 – 25 June Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno 4–6 / 6–4 / 7–6 Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello Bea González Delfina Brea 6–2 / 5–7 / 6–2 Gemma Triay Marta Ortega Valencia Open 1000 3 – 9 July Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno6–3 / 6–3 Alejandro Galán Jon Sanz Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–3 / 6–1 Gemma Triay Marta Ortega Málaga Open 1000 24 – 30 July Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 7–5 / 7–6 Alejandro Ruiz Juan Tello Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–4 / 6–3 Gemma Triay Marta Ortega Finland Open 1000 28 August – 3 September Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón 6–0 / 7–6 Coki Nieto Jon Sanz Bea González Delfina Brea 6–4 / 6–1 Alejandra Salazar Sofia Araújo Madrid Master 19 – 24 September Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno 7–5 / 6–4 Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–3 / 7–6 Gemma Triay Marta Ortega Germany Open 1000 25 September – 1 October Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón 6–2 / 6–2 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 6–3 / 7–6 Gemma Triay Marta Ortega Amsterdam Open 1000 9 – 15 October Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno 4–6 / 6–2 / 6–2 Federico Chingotto Paquito Navarro Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría 7–6 / 6–0 Bea González Delfina Brea Santander Open 500 23 – 29 OctoberCancelledCancelled Menorca Open 1000 17 October – 22 October Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón 6–3 / 6–2 Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello Gemma Triay Marta Ortega 6–4 / 4–6 / 6–4 Ariana Sánchez Paula Josemaría Malmö Open 1000 6 – 12 November Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón 6–3 / 6–4 Franco Stupaczuk Martin Di Nenno Bea González Delfina Brea 6–4 / 6–3 Alejandra Salazar Sofia Araújo Buenos Aires Master 13 – 19 NovemberCancelledCancelled Mexico Open 1000 20 – 26 November Agustín Tapia Arturo Coello 6–4 / 6–2 Leandro Augsburger Valentino Libaak Bea González Delfina Brea 6–4 / 6–2 Tamara Icardo Virginia Riera Barcelona Master Final14 – 17 December Federico Chingotto Paquito Navarro6–1 / 6–4 Alejandro Galán Juan Lebrón Bea González Delfina Brea6–4 / 6–1 Aranza Osoro Jessica Castelló

End of season ranking Male

2023 Men's RankingTournaments WonN.ºNamePointsOpenMasterMaster FinalTotal1 Agustín Tapia17.74592011 Arturo Coello3 Martín Di Nenno15.4104206 Franco Stupaczuk 5 Alejandro Galán 10.5104004 6 Juan Lebrón 8.470 7 Fede Chingotto 8.0600011 8 Paquito Navarro 7.390 9 Momo González 6.095 0 0 0 0 10 Jon Sanz 5.825 0 0 0 0 11 Alejandro Ruiz 5.360 0 0 0 0 12 Sanyo Gutiérrez 5.200 0 0 0 0 13 Javi Garrido 4.835 0 0 0 0 14 Juan Tello 4.800 0 0 0 0 15 Mike Yanguas 3.940 0 0 0 0 16 Coki Nieto 3.735 0 0 0 0Female

2023 Women's RankingTournaments WonN.ºNamePointsOpenMasterMaster FinalTotal1 Ariana Sánchez19.22093012 Paula Josemaría 3 Gemma Triay 14.890 4 0 0 4 4 Beatriz González 13.6804116 5 Delfi Brea 13.360 6 Marta Ortega 11.160 1 0 0 1 7 Alejandra Salazar 10.170 3 0 0 38 Tamara Icardo8.1770000 Virginia Riera 10 Sofia Araújo 6.785 0 0 0 0 11 Claudia Jensen 6.447 0 0 0 0 12 Jessica Castelló 6.392 0 0 0 0 13 Aranzazu Osoro 5.565 0 0 0 0 14 Lucía Sainz 4.685 0 0 0 015 Verónica Virseda 4.410 0 0 0 0 Mapi Sánchez Alayeto 4.110 0 0 0 0

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