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BD Padel Challenger Series

Challenger Series rules

Six events. Four divisions. You arrange the match — the deadlines keep it moving.
How it works
  1. Each season has 6 Challenger Rounds, then seasonal rankings, then the BD Padel Challenger Masters.
  2. Enter as a doubles team. Your partner must confirm the entry by email.
  3. Your team plays in the division of its higher-ranked player, using the BD Padel National Ranking on the day you register. Divisions are frozen at registration.
  4. The admin may move a player or team to a different division where the ranking doesn't reflect playing level. Teams cannot normally play below their eligible division.
  5. After registration closes, teams are drawn into groups of 3 or 4 and play a round robin over 10–12 days. Challenger Rounds have no knockout stage.
  6. You arrange your own match — court, venue, date and time — with your opponents and record it on the site. BD Padel does not book courts.
  7. Every match has a deadline. Unplayed matches are flagged to the admin, who may award walkovers.
  8. After the match one team submits the score; the other confirms or disputes it. Confirmed results are official.
  9. Challenger points are awarded on final group position. Both players receive the same points, recorded against each player.
  10. Your best 4 results count towards the season standings, so you can miss events and stay competitive.
  11. The top 16 players in each division after the last Challenger Round qualify for the Masters, the only knockout of the season.
Match format
  • Best of 3 sets, normal sets to 6
  • Tiebreak at 6–6
  • Golden point at deuce
  • At one set all, the final set is a normal set, not a match tiebreak
Group tie-breaks
  1. Match wins
  2. Head-to-head (two teams tied)
  3. Sets Diff
  4. Games Diff
  5. Games won
  6. Registration order

A set tiebreak at 6–6 is recorded as 7–6.

Divisions
Division A · Advanced — 1–20
Division B · Upper Intermediate — 21–40
Division C · Lower Intermediate — 41–60
Division D · Developing — 61+ & unranked
Challenger points
1st in group100
2nd in group75
3rd in group50
4th in group25
5th or lower10

Each Challenger Round is a 10–12 day round-robin group stage in groups of 3 or 4. There is no knockout and no overall winner: once every group match is played, points are awarded by finishing position in the group. Both players on a team receive the same points.

National Ranking Points: Challenger Series ranks will be converted into National Ranking Points at a ratio that is to be decided (TBD), applied after the last Challenger Round of the series.

Challenger Masters

The top 16 players per division qualify. The Masters is a knockout — seeded like our leagues (1 v 8, 4 v 5, 2 v 7, 3 v 6), or group stage first with group winners meeting runners-up from another group — through to the final. Each knockout round has its own deadline.

The Masters will earn National Ranking Points, similar to our leagues and tournaments. The points will be decided later.