Brussels Padel Open lowdown: Belgians in WPT, the venue and padel in Belgium

Brussels Padel Open lowdown: Belgians in WPT, the venue and padel in Belgium

Discover all about padel in Belgium, including participating Belgians at the Brussels Padel Open, the venue, and the sport's history in the nation.

28-04-2022

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Next week sees the inaugural Brussels Padel Open as World Padel Tour travels to Belgium for an official tournament for the first time.

After hosting several WPT exhibition events in the past, Belgium will now have a fully-fledged Open, which will take place at the spectacular Tour & Taxis in the nation's capital.

Over twenty Belgian players will partake in the Open, seven of them directly in the main draw and the rest starting in pre-qualifying.

We will tell you all about them, the venue, and WPT's history in Belgium below!

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Belgian players at Brussels Padel Open

A total of 21 Belgian players will take part on their home soil next week. 14 of those will have to battle their way through pre-qualifying and qualifying, while seven will start directly in the main draw.

The nation's number one Helena Wyckaert and her Spanish counterpart Mónica Gómez will start in the round of 32.

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The all-Belgian partnership An-Sophie Mestach and Astrid Dierckx are the other wild card pairing in the women's main draw.

On the men's side, Clement Geens and Jérôme Peeters along with Alec Witmeur and Francois Azzola will be the two Belgian duos handed places in the main draw.

In pre-qualifying, Helena's sister Babette Wyckaert along with Eline Boeykens are handed a wild card, as are Belgians Michelle van Mol-Evelyne Dom and Sofie Oyen-Justine Pysson.

Jeremy Gala-Nick Braet, Alain Sassen-Thomas Deschamps, Joris de Weerdt-Bram Coene and the young Xander de Wever-Isaac Huysveld will all shine in the qualifying stages.

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Brussels Padel Open venue

The inaugural Open in Belgium will be in the nation's capital Brussels at the Tour & Taxis. An 'open indoor', the venue is indoor but open on the sides.

More specifically, the Brussels Padel Open will be at the Gare Maritime hall, where all three courts will be built. A total of 8.500 people will be allowed in per day across all courts.

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WPT in Belgium

While there have been several exhibitions in Belgium already in Brussels and most recently in Knokke, the Brussels Padel Open will be the first competitive event in the country.

Belgium will become the 12th different country to host a competitive event, with four more countries to be added to that list later this season; Denmark, Austria, France and the Netherlands in that order.

The sport has seen exponential growth in Belgium for several years now as the nation has become one of the biggest markets in the world.

It was only a matter of time, therefore, before World Padel Tour would travel there. Now, with the Tour & Taxi as the sport's home for the week, the country will enjoy the best padel in the world on its own soil.

? About last weekend…

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