Federazione Italiana Tennis e Padel (FITP)
The padel federation in Italy · Italian Federation of Tennis and Padel
Padel in Italy was first organised in February 1991 by an independent Federazione Italiana Gioco Padel (F.I.G.P.), founded by sports clubs around Bologna; in April 2008 CONI formally recognised padel as a 'Settore Padel' inside the Federazione Italiana Tennis, which has since become the Federazione Italiana Tennis e Padel (FITP), a single body now also governing beach tennis and pickleball. FITP operates nationwide through affiliated clubs (about 4,000 across all its disciplines) that host over 16,000 individual tournaments a year (competitive and amateur, TPRA circuit), plus national/regional padel rankings, national teams, and coach/referee training through its Istituto di Formazione. Members manage their card, rankings, tournament entries and federal benefits through the myFITP app.
Getting a licence
A licence is needed to play official padel competitions in Italy.
Apply online via the FITP pre-tesseramento portal, naming the affiliated club that will accept the request; competitive and non-competitive player cards for tennis, padel, beach tennis and pickleball require a medical certificate. The card ('tessera FITP') is mandatory to play on affiliated clubs' courts, includes accident insurance, and a premium 'Tesserato Gold' upgrade is available for extra benefits; no fixed national price is published (it is set per club/discipline).
Competitions and rankings
This federation also governs: Tennis, Pickleball.
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
The other racket-sport federations in Italy
The padel federation in other countries
Morocco · FRMT
United Kingdom · LTA
United States · USPA
Spain · FEP
France · FFT
Germany · DPV
Netherlands · KNLTB
Belgium · Padel Belgium
Portugal · FPP
Sweden · SPF
Denmark · DPF
Ireland · PFI
United Arab Emirates · UAEPA
Saudi Arabia
Qatar · QTF
Kuwait
Egypt · EPF
Canada · PAC
Mexico · FEMEPA
Argentina · APA
Australia
India · IPF
Philippines · PPA
Malaysia