Lawn Tennis Association (LTA)
The padel federation in the United Kingdom · Lawn Tennis Association (LTA Padel)
The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) is the recognised national governing body for padel in Great Britain, running it as a discipline alongside tennis under the LTA Padel brand (with Tennis Wales running a parallel padel strategy in Wales); FIP lists this affiliation as dating from 1993. It sets a national padel strategy to grow participation from grassroots to elite level, and organises a graded competition pyramid (Grade 5 local tour up to Grade 1 national events), an LTA Padel Ranking system used for seeding and acceptance into higher grades, and national/GB representative teams. The LTA also runs a coach education pathway (LTA Padel Instructor, Padel Xpress, and an accredited coach membership scheme) and does not itself charge a customer-service phone line, directing queries to an online Customer Support Centre and regional teams instead.
Getting a licence
A licence is needed to play official padel competitions in the United Kingdom.
No separate padel licence: players need a free LTA Advantage membership number, obtained by signing up online, then enter competitions through the LTA competitions portal.
Competitions and rankings
This federation also governs: Tennis.
From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.
The other racket-sport federations in the United Kingdom
The padel federation in other countries
Morocco · FRMT
United States · USPA
Spain · FEP
France · FFT
Italy · FITP
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