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Women's P1500 in La Ciotat with strong field

Recorded on Jul 21, 2026

From 31 July to 2 August 2026, the Tennis et Padel Club La Ciotat will host one of the last major dates of the French padel season. The women's P1500 brings together many of the country's top players and is expected to be especially competitive because of its evenly matched pairs. Several duos can realistically aim for the title, and the depth of the main draw already points to tight contests before the first ball is struck.

Schedule, qualifying and side programme

Qualifying starts on Friday, 31 July, at 1 p.m. The main draw begins on Saturday, 1 August, from 9 a.m. Semi-finals and the final are scheduled for Sunday. Alongside the sporting programme, the club will offer several side events: a pizza evening on Friday and a Corsican-themed night on Saturday. A food area will also be available throughout the weekend for players, companions and spectators. A physiotherapist will be on site for the athletes throughout the competition.

Seeds one and two with clear ambitions

Denecheau and Majdoubi as top favourites

Jennifer Denecheau and Nada Majdoubi top the seeding. The pair have already won a P1500 title together this season and arrive in La Ciotat aiming for a second success at this level. They recently finished fourth at the P2000 WinWin Padel in Cabriès. That result underlines their consistency at a high level and makes them one of the pairings against which the rest of the field will be measured.

Hofer and Bognard arrive with fresh confidence

Alice Hofer and Lisa Bognard are the second seeds. Bognard arrives with a fresh title from the P1000 in Mauguio, won last weekend with Marie Maligo. The Hofer/Bognard duo had previously finished fifth at the P2000 WinWin Padel in Cabriès. That mix of recent success and a solid result at a higher tier points to a confident approach in La Ciotat.

In-form favourites and further contenders

Maligo and Clergue as strong contenders

Many observers currently see the third seeds as the pair in the best form. Marie Maligo and Laura Clergue won the P2000 WinWin Padel in Cabriès together. Maligo then added another title at the P1000 in Mauguio. That run makes the duo one of the clearest favourites for success on the Côte d’Azur. Combining a P2000 win with a near-term follow-up shows they can beat strong fields and produce decisive wins when it matters.

Bougon and Pecastaing looking to confirm

Joanna Bougon and Julie Pecastaing hold the fourth seeding spot. They finished third at the P2000 WinWin Padel in Cabriès and thus belong among the pairs already proven against the top of the French women's field. In La Ciotat they want to continue that line and contest the title. In tight matches, experience and composure are likely to decide the outcome.

Outsiders with upset potential

Behind the top four seeds stand several serious outsiders. Fifth seeds Chiara Messina and Lorie Pelan are followed by Marie Lefevre and Déborah Alquier in sixth. Seventh are Carla Gontier and Marie-Amélie Dardaine, with Emmelien Lambregts and Céline Verdier eighth. All four teams are considered genuine contenders for the quarter-finals and beyond.

Dardaine in particular draws extra attention. After several strong performances on the FIP Tour, she arrives in La Ciotat with confidence. Together with Gontier she could be among the teams capable of upsetting seeded pairs. In a homogeneous field, a few strong rally phases or a good day of form can be enough to relativise seeding positions.

Seed 1: Jennifer Denecheau / Nada Majdoubi
Seed 2: Alice Hofer / Lisa Bognard
Seed 3: Marie Maligo / Laura Clergue
Seed 4: Joanna Bougon / Julie Pecastaing
Seeds 5 to 8: Messina/Pelan, Lefevre/Alquier, Gontier/Dardaine, Lambregts/Verdier

A summer highlight of the French tour

With several recently titled players, in-form pairs and a balanced entry list, the P1500 in La Ciotat looks set to be one of the summer highlights on the French circuit. The favourites will be under scrutiny, but the density of the draw points to a tournament with shifting momentum and close decisions. Qualifying on Friday, the main round on Saturday, plus semi-finals and final on Sunday create a compact, intense schedule.

The starting point remains clear: Denecheau and Majdoubi lead the seeding, Hofer and Bognard as well as Maligo and Clergue bring strong recent results, Bougon and Pecastaing want to confirm their P2000 showing, and the outsiders from Messina to Verdier can shake up the draw at any moment. The P1500 in La Ciotat therefore stands for dense competition, clear favourites and enough upset potential for a high-intensity tournament weekend on the French Mediterranean coast.

Kira Ismail (KI)

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Location of the event

Country Frankreich

City La Ciotat