Overview The Pro Padel League is a team league of 10 franchises across the United States, Canada and Mexico in which every event crowns a men's and a women's champion and the team standings add the two together, and in March 2026 it closed a $15 million Series A led by Charlotte Hornets co-chairman Rick Schnall. A season runs five four-day events across North America, each with all 10 teams in group play and a podium in both divisions, and ends at the City's Cup, the championship event that decides the men's, women's and overall titles. The league was founded in 2023. On site The 2026 season opened in July in Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom and moved in August to Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, four days each. More than 40 of the world's top men's and women's players compete at an event. The 2026 teams were the DC Matrix, Florida Goats, Houston Volts, Las Vegas Smash, Los Angeles Beat, Mexico Waves, Miami Padel Club, New York Atlantics, San Diego Stingrays and Toronto Polar Bears. Around the Los Angeles event in 2026 the league ran eight community events across the city, and PPL II, its development league, played its own draw at Padel Up in Culver City. Talent and Influencers Tennis player Frances Tiafoe and goalkeeper Maarten Paes invested in the New York Atlantics, Toronto Blue Jays chair Edward Rogers in the Toronto Polar Bears, and polo player Nacho Figueras in the Florida Goats in 2026. Jamie Foxx and former Mexico goalkeeper Jorge Campos were in the crowd at Barker Hangar. On court in 2026, the DC Matrix pair of Inigo Jofre and Alex Arroyo won the men's title in New York, and the Mexico Waves took the men's final in Los Angeles. Track record A $10 million seed round led by Left Lane Capital closed in March 2025, a year before the Series A. In 2026 a broadcast deal with USA Sports put the league on national television, and the New York opener aired on CNBC for the first time. The league launched PPL II in 2026 with more than $350,000 in guaranteed pay and prizes, and debuted it at the Miami Open. More than 12,000 fans packed the arena for the Guadalajara stop in 2025. Brand presence The league signs official partners league-wide and sells title rights event by event. Frederique Constant became the official timepiece in January 2026, Paddletek the official racket in April and Fever the official ticketing partner in June, with Franklin Sports and Kalshi also on the partner list. The Los Angeles stop in 2026 went out live on KTLA from the venue and drew coverage from TMZ, People and E!.