Padel's built world, mapped.

Three courts inside the Sint-Jozefkerk, a neo-Gothic basilica drawn in 1928.

The church stood disused for nearly twenty years before padel arrived in 2024.

Rallies under stained glass. The organ loft watches every point.

One court inside a rock cavern in Liljeholmen, raised above a garage lane.

The cavern runs almost eighteen metres high. Nine of them belong to the court.

Unmanned and code-locked: book online, let yourself in, play until 23:00.

Five panorama courts on the roof of a Lichtenberg parking garage.

Germany's first rooftop padel venue, open since May 2024.

A restored K67 kiosk pours coffee and beer between matches.

Once a year the terre battue is repainted and glass courts rise at Roland-Garros.

Tennis's most famous clay holds a padel court for the Premier Padel Paris Major.

For one September week, Chatrier belongs to the small court.

Billed as Europe's highest padel court, roughly 1,822 metres up at the Kempinski.

Four glass walls, a few metres from the St. Moritz slopes.

Thin air, thick snow, one court.

Two courts float on the Jumeirah Lake Towers lake, the skyline standing around them.

Launched in 2022 as the world's first floating padel court.

Open around the clock. The water does not close.

Premier Padel's first African tournament was played here in 2022.

Outdoor courts with the pyramids as the tour's postcard backdrop.

The circuit keeps returning. Some backdrops cannot be beaten.

Six glass courts on Watson Island, at the old Miami Seaplane Base.

Flying boats left for the Bahamas from this spot starting in 1926.

Now the takeoffs are lobs, facing Biscayne Bay and the skyline.

Two vacant Brooklyn warehouses converted into New York's first padel clubs.

Steel columns were relocated to make the courts fit.

White oak floors, terrazzo locker rooms, industrial bones.

A panorama court inside a 1927 boiler house in Norrköping's industrial landscape.

Built in 2021, when the pandemic emptied the concert hall next door.

Ten-metre ceilings and a planned run of two months. Temporary by design.