Padel Tennis Venues
Padel Tennis is expanding in Elmbridge with new courts open for play in Esher & Oxshott.
New Venues
Esher Tennis Club, 7 Milbourne Lane, Esher KT10 9DU
Oxshott Village Sports Club, Steels Lane, Oxshott, Surrey KT22 0RF
What is Padel?
Padel is a mix between tennis and squash that is easy to play, fun and sociable. It is played mainly in a doubles format on an enclosed court about 25% smaller than a tennis court and can be played in groups of mixed ages and abilities. The rules are broadly the same as tennis, although you serve underarm and the walls are used as part of the game with the ball allowed to bounce off them. Rackets are very different to normal tennis rackets, with them being stringless, much thicker and shorter and with holes (see image at the top of the article).
Padel Rules
- Scoring is the same as tennis and shots can bounce off the walls like in squash.
- When a ball is served it must bounce once on the floor then hit from below, or at, waist height.
- When serving, players have two attempts to hit into an opponent’s box, like in a game of tennis.
- Players can hit volleys during a rally however the ball is determined as “out” should it hit a wall directly.
- Players are allowed to bounce the ball off a wall on their own side of the court - similar to squash.
- A set is won when a team wins six games and there is at least two games difference – failing that the set is decided by a tie-break. Matches are best of three sets.
- The speed of padel, combined with the smaller court size makes singles play difficult, and most padel matches are played as Doubles.
- There are some padel courts which have been designed especially for singles, but around 90% of all padel courts in the world are doubles specific.
- At the pro level only doubles is played on the World Padel Tour.
- Find out more about the rules of padel here.
Where can I play Padel in Elmbridge?
To learn more or take up Padel at Esher TC or Oxshott VSC please visit their webpages for more information: