FIP Silver Budapest 2026 lands at Top Padel Muskétás from 14–20 September 2026. It is only the second FIP tournament ever held in Hungary — after the historic FIP Bronze in July — and the first at Silver level. With 30,000+ amateur padel players in the country and a €18,000 prize purse, Budapest is now officially on the international padel map.
Tournament Essentials
Event: CUPRA FIP Tour Silver — the second tier of FIP's four-level circuit (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum).
Dates: 14–20 September 2026, main draw 16–20 September.
Venue: Top Padel Muskétás, 1112 Budapest, Muskétás u. 1 — indoor courts.
Prize money: €18,000.
FIP points for the winner: 80 (Final 45 / Semi-final 25 / Quarter-final 14 / Round of 16 8).
Men's Draw — The Favourites
The men's main draw features 28 pairs. The top seeds are Gonzalo Alfonso and Valentino "Tino" Libaak from Argentina, ranked 3,819 team points and the clear title favourites. Alfonso is a left-side power player who has reached career-high #20 in 2026; Libaak is a 22-year-old Argentine talent known for explosive reactions and hand speed at the net. If Libaak's body holds up after a late-2025 back injury, this pair is the one to beat.
The second seeds are Spain's Javier Barahona and Marc Sintes Villalonga on 3,428 points. Barahona is a top-30 consistency machine; Sintes is one of the most promising young Spanish left-side players and already won an FIP Silver earlier this year. They are the only pair on paper that can realistically challenge the Argentines.
Other pairs to watch include Federico Mouriño / Marc Quilez (3rd seeds, 1,951 points), José Luis González / Álvaro Méndez Amaya (4th, 1,808), and the Franco-Belgian duo Clément Geens / Dylan Guichard (5th, 1,581). Guichard is the home hero of French padel and a regular wild-card face at Premier Padel events; Geens is Belgium's #1.
Hungarian men's padel is still developing — no Hungarian is yet inside the FIP top 500 — but the wild cards and eight Hungarian qualifying pairs show the first steps of a generation. Oliver Szakacs and Balint Dobak have a main-draw wild card.
Women's Draw — The Favourites
The women's main draw has 23 pairs. The top seeds are Spain's Noa Cánovas Paredes and María Eulalia Rodríguez Abajo, both ranked world #32 and holding 3,724 team points. They are the highest-ranked players in the entire Budapest event, men or women. Cánovas is an aggressive left-side young star; Rodríguez is a rock-solid right side with superb volleys.
The second seeds bring star power: France's Alix Collombon — the face of French padel and a former world #10 — partners Ksenia Sharifova of Russia (competing under AIN status), a powerful left-side player. They sit on 3,323 points and can beat anyone if Collombon's experience and Sharifova's power click.
Marta Caparrós / Sofía Saiz (3rd, 2,736) and Marta Borrero / Teresa Navarro (4th, 2,509) are two young Spanish pairs with serious futures. The international mix of Brittany Dubins (USA) and Camila Ramme (Mexico) sits 5th on 1,507 points.
The home hopes in the women's draw are real. Hungary's #1 female player, Dóra Andrejszki (career-high FIP #111), teams with France's Steffi Merah as the 10th seeds on 516 points. A former US college tennis player who switched to padel in her late twenties, Andrejszki is the benchmark of Hungarian women's padel and the heart of the home crowd's hopes.
Key Storylines
A historic first: second-ever FIP event in Hungary, and the first FIP Silver — a statement that Budapest belongs on the international map.
The highest-ranked players in the building are women: Cánovas and Rodríguez (#32s) edge out the top men's pair.
French stars everywhere: Guichard in the men's draw and Collombon in the women's draw headline a big French contingent.
Dóra Andrejszki carries the home flag against top-50 opposition.
80 points are on the line — for the chasing pack of FIP-ranked players, a Budapest title is a serious ranking jump.
What to Do in Budapest Around the Tournament
For players and fans visiting Budapest, the city offers plenty alongside the padel. Top Padel Muskétás is the venue, but clubs like Padel Club Hungary and Flow Padel run open sessions and Americano formats every week.
Recovery: Széchenyi thermal bath — the giant yellow bathhouse — or Gellért, both world-famous and perfect after matches.
Views: Fisherman's Bastion and Buda Castle at sunset, the Parliament building lit up at night, and a Danube river cruise.
Food and culture: ruin bars starting with Szimpla Kert, Hungarian goulash and langos, the Great Market Hall, and the New York Café — regularly listed among the world's most beautiful cafés.
Train With Me During the Tournament
I am a Budapest-based padel coach and cognitive-training specialist (KCL MSc Psychology & Neuroscience). While the world's players are in town, I am offering on-court reaction and cognitive training sessions for players competing at FIP Silver Budapest who want an edge between matches, and for visiting fans who want to try something different.
We work on reaction-time drills, cognitive training on court, scanning and anticipation, and padel-specific movement under pressure. Sessions are one hour and can be booked directly through padelreact.com.
Contact: Engin Bali — +36 30 165 4560 | padelreact@gmail.com | @enginbali_padel.
Sources: FIP official entry lists (updated 07/09/2026), FIP event page, PadelTalk / PadelRankingLive tournament data, and FIP World Padel Report 2025.
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