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British Padel Is Going Global: The Full FIP World Rankings for GB Players (Updated Oct 2026)

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Padel is booming in Great Britain, and the FIP world rankings are starting to reflect it. A growing group of British players are now competing on the international stage, earning ranking points at FIP-sanctioned events around the world.

This page tracks every GB-registered player currently ranked by the FIP with active points. Rankings are updated on the 1st of each month, so you can follow progress throughout the year.

What Are the FIP Rankings?

The FIP (International Padel Federation) rankings are the official world rankings for padel. They cover both the professional circuit (Premier Padel, Cupra FIP Tour) and amateur international events. Points are earned at FIP-sanctioned tournaments worldwide. Any player who has competed at a recognised FIP event will appear here, from grassroots national open level right up to the top of the game.

With padel growing rapidly across Great Britain, the number of ranked British players has been climbing steadily. Every name on this list represents the country on the world stage.

Great Britain's Ranked Players

The tables below show all 132 GB-registered players with active FIP ranking points, sorted by ranking position. The UK Rank column shows each player's position among British players, so you can see at a glance who is the 5th or 6th best ranked player in the country. The Position Change column shows movement in world ranking position (not points) versus last month's snapshot. Players marked NEW were not in last month's table. Players marked ADDED already held ranking points but were missing from last month's table by mistake: Eloise Tait and Eva Marcus-Newberger have both been ranked all year.

🇬🇧 Great Britain: FIP World Rankings

Last updated: October 2026 · 132 GB players ranked (49 women, 83 men)

Women

UK Rank World Rank Player FIP Points Position Change
1 #90 Aimee Gibson 564 +1
2 #94 Catherine Rose 539 0
3 #168 Tia Louisa Norton 205 -23
4 #179 Lisa Rachel Phillips 178 +1
5 #218 Abigail Tordoff 122 -7
6 #219 Laura Jackson 121 +1
7 #253 Rosie Quirk 94 +36
8 #279 Chloe De La Mare 84 +25
9 #324 Olivia Çiftçi 66 +27
10 #402 Eloise Tait 43 ADDED
11 #412 Eva Marcus-Newberger 40 ADDED
12 #423 Victoria Nicholas 38 +769
13 #472 Abby Ombler-Truran 32 -12
14 #482 Sian Payne 31 -13
15 #496 Alice Keddie 29 +209
=16 #672 Amiina Bakunowicz 18 +92
=16 #672 Claudette Gilhespie 18 -54
=16 #672 Jasmine Dedakia 18 +92
=16 #672 Lucy Jones 18 -104
20 #775 Christina Smith 15 -178
=21 #846 Kace Bartley 13 -82
=21 #846 Rosie Pooley 13 +91
=21 #846 Sophie Bray 13 -82
=24 #977 Helen Crook 10 -272
=24 #977 Kristin Price 10 -99
=24 #977 Marilena Christoforou 10 -99
=24 #977 Megan Ward 10 -99
=28 #1037 Daisy Maclean 8 -100
=28 #1037 Gabriella Hay 8 -100
=28 #1037 Hanna Maddock Gamez 8 -469
=28 #1037 Kerry White 8 -100
=28 #1037 Melissa Martin 8 NEW
=28 #1037 Sabrina Stevens 8 -100
34 #1238 Poppy Whitford 6 NEW
=35 #1275 Aimee Connolly 5 -83
=35 #1275 Alex Oelmann 5 -83
=35 #1275 Charlotte Atkinson 5 -83
=35 #1275 Emily Young 5 -83
=35 #1275 Gabrielle Paul 5 -83
=35 #1275 Hayley Halsall-Randall 5 -83
=35 #1275 Jo Waugh 5 -83
=35 #1275 Molly Walsh 5 -83
=35 #1275 Penny Sloman 5 -83
=35 #1275 Victoria Davies 5 -120
=45 #1559 Caroline Saker 3 -17
=45 #1559 Emily Thompson 3 -17
=45 #1559 Jamie McCracken 3 NEW
=45 #1559 Lillian Eileen Trafford 3 -17
=45 #1559 Sarah Lochrie 3 -398

Men

UK Rank World Rank Player FIP Points Position Change
1 #148 Christian Medina Murphy 400 +9
2 #255 Louie Harris 168 0
3 #299 Theodore Garton 132 +1
4 #303 Cameron Dollimore 131 -7
5 #320 Jaime Lobo Wordsworth 120 +20
6 #336 Alexander Loughlan 111 -35
7 #410 Ethan Bardo 78 -4
8 #430 Jake Bewley 72 +68
9 #507 Nikhil Mohindra 57 +13
10 #527 Samuel Jones 53 -29
=11 #546 Ben Phillips 50 NEW
=11 #546 Charlie Götke 50 +357
=11 #546 Chris Salisbury 50 -16
14 #570 Alfonso Patacho 46 +508
15 #706 Josh Gilbert 32 +71
16 #759 Sam Macneil 29 +37
17 #776 Christos Doroclis Erics 28 +225
18 #957 Rio Hanif 20 +121
19 #1079 Oliver Hayday 16 -102
20 #1124 Aston Deva Nix 15 +1160
=21 #1178 Adit Patel 14 -100
=21 #1178 Oscar Bazaley 14 -100
=21 #1178 Tom Farquharson 14 -360
=24 #1226 Cameron Gomes 13 +236
=24 #1226 Oliver Quarry 13 -274
=24 #1226 Vincent Bakunowicz 13 +84
27 #1351 Bertie Jenner 11 NEW
=28 #1424 Colin Marshall 10 -295
=28 #1424 Jules Bakunowicz 10 -114
=28 #1424 Ryan Wyatt 10 -447
=31 #1512 Aaran Eastwood 9 +772
=31 #1512 Ash Karia 9 +772
=31 #1512 Benedetto Campione 9 -117
=31 #1512 Benjamin Oakes 9 +716
=31 #1512 Liam De La Mare 9 +198
36 #1565 Callum Ward 8 +719
=37 #1762 Benjamin Coeulle 7 +1082
=37 #1762 Craig De Silva 7 +88
=37 #1762 Gareth Nicol 7 +1082
=37 #1762 Luke Power 7 -452
=41 #1815 Alex Whitaker 6 NEW
=41 #1815 Hayden Kalinins 6 +329
=41 #1815 Jon Southern 6 +469
=41 #1815 Reuben Legge 6 NEW
=41 #1815 Robbie Thompson 6 NEW
=41 #1815 Steven Zahui 6 -105
=47 #1980 Andre Thorpe 5 NEW
=47 #1980 Calvin Wyatt 5 -318
=47 #1980 Daniel Borbely 5 NEW
=47 #1980 Edward Tandy 5 -130
=47 #1980 Elliot Selby 5 -130
=47 #1980 James Southwood 5 -130
=47 #1980 Luis Zamora 5 NEW
=47 #1980 Luke Gomes 5 NEW
=47 #1980 Michael Tolman 5 -130
=47 #1980 Olly Cull 5 -130
=47 #1980 Scott Clayton 5 +304
=47 #1980 Sergey Yelnik 5 -130
59 #2348 Maniel Bains 4 -120
=60 #2403 Chris Hinds 3 -119
=60 #2403 Connor Taylor 3 -693
=60 #2403 George Derisley 3 -119
=60 #2403 Joshua Kashdan 3 -119
=60 #2403 Macaulay Halford Croasdale 3 -119
=60 #2403 Mikel Suarez 3 -119
=60 #2403 Ryan Martin 3 NEW
=60 #2403 Stan Hunt 3 -693
=68 #2960 Alasdair Owers Bradley 2 -116
=68 #2960 Alex Ward 2 -116
=68 #2960 Andrew Brigham 2 -116
=68 #2960 Christopher Lloyd Jenkins 2 NEW
=68 #2960 Darren McMullen 2 -116
=68 #2960 Ewan Ramsden 2 -116
=68 #2960 Fred Hitchcock 2 NEW
=68 #2960 George Weller 2 -116
=68 #2960 Harry Murphy 2 NEW
=68 #2960 Oliver Darbyshire 2 -116
=68 #2960 Ryan Storrie 2 -116
=68 #2960 Simon Garforth-Bles 2 -116
=68 #2960 Stephen Hart 2 NEW
=68 #2960 Thomas Saunders 2 -116
=68 #2960 Tom Craig 2 -116
83 #3279 Elliott Dunn 1 NEW

UK Rank is the player's position among British players (= means tied on the same world ranking). World Rank is the official FIP ranking. Position Change shows movement in world ranking position versus the September 2026 snapshot; NEW means the player was not in last month's table. ADDED means the player already held points but was missing from last month's table by mistake. Source: padelfip.com (individual player profiles), updated on the 1st of each month.

Leading the Way

Aimee Gibson holds on to Great Britain's top spot in the women's rankings, edging up to world #90 with 564 points. Catherine Rose stays at #94 with 539 points, so both remain inside the world top 100. Lisa Rachel Phillips (#179) closed the gap on Tia Louisa Norton (#168), who slipped 23 places this month. Further down, Victoria Nicholas made the biggest jump of the month, climbing 769 places to #423 and into the UK top 12. Eva Marcus-Newberger (#412) picked up 17 points by reaching the R32 at FIP Platinum Lyon in September, the biggest single result of her season so far.

On the men's side, Christian Medina Murphy continues to lead, climbing another 9 places to world #148 with 400 points. Louie Harris holds at #255. Theodore Garton (#299) has moved up to UK #3, swapping places with Cameron Dollimore (#303), while Jaime Lobo Wordsworth climbed 20 places to #320 and is now UK #5. Six British men now sit inside the world top 400.

Why This Matters

With 132 ranked players across the women's and men's draws, Great Britain has one of the most active FIP contingents outside the traditional padel heartlands. That covers everyone from elite-level players competing at Premier Padel qualifiers to club players who picked up their first international points at a domestic FIP Open.

Every point on this list represents a British player choosing to compete internationally. The depth of this list shows that padel in Great Britain is not just growing in numbers but producing players ready to test themselves on the world stage.

If you are a British player competing in FIP-sanctioned events and your name is not here, it is worth checking that your registration is correctly linked to GBR on the FIP system.

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