Andy Murray invests in Game4Padel to help grow the sport of Padel in the UK

22 June 2021

Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic champion, Andy Murray, has added to his investment portfolio with a stake in Game4Padel. Game4Padel’s aim is to become the market leader in the UK padel tennis market which is widely believed to be on the verge of the same exciting and explosive growth seen in many other countries around the world.

Commenting on the partnership, Andy said “It’s great for young people to play a variety of sports and Padel is a fast-paced game which is excellent for developing hand eye co-ordination and racket skills.”

Padel is a cross between tennis and squash. It uses the tennis scoring system and has very similar balls, but it is played on a court with enclosed glass walls much like a squash court. Padel is often stated to be the fastest growing sport in the world and one of the most fun and addictive.

Game4Padel will work with a wide variety of British sports venues (local authorities, tennis and multi sports clubs and universities) to finance, install, maintain and operate padel courts but also to create bespoke playing programmes and support networks to ensure that success at grassroots level is maximised.

After a successful and heavily oversubscribed first round of private investment, Game4Padel has already received huge interest from a wide variety of sports venues across the UK and hosted a first open day for over 20 interested tennis clubs on the 27th April 2019.

Padel was created in South America in 1969 and is now hugely popular in many European and Latin American countries. In Spain it is now second only to football in participation numbers, with 6 million players on over 5,500 courts. The number of courts in the UK has doubled to over 60 in just 18 months but based on the experience of Spain and many other European nations that number is expected to grow exponentially.

Jim McMahon, Executive Chair of Game4Padel said “It is fantastic to have one of this country’s greatest ever sportsmen join our business. We have a clear vision on how we can grow Padel in the UK and Andy’s involvement is a key part of that plan – we are all looking forward to working with Andy to achieve our aim.”