First U.S. governing body partnership marks Tournated’s largest padel federation project to date and creates “first true home for America’s padel-playing community”
Riga, Latvia and New York, USA - 18 February 2026: Tournated, in partnership with World Padel Rating (WPR), is pleased to announce the official launch of a new white-label digital platform for the United States Padel Association (USPA). This milestone marks Tournated’s first governing body partnership in the United States and its largest padel federation deployment to date, setting a new standard for how padel is organized, managed, and scaled in advanced markets.
Starting in 2026, USPA now operates a unified web and mobile platform that centralizes all USPA-sanctioned tournaments, replacing legacy Excel-based workflows with fully automated rankings, and provides a scalable digital foundation to support the rapid national growth of padel.
“This is a major milestone for padel in the United States,” said Nikita Ribakovs, Founder & CEO of Tournated. “Padel is at a historic inflection point, because what happens in the U.S. over the next few years will shape the sport globally. Launching our first governing body platform in North America - together with World Padel Rating and USPA - is a strong validation of our vision to give federations full control over their brand, traffic, data, and revenue, while providing infrastructure that can scale as fast as the sport itself,” he added.
“This is not just a technology launch; it’s the creation of a national padel operating system built for scale, performance, and long-term growth. The partnership brings structure to what was previously a fragmented padel landscape in the U.S., and at a time when the industry is being shaped before our eyes. By joining forces with WPR and serving the USPA, there is now a one-stop shop - a true home for America’s padel-playing community”.
The launch goes far beyond a technical migration. USPA’s long-term vision is to bring clubs, leagues, and tournament organizers under one national ecosystem, enabling any type of event - from grassroots competitions to elite tournaments - while driving licensed player growth and increasing federation revenues.
Through the new platform, USPA gains full visibility and control over its competitive structure, while clubs and organizers benefit from a flexible, federation-approved system designed to support high event volumes.
“Our objective has always been to grow padel in the U.S. in a structured, professional, and scalable way,” said Scott Colebourne, CEO of the United States Padel Association. “With this platform, we now have the digital infrastructure to unite the entire padel community - clubs, organizers, and players - under one system that supports both growth and governance. Furthermore, under this partnership, Tournated now automatically calculates our rankings, which is a significant upgrade for our entire competitive structure. This partnership marks a step forwards in the development and maturity of American padel.”
At the heart of the platform is a deep, native integration with World Padel Rating (WPR) and the USPA membership system, with WPR ID serving as the single login and access point for players.
“Making WPR ID the backbone of the U.S. padel ecosystem ensures consistency and transparency, at all levels of competition and organized play. This integration delivers a seamless experience for players while giving USPA and event organizers the operational strength needed to scale padel nationally,” said Charles Meson, CEO of World Padel Rating.
Adoption of the platform is already underway, with more than 250 USPA-sanctioned tournaments scheduled throughout 2026, signaling strong momentum and confidence from organizers nationwide. Throughout the year, Tournated, World Padel Rating, and USPA will continue working closely to expand platform functionality, onboard more clubs and tournament organizers, and support the accelerating growth of padel across the United States, where court numbers have reached 979 across 258 active facilities (Misitrano Consulting).
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Founded in August 2024 by former professional racquet sport athlete Nikita Ribakovs, Tournated is an all-in-one sports management software platform designed to help sports organizations, federations, and event organizers create and manage their own branded digital ecosystems for leagues, tournaments, clubs, and other events.
The white label platform offers tools to help automate and simplify scheduling, draws, rankings, registrations, results, payments, and audience engagement under one roof, while giving organizations full control of their data and brand across custom web and mobile platforms.
Often described as a “Shopify for sports management”, Tournated’s white-label solution aims to unify operations, boost growth, and support monetization for sports bodies of all sizes, replacing the Excel spreadsheet approach previously used by so many governing bodies.
Tournated now operates in more than 50 countries, powering national and international federations across over 15 sports and serving more than 70,000 competitive athletes worldwide.