French pickleball rankings • English overview
Best French Pickleball Players
FFT data for August 2026. Bonjour Pickleball update checked on 6 August 2026.
An English guide to the best French pickleball players on the official FFT domestic circuit in France.
Internationally, the best-known French pickleball player is Jay Devilliers, who reached world No. 1 on the APP Tour in 2021 and plays on the American PPA and APP pro tours. On the official FFT domestic circuit in France, the current number one is Cyril PELTIER. This page ranks the domestic FFT circuit, which is not the same as the global pro tour.
BRETAGNE
Vice-champion 2026 · simple messieurs 5.0 +19 ans
Cyril PELTIER
LANVALLAY TC DU GD LANVALLAY
Best ranking: rank 1/581 in Men's singles
Tiebreak: rank 1/3195 in Men's doubles.
AUVERGNE RHONE-ALPES
2 médailles France 2026 · simple dames 5.0 +19 ans · double dames 5.0 avec Anne Loriot
Valentine VERNAZ
THYEZ T.C.
Best ranking: rank 1/100 in Women's singles
Tiebreak: rank 1/1275 in Women's doubles.
GRAND EST
Double championne 2026 · double dames 5.0 avec Clara Contis · double mixte 5.0 +19 ans avec Emilien Burnel
Mathilde SARCELET
TC MENEHILDIEN
Best ranking: rank 1/1344 in Mixed doubles (women)
Tiebreak: rank 7/1275 in Women's doubles.
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4+ 5
3 médailles France 2026 · double messieurs 5.0 avec Julien Platel · double mixte 5.0 +19 ans avec Clara Contis
Best ranking: rank 2/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 3/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
5- 3
Bronze France 2026 · double messieurs 5.0 avec Jeremy Kieffer
Best ranking: rank 3/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 2/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
6- 1
Bronze France 2026 · double dames 5.0 avec Caroline Dhenin
Best ranking: rank 2/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 2/1275 in Women's doubles. -
7+ 1Best ranking: rank 4/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 11/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
8+ 3
Vice-champion 2026 · double messieurs 5.0 avec Theo Platel
Best ranking: rank 5/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 26/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
9- 3
Bronze France 2026 · double dames 5.0 avec Anais Geslin
Best ranking: rank 3/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 3/1275 in Women's doubles. -
10+ 11Best ranking: rank 6/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 52/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
11+ 16
Bronze France 2026 · double mixte 5.0 avec Adeline N'Guyen
Best ranking: rank 2/581 in Men's singles.
Tiebreak: rank 9/3195 in Men's doubles. -
12=Best ranking: rank 7/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 5/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
13+ 2Best ranking: rank 4/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 15/3195 in Men's doubles. -
14- 13Best ranking: rank 8/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 4/581 in Men's singles. -
15- 5
3 médailles France 2026 · double dames 5.0 avec Mathilde Sarcelet · double mixte 5.0 +19 ans avec Theo Platel
Best ranking: rank 4/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 8/1275 in Women's doubles. -
16- 3
Vice-championne 2026 · double dames 5.0 avec Valentine Vernaz
Best ranking: rank 4/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 6/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
17+ 17
Bronze France 2026 · double messieurs 5.0 avec Mathieu Roy
Best ranking: rank 10/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 11/581 in Men's singles. -
18- 11Best ranking: rank 11/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 19/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
19- 5Best ranking: rank 5/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 9/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
20+ 12Best ranking: rank 6/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 17/3195 in Men's doubles. -
21- 4Best ranking: rank 12/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 31/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
22=
2 médailles France 2026 · double messieurs 5.0 +50 ans avec Thibault Collignon · double mixte 5.0 +50 ans avec Hong Duyen Nguyen
Best ranking: rank 13/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 9/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
23- 5
Bronze France 2026 · double mixte 5.0 avec Maxence Schirrecker
Best ranking: rank 6/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 7/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
24- 1Best ranking: rank 14/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 8/581 in Men's singles. -
25+ 15Best ranking: rank 7/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 20/3195 in Men's doubles. -
26- 10Best ranking: rank 16/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 16/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
27- 8Best ranking: rank 8/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 23/3195 in Men's doubles. -
28+ 10Best ranking: rank 8/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 10/1275 in Women's doubles. -
29- 4Best ranking: rank 18/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 24/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
30+ 15Best ranking: rank 19/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 46/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
31- 2Best ranking: rank 10/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 21/3195 in Men's doubles. -
32- 2Best ranking: rank 9/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 13/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
33- 13Best ranking: rank 22/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 17/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
34+ 9Best ranking: rank 10/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 31/1275 in Women's doubles. -
35=Best ranking: rank 24/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 16/581 in Men's singles. -
36- 5Best ranking: rank 11/1344 in Mixed doubles (women).
Tiebreak: rank 58/1275 in Women's doubles. -
37+ 9
Double champion 2026 · simple messieurs 5.0 +50 ans · double mixte 5.0 +50 ans avec Stephanie Lefebvre
Best ranking: rank 25/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 9/581 in Men's singles. -
38+ 9Best ranking: rank 12/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 6/581 in Men's singles. -
39- 11Best ranking: rank 26/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 21/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
40- 7
2 médailles France 2026 · double dames 5.0 +50 ans avec Stephanie Lefebvre · double mixte 5.0 +50 ans avec Anthony Andreux
Best ranking: rank 11/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 12/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
41=Best ranking: rank 27/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 50/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
42- 3Best ranking: rank 28/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 43/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
43- 6Best ranking: rank 12/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 14/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
44N
Triple champion 2026 · simple messieurs 5.0 +19 ans · double messieurs 5.0 avec Thomas Provost
Best ranking: rank 14/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 7/581 in Men's singles. -
45NBest ranking: rank 30/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 33/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
46NBest ranking: rank 31/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 172/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
47N
Vice-championne 2026 · double dames 5.0 +50 ans avec Carine Delpeyroux
Best ranking: rank 13/1275 in Women's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 42/1344 in Mixed doubles (women). -
48NBest ranking: rank 15/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
Tiebreak: rank 101/3195 in Men's doubles. -
49N
Champion de France 2026 · double messieurs 4.0 avec Sebastien Peignot
Best ranking: rank 32/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 18/1455 in Mixed doubles (men). -
50NBest ranking: rank 33/3195 in Men's doubles.
Tiebreak: rank 58/1455 in Mixed doubles (men).
How this page works
This English page is built from the official FFT rankings published in France. Bonjour Pickleball keeps each player only once and uses the FFT category where that player ranks best.
The FFT rankings used here include all age groups in the same published tables, including 50+ and 70+ players. There is no separate age-specific table in the data used here.
It is useful for readers searching for the best French pickleball players on the French domestic circuit. It is not the same thing as asking which French player has the highest international profile.
Methodology Open details
For each player, Bonjour Pickleball keeps the FFT category where that player ranks best. The comparison uses (N-rank+1)/N, so results can be compared across categories of different sizes.
This ranking mixes men and women in a single list on purpose: without this calculation, comparing rank 1 out of 581 men directly to rank 1 out of 100 women would not make sense. By turning each rank into a success percentage within its own table, both results end up at the same level.
This means a player can appear only once in the overall ranking, even if that player is also ranked in doubles or mixed doubles.
Exact ties: when two people end up with the same best result, we compare each person’s second-best FFT result, only when both have one in another counted category, then the third if needed, and so on. If the tie still isn’t broken after that, we then compare FFT points from the best result. If everything is still identical, both people genuinely share the same position: they are shown as tied (Ex æquo).
French players who mainly compete on international pro tours may not appear here, because this page reflects the FFT domestic circuit in France rather than the global PPA or APP scene.
Movement: the +/- signs compare the current rank to May 2026, = means the same rank, and N means the player did not appear in the previous publication. The FFT ranking is a 12-month rolling window, so a rank can shift even without a new tournament, if a result from last year drops out of that window.
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Source
Official FFT source
The official rankings come from the Fédération Française de Tennis. Bonjour Pickleball turns those rankings into readable pages, lists and player profiles.
See the official FFT ranking source
See the English page for French female players
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