Short answer: padel is not a niche in Egypt any more. According to the International Padel Federation, citing its World Padel Report 2025, the country has 1,500 courts and 380,000 amateur players, which places it among the leading nations on the African continent. Courts are concentrated in New Cairo, Sheikh Zayed, 6th October, Nasr City and Maadi, with a second cluster along the North Coast and the Red Sea that fills up in summer.
Below is where to play, region by region, with the details each venue actually publishes — and a plain note where a venue publishes nothing. Then what the specs mean, what you need to turn up with, and how competitive padel is organised here.
How big padel is in Egypt
Two numbers are worth holding on to, both from the FIP World Padel Report 2025: 1,500 courts and 380,000 amateur players. That works out to roughly 250 players per court nationally — which is why booking a peak evening slot in New Cairo on the day is usually optimistic.
The competitive side is real too. Egypt hosted the first-ever FIP Junior Africa Padel Cup in Alexandria from 17 to 20 June 2026, and the Egyptian Padel Federation runs the EPF Tour alongside FIP Bronze and FIP Promises events, with national rankings split across Open, Women, Seniors, Amateurs, Social and Juniors divisions. Clubs register with the federation in order to host federated tournaments and certified coaching academies — so if a venue advertises federation backing, that is a specific status rather than marketing language.
Where to play
What follows is 27 operators across 40 branches in 7 regions, compiled from the sources listed at the end of this guide. Two honest caveats before you read it.
First, most Egyptian venues publish very little. Of the 40 branches below, only 13 publish anything about the courts themselves and only 11 publish opening hours. Where a venue publishes nothing, the table says Not published rather than filling the gap with a guess — if you need to know whether a court is covered or how late it runs, phone them.
Second, we have deliberately left prices out. Published Egyptian court rates contradict each other on the most important detail: whether the figure quoted is for the court or for each player. Those differ by a factor of four for a doubles session, and we found the same venue listed both ways by different sources in the same year. Ask for the rate and the unit when you book, and treat any list that does not tell you which one it means — including the ones that rank well for this search — as unreliable on that point.
New Cairo & the Settlements
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go Padel | Katameya Heights, Madinaty, El Rehab | Not published | 10:00–00:00 |
| Cairo Padel | Park Mall New Cairo; Mountain View Hyde Park | Not published | 09:00–23:00 |
| J Padel | Swan Lake Residence, 1st Settlement | Not published | 08:00–00:00 |
| Padel Hub | Villette Compound Club, Fifth Settlement | Academy for all ages and levels; supported by the Egyptian Padel Federation | Not published |
| Padel Point | Stone Park Compound; Sky Resort; Al Narges, Fifth Settlement | Six panoramic courts built to international standards | 08:00–04:00 |
Nasr City & Heliopolis
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPadel Egypt | Mahmoud Salem St, inside Cairo International Stadium | Panoramic glass courts with professional-grade lighting; hosts EPF Bronze and Silver Open Series | 10:00–02:00 |
| UPadel | Tiba Rose Hotel, Al Nozha | Training academy across age groups and levels | 08:00–00:00 |
| Padel Point | Remag, Nasr City; El Talae Stadium; 30 June Stadium | Not published | Not published |
| The Padel Zone | Almazah, Heliopolis | Not published | Not published |
| Padel Plus | Nasr City | Not published | Not published |
| Padel Co. | El Shorouk City | Not published | Not published |
Maadi
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| SR Padel | Club 7, The Field Maadi | Not published | 08:00–00:00 |
| Pro Padel Maadi | Maadi Club | Group programme of 8 one-hour sessions a month, twice weekly | 09:00–23:00 |
| Padel Up Elite | Street 250 | Not published | 09:00–00:00 |
Sheikh Zayed & 6th October
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners Padel Club | Gardenia, Sheikh Zayed; Suez Road | Three courts; spectator area | Open 24/7 |
| Four Corners Padel Club | Al Tahrir St, Sheraton Airport area | Court booking includes paddles and balls | Open 24/7 |
| Padel Hub | Club S, Allegria (Zayed); MOVE Gym Club (6th October) | Academy for all ages and levels | Not published |
| The Padel Club | Galleria 40 | Not published | Not published |
| Padel It | Arkan Plaza | Not published | Not published |
| Pro Padel | El Seginy Riding Club | Not published | Not published |
| Padel Beats | Wahat Road, opposite Dreamland | Not published | Not published |
| Padel House | Six Ten Park | Not published | Not published |
| Mexico Padel | 26th of July Corridor; Meerland Park | Not published | Not published |
| Let's Padel | Fyves Mall | Not published | Not published |
Alexandria & the Delta
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| WePadel | El-Mahmoudeya Axis, next to Watania Gas Station | Nine courts — the largest padel facility in Egypt by court count; academy; Adidas Padel distributor | Not published |
| WePadel | Smouha Sporting Club | Three courts | Not published |
| WePadel | Kings Yard | Two courts | Not published |
| WePadel | Alex West Club | Two courts | Not published |
| WePadel | New Damietta | Two courts | Not published |
North Coast (Sahel)
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padel Dose | Amwaj, Sidi Abdel Rahman | Not published | Not published |
| Padel Hub | La Vista Bay, Ras El Hekma | Not published | Not published |
| The Rush | Caesar Sodic; Mountain View; Masyaf, Ras El Hekma | Not published | Not published |
| Let's Padel | La Vista Cascada | Not published | Not published |
| Padel Point | Stella Heights | Not published | Not published |
| J Padel | Swan Lake North Coast | Not published | Not published |
Red Sea & Sokhna
| Venue | Branch / address | Published detail | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Gouna Padel | El Gouna Squash | Not published | Not published |
| Somabay Padel | Somabay Sports Arena | Not published | Not published |
| Yalla Padel | Regina Resort & Aqua Park, Hurghada | Not published | Not published |
| SR Padel | Azha, Ain Sokhna | Not published | Not published |
| J Padel | Little Venice, Red Sea | Not published | Not published |
What the specs actually mean
A few terms recur in the table and on venue websites, and they are worth decoding before you pick somewhere to play regularly.
- Panoramic. A panoramic court uses full glass walls with no vertical support posts in the playing area. It plays truer off the back wall than a post-braced court and it is much better to watch. When a venue advertises "panoramic", that is the meaningful part — not the glass itself, which every proper court has.
- Built to international standards. A regulation padel court is 20m × 10m, enclosed, with a net across the middle. Venues use this phrase to signal that the court is full-size and competition-legal, which matters if you intend to play federation tournaments on it.
- Professional-grade lighting. More relevant in Egypt than it sounds. Because so much play happens after dark — two of the venues below run to 02:00 and 04:00, and two more are open around the clock — lighting quality decides whether a 10pm game is comfortable or a squint.
- Academy. Structured coaching, usually in age and level groups, as opposed to a coach you hire by the hour. If you are starting out, an academy slot is generally better value than court hire plus private lessons.
Booking is increasingly standardised: Skedda is the common platform in Cairo, while some operators run their own apps. Almost none of them show rates without an account, which is part of why the published pricing is such a mess.
What you need to bring
Less than people expect. Courts supply the balls in most cases, and a few — Four Corners' Sheraton Park branch is the clearest example — include paddles in the booking, which makes them a sensible place to try the sport before buying anything.
Once you play regularly, three things are worth owning, in this order:
- Your own racket. House rackets are usually heavy, hard-cored and battered, which is the worst combination for a developing player and for your elbow. If you are not sure what to buy, our guide to choosing a padel racket covers it, and racket shapes explained covers the single decision that matters most.
- Overgrips. The cheapest meaningful upgrade there is. They fix a handle that is too thin for your hand, and in Egyptian heat they are the difference between holding the racket and wrestling it.
- Court shoes. Padel is played on artificial turf with sand. Running shoes slide on it and offer nothing laterally.
Playing in the heat
This is the part guides written elsewhere never cover. Most Egyptian courts are outdoor, so from roughly May to September the practical playing window is early morning or after sunset — which is exactly why so many venues here run past midnight while European clubs close at ten.
Heat also affects your equipment, and one habit matters more than the rest: never leave a racket in a parked car. A closed car in a Cairo summer comfortably exceeds the temperature at which the EVA core and the adhesives holding the frame together begin to deform, and that damage is permanent. We wrote a separate piece on protecting your racket from Egypt's heat because it is the single most common way rackets die here — not on court, in a boot.
Warmth changes how a racket plays, too. EVA foam softens as it heats, so a frame that felt firm and precise in January will feel noticeably livelier and less controlled in a July session. That is normal and it reverses; it is not a fault.
Sources
Venue details in the tables above are compiled from the following, and reflect what those sources stated on the dates shown. Venues open, move and change hours frequently — confirm before you travel.
- International Padel Federation, citing the FIP World Padel Report 2025 — national court and player figures, Junior Africa Cup
- Egyptian Padel Federation — tours, ranking divisions, club membership
- PropertyFinder Egypt, "Padel Courts in Cairo", 9 January 2026 — court specs, hours, booking platforms
- Nawy, "21+ Padel Courts in Egypt", 1 March 2026 — branches and hours
- Nawy (Arabic), "أبرز 20 من ملاعب بادل في مصر", 21 July 2025 — additional branches
- WePadel Egypt — Alexandria and Delta court counts
Where to go next
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