RacquetX is a new conference for all racket sports under one roof – encouraging ideas and collaboration between industry professionals in padel, tennis, pickleball and beyond.
RacquetX, to be held at Miami Beach Convention Center from 24-26 March 2024 (the middle weekend of tennis’s Miami Open), is a new landmark event established to celebrate the current boom in the racket sports industry.
With opportunities for businesses, industry professionals and sports enthusiasts, attendees can look forward to hearing the wisdom of Katrina Adams, Thomas Shields, and Marcos Del Pilar as the event’s first three named speakers – with more exciting names on the way.
Katrina Adams brings her decades of experience in the sport, including her spell as Chair and President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) where she tirelessly fought for diversity and inclusion.
Katrina Adams brings her decades of experience in the sport, including her spell as Chair and President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) where she tirelessly fought for diversity and inclusion.
With pickleball winning the hearts of millions across America, The Dink and their emerging-sport specialist platform Upswing Sports became the go-to destination for the sport’s legions of fans. Founder Thomas Shields will be discussing his experiences at the heart of the racket sports boom.
If pickleball has conquered the United States, padel is doing the same all over the globe. Marcos Del Pilar, a pioneer of padel in the U.S., was President of the United States Padel Association (USPA) from November 2021 – July 2023 and also co-founded America’s newest professional sports league, the Pro Padel League (PPL), which debuted in Florida this year.
With pickleball winning the hearts of millions across America, The Dink and their emerging-sport specialist platform Upswing Sports became the go-to destination for the sport’s legions of fans. Founder Shields will be discussing his experiences at the heart of the racket sports boom.
If pickleball has conquered the United States, padel is doing the same all over the globe. Del Pilar, a pioneer of padel in the U.S., was President of the United States Padel Association (USPA) from November 2021 – July 2023 and also co-founded America’s newest professional sports league, the Pro Padel League (PPL), which debuted in Florida this year.
The brainchild of events guru Robyn Duda and entrepreneur Marco Giberti, RacquetX is the culmination of huge growth across the sector. The conference’s three headline sports – tennis, pickleball and padel – have all experienced surges in participation since the pandemic and are riding the crest of a wave as people take up racket in numbers never seen before.
Tennis has experienced a 33% boom in participation since 2020. Pickleball is taking North America by storm with the number of people playing growing by 59% over three years, reaching a total of 8.9 million in 2022. Padel is widely accepted as the world’s fastest-growing sport with over 25 million players.
As well as those three headline sports, RacquetX is welcoming professionals and enthusiasts of all racket sports – from squash to badminton and table tennis, and also welcoming cult sports such as Platform tennis, which is popular in the U.S. north east. Until now, there was no place for industry professionals across all these sports to exchange ideas and try new products and technologies.
RacquetX Co-Founder Robyn Duda said: “Racquet sports is truly one of the most exciting sectors out there right now, and this is the place to take advantage of that, whether you’re a seasoned industry professional, an investor, a club owner or parks and recreation planner or even just a fan – there will be incredible experiences for everyone at RacquetX.”
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