Episode 5, Hernan Auguste

He has been one of the most well known faces around the padel courts for decades now. He is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and been world number 1 in padel for 4 consecutive years. Has been playing competitively for 22 years and won literally everything to be won in padel.  As a previous professional tennis player, it has been a fairly seemless transition for him to get into professional padel. After hanging up his racket, he became International Director of Development for the World Padel Tour. The growth could be seen from Mars and when he knew WPT was in safe hands, he went on to become Chief Padel Officer of the Ledap Group.  Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Austria, Spain, the UK, Germany and the UAE, operating more than 130 padel clubs, e-commerce, a booking platform, a padel court manufacturer and operates as an organiser of padel events.   In his role as Chief Padel Officer of LeDap, Hernan and the team are striving to make Padel available to all, to expand the sport by providing infrastructure and inspiration for all types of Padel players.