Pune hosts India’s first hybrid pickleball and padel tournament

Homies on Court staged India’s first hybrid pickleball and padel tournament in Pune, and the franchise format drew enough interest that all slots were sold out. The event paired two fast-growing racket sports in one setting, turning Pune into a test case for how much overlap exists between pickleball and padel audiences in India.

The project ran as a franchise league under the Swiggy Scenes banner from July 23-26, 2026, then closed out in Pune in late July as the inaugural Homies on Court edition wrapped. Two separate posts marked the conclusion on July 28 and July 29, underscoring the scale of a rollout that moved beyond a one-off club night and into a structured competition model.

That structure matters because pickleball and padel are usually treated as parallel growth stories, not one combined product. Homies on Court collapsed that divide by putting both sports under the same event umbrella, a move that can make sense for venues looking to maximize court use, for coaches trying to cross-train players, and for sponsors seeking a single entry point into two adjacent communities. In a city like Pune, where sports and fitness culture already runs deep, the hybrid format offered something more memorable than a standard singles or doubles draw.

The idea also fits the broader language now surrounding these sports in India. RallyGully, which presents itself as a pickleball and multi-sport community in the country, frames the rise of these games as part of a larger movement built around spaces where people connect and play. Homies on Court pushed that logic one step further by testing whether one event can serve both communities at once, while also giving first-time players a lower-friction way to discover either sport.

Hybrid courts and crossover formats are not entirely new in the wider racket-sports conversation. Pickleball 52 has highlighted a world’s first pickleball-and-padel court, showing that shared or multi-use infrastructure has already become part of the discussion elsewhere. Pune’s tournament took that idea from court design into competition design, and the sold-out franchise list suggests the market was ready to see whether a blended format could travel.