{"id":9211,"date":"2026-05-06T14:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2026-09-30T16:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:07:04","slug":"audemars-piguet-enters-padel-partnering-with-tapia-and-premier-padel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/padel-news\/audemars-piguet-enters-padel-partnering-with-tapia-and-premier-padel\/","title":{"rendered":"Audemars Piguet Enters Padel: Partnering With Tapia and Premier Padel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AP Becomes The \u201cOfficial Timekeeper\u201d For Premier Padel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audemars Piguet (AP) \u2013 a world-renowned Swiss manufacturer of ultra-luxury watches \u2013 has entered the world of padel as the \u201cOfficial Timekeeper of the Qatar Airways Premier Padel Tour\u201d and has partnered with Agust\u00edn Tapia, the world\u2019s current #1 padel player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It follows a day after Agust\u00edn Tapia teased the collaboration by posting photos of himself wearing an AP watch on Instagram. It\u2019s not the first major luxury watchmaker to enter the sport though \u2013 as Tapia\u2019s padel partner, Arturo Coello, announced a partnership with Rolex earlier this year in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Premier-Padel.webp\" alt=\"AP watch, premier padel ball, and racket held by a person\" class=\"wp-image-8514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Premier-Padel.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Premier-Padel-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Premier-Padel-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Premier-Padel-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setting new standards for the sport\u2019s global development, Premier Padel has established itself as the leading professional tour worldwide. As Official Timekeeper, we will accompany the circuit throughout the season, both on site and through international broadcasts.<\/p>\n<cite>\u2013 Audemars Piguet, via LinkedIn<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AP On Why They Partnered With Agust\u00edn Tapia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason is obvious, of course: he\u2019s the world\u2019s #1 padel player and arguably the most popular. AP commented that \u201chis playing style, defined by precision, creativity and a refined sense of timing, combined with humility and professionalism on and off the court, make him a natural fit to join the AP family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tapia.webp\" alt=\"Tapia with an AP watch on a padel court\" class=\"wp-image-8515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tapia.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tapia-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tapia-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tapia-768x960.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audemars Piguet has entered padel as Official Timekeeper of the Premier Padel Tour and partnered with world number one Agust\u00edn Tapia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-padel-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9255,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9211\/revisions\/9255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpadelnetwork.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}