Padel began in 1960s Acapulco, Mexico, in the garden of a husband and wife: Enrique and Viviana Corcuera.

A Slim Aarons muse, Viviana is best known for her role in the origin of the sport, which she designed to fit their holiday home garden.

It was created as a sport built around connection. A game originally designed not for elite athletes, but for friends, family and neighbours to play together. A sport where the walls kept the ball in ‘to stop Enrique having to chase after them’, and the space around was used for socialising, eating and drinking after a game. Soon, their friends wanted their own courts, and well - the rest is history.

Padel started at home. House of Racquet is the modern evolution of that original idea. A place where the sport’s roots - play, connection, joy in the every day - meet the culture of a new generation.

A home for London’s creators, innovators and everyday players.

Images reproduced by House of Racquet with the kind permission of the Corcuera family. All rights reserved.