About

Padel, made simpler.

On AGON, players find matches and enter tournaments, organisers run their events without paper, clubs take court bookings and run training groups, and the federation sees it all in one place.

How it started

You know the Thursday night message: “Can anyone make it tomorrow at 7?” We sent it more times than we can count, and too often nobody answered. So we built AGON, an app that asks the people who would actually come. Since then, tournaments, clubs and the federation have joined the matches.

Who we are

Bálint Csermák-Scharbert

The app and the tech

My name is Bálint Csermák-Scharbert. I grew up in Budapest and played competitive tennis for twelve years, including for Hungary's national team. That's where my love of competition comes from, and of the moments when everything rides on one ball. I found the same thrill in padel, only with four on court.

I graduated as a business engineer from Maastricht University. My thesis looked at how data shapes performance and strategy in Formula One, and I also built DeltaTrace, an F1 telemetry tool. At AGON I'm responsible for the app and the tech. What I learned about data analysis and building software in motorsport, I can now put to work in padel.

I'd been looking forward to building something with Hunor that genuinely adds to the sport.

Hunor Páll

The clubs and the connections

My name is Hunor Páll. I grew up in Budapest and still live in Buda. I played tennis until I was nine, then competitive water polo for ten years. That's where my love of team sport comes from. Padel then brought me back to racket sports, and after my very first match I knew I was staying.

I study Business Administration and Management at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME). Six months ago I earned the international Padel MBA coaching qualification, and since then I've been coaching beginners and advanced players at the Nagyréti club. At AGON I look after our relationships with clubs and players, and I help with development too. What I see on court as a coach, I can take straight into the app.

Bálint and I are working to make padel simpler for everyone, replace the WhatsApp groups and finally give the sport modern tools.

What we hold to

  • Only confirmed results count.Your level and the ranking come from confirmed results alone. You don't pick your level, and we don't rate anyone with stars.
  • No unsolicited messages.You can only write to people in a match or training group you share, and to the organisers of an event you've entered.
  • Reliability is about turning up.We look at whether you were there, not how well you played.
  • We don't collect the fees.You pay the court fee at the club, and the entry fee straight to the organiser or the federation. AGON never touches it.
  • No ads.Usage statistics only with your yes, and your data is stored in the EU, in Frankfurt.

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