Padel arrived in Chișinău recently and spread fast: it is now played at seven clubs in the city — twenty courts between them — plus a few beyond it. The list below covers all of them, with the address, phone number and court count for each, as they stood in October 2026.
The clubs in Chișinău
| Club | Address | Phone | Courts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padel Point | Bulevardul Dacia 58/28 | +373 78 003 100 | 9 |
| Divi Padel Club | Strada Andrei Doga 26 | +373 78 406 004 | 4 |
| iPadel Arena — La Izvor Park | Strada Ghidighici | +373 68 797 743 | 2 |
| Squash & Padel City | Strada Pantelimon Halippa 3 | +373 78 882 388 | 2 |
| Kangaroo Squash & Padel | Strada Tighina 12 | +373 79 102 100 | 1 |
| Lemon Tree Padel | Strada Calea Moșilor 18 | +373 60 111 471 | 1 |
| Ursu Padel | Zarea, strada Viilor 232 | +373 69 888 038 | 1 |
Figures come from the Padel Lands directory, re-checked in October 2026. Clubs change hours and rates without announcing it anywhere central, so a phone call before you travel remains the reliable check.
What separates them
Padel Point, on Bulevardul Dacia, is the largest in the city — nine courts. It is effectively the only place where a big group has a chance of taking several free courts in the same slot — at the other clubs, one match generally fills whatever is available.
Divi Padel Club on Andrei Doga covers the north of the city with four courts and is second largest.
iPadel Arena in La Izvor Park is the special case: the only padel courts in the city built with public money. Chișinău City Hall allocated over 1.2 million lei (617,063 lei per court, VAT included) for two courts of 297 m² each, opened on 29 July 2023, built by Academia iPadel Moldova with support from the National Padel Federation. The details are published by Chișinău City Hall.
Kangaroo Squash & Padel and Squash & Padel City combine padel with other racket sports, squash in particular. Useful if you want to try both, or if the padel court is taken.
Lemon Tree Padel, on Calea Moșilor, is dedicated to padel only. The court is indoors with heating and cooling, so it plays year-round. The club describes itself as the only fully automated club in Chișinău: whoever books has the court to their group alone, as a private space.
Ursu Padel sits on the edge of the city in the Zarea area, in quieter surroundings.
From a municipal court to an international stop, in three years
The La Izvor Park courts have carried Moldovan padel through each stage of its growth:
- 29 July 2023 — the official opening, attended by City Hall and the National Padel Federation.
- The same days, the 2023 National Padel Championship, with 65 players aged between 10 and 60 across the senior, youth and cadet categories.
- October 2024 and October 2025 — annual editions of the Chișinău Padel Open, open to amateurs and the PRO category alike.
- June 2026 — the International Padel Federation (FIP) brought Moldova's first stop on the FIP Promises Tour to Chișinău, a tournament for players under 18, with entrants from Moldova, Romania, Spain and Greece. Per the FIP's World Padel Report 2025, Moldova already counts roughly 2,000 amateur players.
For a sport that did not exist in Moldova a few years ago, the path from a court City Hall built to an official stop on the international federation's calendar says more about the pace of growth than any list of clubs.
Nationally the sport is run by the National Padel Federation of the Republic of Moldova, affiliated to the International Padel Federation since 2025, with Mihai-Ionuț Burciu as president.
Outside Chișinău
Padel in Moldova is almost entirely concentrated in the capital, but not exclusively:
| Club | Location | Phone | Courts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primus Padel | Ștefan cel Mare 48a, Costești | +373 68 626 499 | 2 |
| Lions Arena | Tiraspol | +373 533 5-57-57 | 1 |
What to ask when booking
A phone number does not cover everything, and three things genuinely matter and vary by club:
- Is the court covered or open-air? Between December and March this decides whether you play at all. The La Izvor Park courts are outdoors; at Lemon Tree Padel the court is indoors, with heating and cooling.
- Do they rent rackets? Most padel clubs keep loan rackets, which means a first game costs you no equipment. Confirm ahead so you don't arrive without.
- What is the minimum booking? Some clubs sell the hour, others only 90-minute blocks. Padel is played 2v2, so you need four — single-court clubs book up well in advance precisely because they have no alternative at the same hour.
On the hourly price: you will not find a range in this article, because we could not verify each club's rates against a reliable public source. Better a missing figure than an invented one.
Sporta MD currently covers football, basketball, volleyball and tennis — there are no padel courts in the app. This article exists because padel is the fastest-growing sport in Chișinău and a complete, checkable list did not exist.