What apps would you like to find someone to play tennis with or build a soccer team with?

-Chi, we are seven and there is no way to get more people. How do we organize futsal?

-How good it would be if we played racket tennis with other competitors to know our real level. How do we do it?

-We have to suspend the match, people. I didn’t get a tennis court for this week.

Matches anytime, anywhere. Football, tennis or tennis. No more phrases like the ones mentioned or the typical “we’re missing one” statement. After the pandemic, virtual platforms emerged that solved a problem that was previously a problem and ended up undoing a problem Great plan.

These are the apps that are burdened with the responsibility of organizing sporting events and not only finding the club you are playing in but also Teammates or ultimate competitors To carry out the activity.

“Since the advent of these applications, matches are no longer interrupted due to lack of people or lack of space. At least that is what happens with Jugá Tenis, the app that allows players from all over the country to connect Depending on the level and location to organize matches,” says Sergio Gregorotti (39 years old), web developer and creator of the device.

With nearly 1,200 registered users and about 10,000 visits per monthIn just half a year, the platform offers a directory of 200 clubs, making it easier to play tennis. “As an amateur player, I had a personal need that I formulated with the belief that if I had a hard time finding someone to play with, it would happen to a lot of other people. I had the idea two years ago; I started working on it in May, and in June I had already launched it.

“It was always difficult to play tennis, it was something historical,” says Villa Urquiza resident Gregorotti. It was a utopia to think that a match could be put together from one day to the next.. You had to be a member of a club, know someone at your level to play with, who may or may not have someone to play with… Now, with Jugá Tenis, who is one of the pioneers of the sport, the activity is flowing.”

His teacher says so A person registers for free, enters his personal data, and describes his levelwhich can be beginner, intermediate, advanced or competitive, and you will have the opportunity to meet potential opponents right away. The app also lets you adjust the height, weight, and position you want to play in, whether it’s single or double.

The platform operates in 15 provinces, but mostly in AMBA, Rosario and Cordoba. “The reality is that the growth has been greater than expected. 650 contacts between players have already been recorded. Is it tinder tennis? “Okay, it might be an excuse to get together and have a drink, but the focus is on tennis, it’s a social network that is 100 percent dedicated to tennis.”

Users range in age from 20 to 70 and “whatever Women’s growth is noted Although seventy percent of those registered are men. “It amazes me that mature women are the largest age group, while men are much younger,” says Gregorotti, who from 2026 will try to get the publicity and sponsors that will make his project profitable.

Practically since its creation, six months ago, Juan Ignacio Giglione (30) has been a constant user of the app. “I was fascinated from the start, I discovered it on Instagram and I think it’s a very practical and well-thought-out app. It allows you to play a lot, which is the point, and measure yourself against strangers as if it were a tournament. Plus, you have to avoid the comings and goings of your acquaintances, who are at the front, and who I end up playing with from time to time.”

Giglione, a former footballer and current music promotion and advertising player, says he is “happy” with this novelty and explains that it is the only one he uses because it meets his needs. “He gives me Possibility of organizing the match and finding the place in a few minutes. “It also helps me find an opponent at my level and be able to do it at a club that suits us.”

Sebastian Wexelmann (33 years old), from Mar del Plata, nobility, Thanks to former tennis player Juan “Pico” Monaco, who was the lead investor So the application began its journey. This is ATC, “Rent Your Stadium,” which was created in 2016, but went live in July 2021.

“Those of us who play padel have always had difficulties finding courts and as a player I decided to create this function to make things easier. I think so “Biko saw the strength and perseverance in me and that’s why he chose to apply.”.

ATC, which is free, It has one million registered members, is spread across 10 countries and focuses mainly on tennis and football.. “It has grown significantly and today people can choose between 4,000 pitches for both sports in 800 clubs. Anyway, there aliveWith paddle tennis, we assume that since it started more Marketer Something that has happened since the fields were made of artificial turf and the walls were made of Bendex.

“There was a need for these platforms that save you time, solve the problem, and avoid the hassle,” Wexelman asserts.. And when I say there is a need, it is because it is with our ATC With an average of 70,000 bookings per month, Of these, about forty thousand are used to play racket tennis. What we recently analyzed, which is surprising, is this 50 percent of reservations are made to play on the same day of reservation.”.

According to statistics, 70 percent of subscribers are men, “but the number of women is constantly increasing.” Its digital creator says that “23 people currently work at ATC Profitable thanks expenses Monthly they collect it from the clubsIn addition to sponsors and advertisements.

Ronnie Berkowitz, 31, is happy with ATC, an app he’s used for four years. “I play paddle tennis twice a week and have built up a permanent group of 40 people with whom we organize challenges and in my case it’s just for exercise. I love this app, it’s been a great goal and I discovered it through a recommendation. I wasted a lot of time trying to play, and many times I felt frustrated because I couldn’t complete the game.. For a while, I was just worried about knowing who I was going to play against and how I was going to play,” smiles the industrial engineer.

Maximiliano Sanchez (28 years old) from Córdoba explains: “At first things went as if it were a torch. People close to us, had the same preferences and similar difficulties in finding partners to play tennis with… We found this problem.” A technological solution that made a breakthrough in its first year.”

Maximiliano, along with his brother Federico Sanchez and Nicolas Alfonso, created a mobile application that left users match With people of the same level to create challenges with a racket in hand. He was At the end of 2021, in Cordoba, Floppy was born, a platform for playing racquetball and tennis.

“Clearly there is a need and So great was the influence and return of the people, that within a month we reached Rosario and Buenos AiresSoon after, we crossed the border into Paraguay and Chile. We have improved the application, to update and Adding more and more functions, giving everything to the user, like an organized matchAnd the growth was tremendous. “Today we have 42,000 registered, of whom 20,000 are active participants,” says Sanchez, who studied software engineering.

This is what one ideologue admits “Today, paddle tennis is the main sport registered on the app. More than 70 percent choose it, however, between both sports, we account for an estimated 1,800 matches per month (1,500 take place in Buenos Aires) and the app has begun to be monetized: a rate of 10 percent is charged on what you have to pay for the field.

Why are these kinds of apps so great? “In our case, we seek to respond to the needs of amateur athletes that have always existed, and through applications, the organization’s experience of playing sports is simplified. I don’t think it represents a breakthrough or a fad, but rather it responds to the digitalization of another area of ​​life such as sports.. “This is happening in other parts of the world, and here in Latin America, we are doing this process to improve the experience for every player, it is just the beginning.”

Sanchez has no doubt that “there is a boom in this type of application They came to solve these kinds of problems It has to do with the fact that it is not easy to find courts, or there is a shortage of players playing racquetball, tennis or football.