World Padel Tour on It’s Way to World Domination

Padel is the fastest growing sport today and 4 continents, 21 countries are already in the game! Here’s what we know:

Thousands of players worldwide are trying out this new game, and the World Padel Tour is flooded by veterans in the field and up-and-coming neophytes eager to claim international fame.

More than a thousand players from 4 continents and 21 countries are climbing up to the leaderboards this season alone. It has not been an easy fight. We have seen greats fall down in the tenths and substantial rookies claw their way up to the top.

The progressive growth of padel, boosted by the international expansion carried out by the World Padel Tour, has seen more countries around the globe represented at every tournament.

Padel, already being household sports in Spain and Argentina, has been slowly gaining international fame in even the farthest corners of the globe. The tournaments are a great way to motivate new players and players from other sports to join the rapidly growing padel family.

More and more state-of-the-art clubs and courts are being built, and along that are new players attracted into this sport. The recipe is starting to bear its fruits, and more and more countries are starting to form a part of the World Padel Tour.

Spain and Argentina are still the two giants of the game, both in terms of players and the rankings. Spain, with 290 male players and 167 female players in the rankings, has the largest amount of professional players. In Europe, Portugal is the second nation with the largest presence with 30 players in both categories. After Portugal comes France with 27 players and there are a further five nations in Europe with at least one representative on tour.

Argentina, with 19 female players and 118 male players, has the largest presence out of any South American nation. Brazil, where padel is gradually growing, follows with 10 professional players, which includes the world number 1 Pablo Lima and one of the world’s best, Marcello Jardim. Chile, Uruguay, Peru and Venezuela are also showing signs of growth.

World Padel Tour is leading this sport to it’s international fame and as the WPT continues to advance and we will surely witness more nations joining next season. Here is the distribution of 205 female players and 495 male players that competed last season: