Belgium
vs
Italy
in Professional Padel
Italy became one of the largest padel nations in the world within a few years of the sport catching on there strongly, its club and court network now dense enough that growth there has started to slow into something more like consolidation. Belgium's equivalent boom is still under way, and its competitive record so far belongs entirely to the tour's current era. The two have already shared a stage above the club game, meeting at the FIP Euro Padel Cup — a measure separate from the yearly totals below.
Results compared
Titles
11
Ranked players
162
Players in top 50
3
Players in top 100
16
Each country’s own record across the professional tour — not results against each other. A title counts once per country, so a mixed pair winning a final counts for both. Ranking bands count the men’s and women’s rankings together — they are separate ladders, so a top 10 holds twenty players — and which bands are shown depends on where these two countries’ players actually sit.
Key insights
- Italy's growth was fast enough that the country's own federation now talks about a settling phase rather than continued expansion.
- A large footprint in clubs and courts does not translate directly into ranked professional depth, and Belgium and Italy sit at very different points on each measure.
- Belgium's competitive record so far belongs entirely to the tour's current era, without the earlier chapter Italy carries.
- Meeting at the FIP Euro Padel Cup tested a single squad's form at national team level, a different exercise from the club-by-club totals the page tracks below.
Year by year
Belgium
Italy
titles won
3
10
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1
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Titles won each year by players of each country. A title counts once per country, so a mixed pair winning a final counts for both. Title records run the full range shown; match-win records only begin in 2023, which is why this chart tracks titles rather than wins.
Top players
Belgium
39 ranked players · 18 men, 21 women
Clement Geens
#68
Italy
162 ranked players · 95 men, 67 women
Enzo Jensen
#42
Flavio Abbate
#52
Alvaro Montiel Caruso
#64
Denis Tomas Perino
#69
Aris Patiniotis
#81
Giulia Dal Pozzo
#26
Carolina Orsi
#29
Giorgia Marchetti
#53
Lorena Vano
#75
Caterina Maria Baldi
#78
FIP Platinum Sardegna (2024)
Most titles won
Career titles across every professional tour in our records, back to 2006. Includes players who have since retired, and counts a title for each member of the winning pair.
Titles by era
Premier Padel & FIP Tour
2023–2026
titles
11