Brazil
vs
Italy
in Professional Padel
One country produces professionals without a system; the other has built a system and is waiting on professionals. Italy leads Europe in competitive participation after an expansion nobody on the continent has matched. Brazil has no comparable base and sends players to the tour anyway, out of a sporting culture that was already racket-literate.
Results compared
Titles
9
Ranked players
160
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 leads Europe in players entering sanctioned competition, a base that has not yet translated into equivalent depth at the top tier.
- Brazil produces professionals without a domestic circuit substantial enough to sustain them, so its players compete abroad.
- A court boom shows up in participation within a year or two and in professional results a decade later.
- Italy hosts a growing share of the international calendar, giving its players home draws Brazilian players must travel for.
Year by year
Brazil
Italy
titles won
1
8
1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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4
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5
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8
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12
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11
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2
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4
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4
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3
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4
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3
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5
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12
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9
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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
Brazil
43 ranked players · 38 men, 5 women
Lucas Bergamini
#16
Lucas Campagnolo
#18
Raquel Piltcher
#68
Manuela Schuck Silva
#136
WPT Master Final (2019)
Italy
160 ranked players · 93 men, 67 women
Enzo Jensen
#47
Flavio Abbate
#58
Denis Tomas Perino
#59
Alvaro Montiel Caruso
#62
Facundo Dominguez
#74
Giulia Dal Pozzo
#28
Carolina Orsi
#30
Giorgia Marchetti
#51
Caterina Maria Baldi
#77
Carlotta Casali
#79
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
9
World Padel Tour
2013–2023 ended
titles
0
Padel Pro Tour
2006–2012 ended
titles
0