Brazil
vs
Netherlands
in Professional Padel
Two modest scenes, differently organised, both a long way from the sport's centre of gravity. The Netherlands adopted padel by converting tennis facilities and recruiting players who already held a racket. Brazil draws on a racket-and-beach culture with almost no structure behind it, and sends the good ones to Europe. Both sit outside the Spanish and Brazilian core that supplies most of the tour, and neither has depth at the top to match its base.
Results compared
Titles
1
Ranked players
40
Players in top 50
0
Players in top 100
1
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
- The Netherlands's growth came through tennis club conversions rather than through new speculative facilities.
- Brazil's players emerge from an existing racket and beach-sport culture with little formal structure behind it.
- Both nations' professionals must travel to Europe for the calendar that awards ranking points.
- Neither has yet produced depth at the top of the rankings proportionate to its playing base.
Year by year
Brazil
Netherlands
titles won
1
1
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)
Netherlands
40 ranked players · 26 men, 14 women
FIP Silver Pingyuan (2026)
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
1
World Padel Tour
2013–2023 ended
titles
0
Padel Pro Tour
2006–2012 ended
titles
0