Brazil
vs
Paraguay
in Professional Padel
Brazil and Paraguay joined the international padel federation within two years of each other in the early 1990s, making both part of the sport's first wave outside Spain and Argentina. What followed diverged sharply. Brazil's vastly larger population turned that early start into one of the fastest-growing amateur bases anywhere, even as its professional ranks have stayed thinner than the raw numbers suggest, with a single generational player long carrying the country's best results. Paraguay grew more slowly but more evenly, producing a steadier flow of South American tour regulars from a far smaller base. Scale and depth, in other words, have not moved together for either Brazilian or Paraguayan padel.
Results compared
Titles
3
Ranked players
14
Players in top 50
0
Players in top 100
2
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
- Brazil and Paraguay both joined the international federation in the early 1990s, within two years of one another.
- Brazil's enormous population has produced one of the sport's largest amateur followings without a matching surge in professional depth.
- A single long-serving player has carried much of Brazil's best international results for well over a decade.
- Paraguay's smaller base has produced a steadier, if narrower, flow of regional tour regulars than Brazil's much larger one.
Year by year
Brazil
Paraguay
titles won
2
3
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
61 ranked players · 42 men, 19 women
Lucas Campagnolo
#16
Lucas Bergamini
#21
Raquel Piltcher
#75
Manuela Schuck Silva
#172
WPT Master Final (2019)
Paraguay
14 ranked players · 11 men, 3 women
Martin Abud
#91
FIP Silver Koksijde (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
3
World Padel Tour
2013–2023 ended
titles
0
Padel Pro Tour
2006–2012 ended
titles
0