Italy
vs
Paraguay
in Professional Padel
Few countries have expanded their padel infrastructure faster than Italy, where court numbers second only to Spain's have arrived largely within the last few years, concentrated in a handful of regions and backed by major tour hosting. Paraguay's growth has run on an entirely different timescale: a federation founded in the early 1990s that has added players and courts gradually rather than in a single sharp surge. Set side by side, the two make a useful study in how padel can grow in a country: Italian padel through a sudden, concentrated building boom, Paraguayan padel through three decades of unspectacular but continuous addition.
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
- Italy's court count, now second only to Spain's, has grown by roughly a third in just a few years, concentrated in a handful of regions.
- Paraguay's federation dates to the early 1990s and has grown gradually rather than in any comparable short burst.
- Italy's recent boom has been fed by hosting major tour events, drawing new facilities and sponsorship into specific regions.
- Paraguay's more even, decades-long growth has produced a smaller but steadier base than Italy's concentrated recent expansion.
Year by year
Italy
Paraguay
titles won
12
3
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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
Italy
174 ranked players · 97 men, 77 women
Enzo Jensen
#43
Flavio Abbate
#51
Alvaro Montiel Caruso
#52
Denis Tomas Perino
#64
Facundo Dominguez
#79
Giulia Dal Pozzo
#23
Carolina Orsi
#30
Giorgia Marchetti
#56
Lorena Vano
#73
Caterina Maria Baldi
#82
FIP Platinum Sardegna (2024)
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