Italy
vs
Sweden
in Professional Padel
Sweden is the cautionary tale Italy's expansion gets measured against. Both built at extraordinary speed; only one financed it as suburban property and then had to unwind it. Whether Italy's durability is structural or simply a matter of market size is the open question, and the figures below show where each has got to meanwhile.
Results compared
Titles
36
Ranked players
46
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
- Italy is the second country anywhere to pass ten thousand courts, and its participation has grown with the facilities rather than behind them.
- Sweden's boom collapsed commercially while participation held, which points to a financing failure rather than a demand one.
- Both nations' competitive bases are far wider than their representation at the top of the rankings.
- Italy hosts a growing share of the international calendar; Swedish players still travel for almost everything.
Year by year
Italy
Sweden
titles won
8
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3
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6
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8
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5
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6
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6
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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
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)
Sweden
46 ranked players · 29 men, 17 women
Carolina Navarro Björk
#76
Master Final PPT Madrid (2012)
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
4
Padel Pro Tour
2006–2012 ended
titles
31