Mexico
vs
UK
in Professional Padel
The UK's padel programme is run by its national tennis governing body, which took over responsibility for the sport in 2020 and has since driven a fast expansion of courts and registered players, many of them added to existing tennis and squash facilities. Mexico's federation, by contrast, has operated independently of tennis for far longer and governs a domestic scene that grew at a steadier pace. That difference shows up less in the overall numbers than in the shape of each country's competitive pool: the UK's base is young and expanding quickly but still shallow at the sport's higher levels, while Mexico's is older and broader without yet producing a comparable share of players near the top. Two different growth curves, decades apart in when they started.
Results compared
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 UK's national tennis body took over governance of padel in 2020, a shift that has coincided with rapid growth in courts and participation nationwide.
- Many of the UK's new padel courts have been added to existing tennis and squash clubs rather than built as standalone padel venues.
- Mexico's federation has run padel independently of tennis since the early 1990s, decades before the UK's tennis body absorbed the sport.
- Fast participation growth in the UK has not yet been matched by a comparable jump in players reaching the sport's upper competitive tiers.
Year by year
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
Mexico
116 ranked players · 75 men, 41 women
Camila Ramme Coellar
#69
UK
91 ranked players · 48 men, 43 women
Christian Medina Murphy
#125
Aimee Gibson
#86
FIP Silver Damac Dubai (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.