Netherlands
vs
Paraguay
in Professional Padel
The Netherlands's padel scene grew up inside its tennis federation, formally merging with it only a few years ago, and has since built one of Europe's largest amateur followings even as elite results remain a work in progress. Paraguay took the opposite structural path, run by its own dedicated padel body from the early 1990s onward, with a smaller participation base but a more clearly defined professional route from the start. Neither structure has produced a dominant competitive power, which makes the comparison less about who governs Dutch or Paraguayan padel than about what each governance model has, and has not, delivered.
Results compared
Titles
3
Ranked players
14
Players in top 100
2
Players in top 200
2
Players in top 500
4
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
- Dutch padel was run by a separate, dedicated body before merging into the national tennis federation only a few years ago.
- Paraguay's padel has been governed by its own federation, independent of tennis, since joining the international game in the early 1990s.
- The Netherlands has built one of Europe's largest amateur followings without yet producing a commensurate depth of ranked professionals.
- Paraguay's smaller base has nonetheless kept a more clearly defined professional pathway running since its federation's founding.
Year by year
Netherlands
Paraguay
titles won
2
3
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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
Netherlands
51 ranked players · 30 men, 21 women
Marcella Koek
#86
Bo Luttikhuis
#100
Janine Hemmes
#107
Stephanie Weterings
#146
FIP Silver Pingyuan (2026)
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