Netherlands
vs
Portugal
in Professional Padel
Portugal has been playing professional padel since before the Netherlands had courts to speak of, and the Netherlands now has the broader base. A long, narrow tradition next door to the main circuit against a short, wide one built through tennis clubs in the 2020s. One reaches the top level without emigrating; the other has the participation but not yet the players. The figures below sit at opposite ends of that.
Results compared
Titles
5
Ranked players
121
Players in top 10
1
Players in top 50
1
Players in top 100
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
- Portugal's professional presence long predates the European boom; the Netherlands's is a product of it.
- The Netherlands grew through tennis club conversions, which avoided the closures seen in more speculative markets.
- Portugal's proximity to the Spanish circuit lets its players reach the top level without relocating.
- A small pool means Portugal's figures swing on individual careers rather than on national trends.
Year by year
Netherlands
Portugal
titles won
1
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1
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2
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1
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1
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
40 ranked players · 26 men, 14 women
FIP Silver Pingyuan (2026)
Portugal
121 ranked players · 72 men, 49 women
Sofia Araujo
#8
Ana Catarina Nogueira
#60
WPT Madrid Master (2019)
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
2