Netherlands
vs
Spain
in Professional Padel
The Netherlands did the sensible version of a padel boom — tennis clubs converting courts, no speculative financing, no closures. Spain is what every such market is eventually measured against: an academy system, a domestic circuit dense enough that a junior never has to leave, and most of the professional calendar staged at home. The comparison is not really between two scenes of different sizes; it is between a well-run new one and the one that defines the category.
Results compared
Titles
450
Ranked players
741
Players in top 10
14
Players in top 50
68
Players in top 100
133
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 Netherlands's club-led growth avoided the closures that followed more speculative booms elsewhere in Europe.
- Spain's advantage is depth rather than any single generation — the standard of an ordinary week's practice.
- Spain hosts most of the professional calendar, so its players compete at home when others travel.
- Dutch professionals who want a full season base themselves inside the Spanish circuit.
Year by year
Netherlands
Spain
titles won
2
81
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29
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27
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25
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28
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25
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11
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17
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15
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13
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13
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11
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15
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17
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14
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17
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18
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19
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18
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20
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17
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
#82
Bo Luttikhuis
#101
Janine Hemmes
#107
Stephanie Weterings
#149
FIP Silver Pingyuan (2026)
Spain
741 ranked players · 485 men, 256 women
Gemma Triay Pons
#1
Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez
#3
Ariana Sanchez Fallada
#4
Paula Josemaria Martin
#5
Claudia Fernandez Sanchez
#6
Barcelona Finals (2025)
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
144
World Padel Tour
2013–2023 ended
titles
183
Padel Pro Tour
2006–2012 ended
titles
123