Portugal
vs
Sweden
in Professional Padel
One adopted padel decades before Europe noticed and grew slowly; the other did it in about thirty-six months and spent the years since unwinding a good deal of it. Portugal's scene has been small, continuous and close enough to the main circuit to stay on it. Sweden's was large, fast and financed as property, and what survived the correction was the players.
Results compared
Titles
36
Ranked players
46
Players in top 10
0
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
- Portugal's professional presence is unusually long-running for its size, helped by sharing a border with the sport's main circuit.
- Sweden's correction closed operators rather than players: participation per head held while the companies failed.
- Neither nation's domestic calendar is deep enough to build a career on without travelling.
- A small player pool means both countries' figures move sharply on a single strong generation.
Year by year
Portugal
Sweden
titles won
—
1
1
—
2
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
—
6
—
8
—
5
—
6
—
6
—
—
—
—
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
Portugal
121 ranked players · 72 men, 49 women
Sofia Araujo
#8
Ana Catarina Nogueira
#60
WPT Madrid Master (2019)
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