Professional Padel in Spain
The hardest padel competition in the world is not a tour event, it is the Spanish domestic circuit — the level a player has to clear before a professional career is even plausible. That filter is why Spain supplies most of the men's and women's elite, with Arturo Coello, Alejandro Galán and Juan Lebrón among the pairs that have held the top positions through the modern era, and why the women's side won the world title in Doha in 2024. 709 Spanish players hold a world ranking, a figure no other country approaches. The same championship also produced the result that keeps the picture honest: Argentina took the men's title.
709 ranked players · Highest ranked Spanish players: Arturo Coello #1 · Gemma Triay Pons #1
Spanish Padel Players Competing This Week
FIP Silver Nairobi B-active
FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Gonzalo Rubio
#56
Jose Solano Marmolejo
QF
#91
Alberto Garcia Jimenez
SF
#137
Marcos Cordoba
QF
#181
Miguel Gonzalez
QF
#207
Cristobal Garcia Blanco
R32
#271
Carlos Marti
QF
#377
FIP Silver Guimaraes
Nacho Vilariño
#73
Guillermo Collado
QF
#39
Enrique Goenaga
QF
#54
Andres Fdz Lancha
SF
#71
Diego Garcia Garcia
SF
#80
Diego Gil
R16
#321
Upcoming Matches for Spanish Players
Juanlu Esbri
#22
Jose Antonio Diestro
#45
Maximiliano Arce
#29
David Gala
#36FIP Gold Sao Paulo
Raquel Eugenio Barrera
#23
Jimena Velasco Postiguillo
#31
Lorena Rufo Ortiz
#27
Jessica Castello Lopez
#30FIP Gold Sao Paulo
Gonzalo Rubio
#56
Alvaro Montiel Caruso
#64Pablo Sanchez Vicente
#111Ignacio Archieri
#133FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Daniel Santigosa
#55
Ramiro Valenzuela
#70
Nacho Vilariño
#73Juan Zamora Perez
#89FIP Silver Guimaraes
Marta Barrera De La Fuente
#28
Jana Montes Cabruja
#34
Aimee Gibson
#93Eugenia Guimet Bigas
#98FIP Silver Guimaraes
Antonio Fernandez
#58
Mario Del Castillo
#66Jaume Romera Barcelo
#112Adrian Naranjo Martinez
#116FIP Silver Nairobi B-active
Julieta Evangelina Bidahorria
#45
Virginia Riera
#47Blanca Arriola Cerrejon
#105Anastasiia Ryzhova
#132FIP Silver Nairobi B-active
Teresa Navarro Lopez-Barajas
#49
Marta Borrero
#54
Brittany Dubins
#71
Camila Ramme Coellar
#73FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Latest Results for Spanish Padel Players
Raquel Piltcher
#77Christina-Styliani Ntanou
#155
Lucia Perez Parra
#94Melissa Martin
#163FIP Silver Nairobi B-active
Barbara Las Heras
#60Daria Kucheriavaia
#136Elsa Terranova
#113Angelina Neizvestnaya
#120FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Gonzalo Rubio
#56
Alvaro Montiel Caruso
#64Hector Vazquez Lopez
#162Alvaro Lopez Luque
#183FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Victoria Kurz
#63Patricia Araus Lopez
#115
Bo Luttikhuis
#101
Janine Hemmes
#110FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Pablo Sanchez Vicente
#111Ignacio Archieri
#133
Alberto Garcia Jimenez
#137
Christian Medina Murphy
#150FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok
Teresa Navarro Lopez-Barajas
#49
Marta Borrero
#54
Caterina Maria Baldi
#78
Giulia Sussarello
#92FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Federico Mouriño
#60
Marc Quilez
#62Thijs Roper
#134Willy Släryd
#156FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Sofia Saiz Vallejo
#42
Marta Caparros Maldonado
#43Martina Parmigiani
#101Ivet Val Lopez
#122FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Javier Barahona
#34
Marc Sintes Villalonga
#48
Nacho Moragues Moltò
#103Timeo Fonteny
#125FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Alix Collombon
#38
Ksenia Sharifova
#41
Ana Cristina Sanchez Perez
#108Louise Bahurel
#118FIP Silver Budapest Open II
Spanish Professional Padel Rankings
Ranking page →| ES | Men | World | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arturo Coello |
#1
|
20526 |
| 2 | Alejandro Galan |
#3
|
18331 |
| 3 | Juan Lebron |
▲1
#5
|
8040 |
| 4 | Francisco Navarro |
▲2
#7
|
6563 |
| 5 | Miguel Yanguas |
▼2
#9
|
5953 |
| 6 | Jon Sanz |
▲1
#10
|
5281 |
| 7 | Jorge Nieto |
▼2
#12
|
4933 |
| 8 | Francisco Guerrero |
▼1
#13
|
4871 |
| 9 | Momo Gonzalez |
▲1
#14
|
4551 |
| 10 | Javier Leal |
▲1
#15
|
3540 |
| ES | Women | World | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemma Triay Pons |
#1
|
17046 |
| 2 | Ariana Sanchez Fallada |
▲2
#3
|
14071 |
| 3 | Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez |
▼1
#4
|
14043 |
| 4 | Paula Josemaria Martin |
▼2
#5
|
13931 |
| 5 | Claudia Fernandez Sanchez |
▼1
#6
|
11843 |
| 6 | Andrea Ustero Prieto |
▲1
#7
|
10531 |
| 7 | Martina Calvo Santamaria |
▲1
#8
|
7491 |
| 8 | Marta Ortega Gallego |
▼1
#11
|
5541 |
| 9 | Tamara Icardo Alcorisa |
▼2
#12
|
5331 |
| 10 | Alejandra Alonso De Villa |
▲1
#13
|
4781 |
Showing the top 120 of 709 ranked Spanish players. See the full ranking →
Leading Padel Pairs Spain
Padel Tournaments in Spain
FIP Gold Ciudad de Sevilla
FIP Gold Melilla Ciudad del Deporte 2026
Barcelona Finals 2026
FIP Silver Cordoba
Madrid P1 2026
FIP Silver Slam Collbató
History of padel in Spain
Padel arrived in Spain in 1974, when Alfonso de Hohenlohe built two courts at his Marbella Club hotel after playing the game in Mexico. Half a century on, Spain is the sport's centre of gravity: its world governing body sits in Madrid, no country has more courts, and 709 Spanish players hold a world ranking.
Read the full historySpanish Padel — Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the highest-ranked Spanish padel player?
Arturo Coello is the highest-ranked Spanish man, at world #1, and Gemma Triay Pons is the highest-ranked Spanish woman, at world #1. Both positions update every week with the official tour rankings.
See the full Spain ranking →What have Spanish padel players won?
Juan Martin Diaz Martinez is the most decorated Spanish player in our records, with 116 titles. In all, 110 Spanish players have won 652 professional titles, the biggest of them Barcelona Finals in 2025.
Juan Martin Diaz Martinez’s profile →Which Spanish padel players are competing this week?
115 Spanish players are in a tournament draw this week, at FIP Gold Sao Paulo and FIP Silver Nairobi B-active and FIP Silver High Velocity Bangkok and FIP Silver Budapest Open II and FIP Silver Guimaraes. Every name is listed further up this page, with each player’s world ranking.
Spanish players competing this week →Where can I see the latest results for Spanish padel players?
On this page. It tracks completed matches involving ranked Spanish players across the professional tour — the tournament, the round, the opponents and the set scores — and updates as results come in.
Latest results →Are there professional padel tournaments in Spain?
Yes. The next professional tournament staged in Spain is FIP Gold Ciudad de Sevilla (12–18 Oct, Sevilla).
Tournament details →How many Spanish players are included in the world padel rankings?
709 Spanish players hold a world padel ranking — 60 men and 60 women. All of them are listed on this page, with their world rank, points and weekly movement.
Every ranked Spanish player →When did padel arrive in Spain?
Padel reached Spain in 1974, when Alfonso de Hohenlohe built two courts at his Marbella Club hotel on the Costa del Sol. He had played the game in Mexico on the court of its inventor, Enrique Corcuera, and brought the idea back with him. It spread from Marbella through Andalusia and Madrid over the following decade, helped by the tennis champion Manolo Santana, who organised some of the first tournaments on the coast.
Is padel more popular than tennis in Spain?
Yes. Padel is the second most played participation sport in Spain behind football, and more people play it than play tennis. Spain also has more padel courts than any other country, spread across private clubs, municipal centres and converted tennis facilities. The reasons are practical: a beginner can hold a rally on a first afternoon, a court costs far less to build than a tennis court and fits where one will not, and every match is played in fours.
Who governs padel in Spain?
The Federación Española de Pádel is the national governing body, recognised after Spain's Consejo Superior de Deportes accepted padel as a sport in its own right in the early 1990s. Most day-to-day administration sits with the autonomous regional federations, which issue licences, run club leagues and stage regional championships. The International Padel Federation, which governs the sport worldwide, is also based in Madrid.
Has Spain won the Padel World Championship?
Yes, many times. Spain's men have taken the team title in 1998, 2008, 2010 and 2021, in a competition Argentina has otherwise dominated since it began in 1992. The women have done better still: after team titles in 1998, 2000 and 2010, they have won every edition of the women's championship from 2014 onwards. Spain has also hosted the championship several times, in Madrid, Murcia and Palma de Mallorca.
Why is Spain so strong in women's padel?
Depth, mostly. Spain has the largest base of federated players and clubs in the sport, a junior and regional championship structure that finds players early, and a domestic league in which a professional earns a first ranking. The women's game also professionalised in Spain before it did elsewhere, so several generations have trained alongside one another: Carolina Navarro and Alejandra Salazar, then Gemma Triay, then the players who followed them.
Which Spanish players have topped the world rankings?
Carolina Navarro was the first Spaniard to spend long spells at the head of the women's rankings, and Alejandra Salazar and Gemma Triay have both led them since. In the men's game Juan Lebrón reached the top alongside Paquito Navarro in 2019, then held it with Alejandro Galán through three straight seasons at the start of the 2020s, ending a long Argentine hold on the position. Arturo Coello followed them there.
What happened to the World Padel Tour?
It was absorbed into Premier Padel. The World Padel Tour, owned by the Barcelona brewer Damm, ran the professional circuit from 2013 until the end of 2023. Premier Padel was launched in 2022 by the International Padel Federation and Qatar Sports Investments, and once the two came under the same ownership the World Padel Tour stopped operating. The professional calendar is no longer Spanish-owned, but Spain still hosts more of it than any other country.
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