We already told you about it this summer, le padel took off well in Chile. Two explanations are at the origin of this: the pandemic and the “October revolt” 2019. Indeed it would seem that these two factors have managed to explode this discipline within the Chilean territory.

But what about today? the padel has he really progressed? This is what we are going to see right away.

A proven success

While the popularity rating of padel continues to increase in the four corners of the world, Chile is also bitten by the virus of the little yellow ball. It must be said that the major players in the discipline do not skimp on the means to make this sport grow. Indeed, it is mainly thanks to private sector investments that this success can be achieved.

A few months ago Cupra has decided to set up in the country alongside a certain Fernando Belasteguin. "The padel in Chile has existed for many years, but it is lately that the sport has experienced a great development. For me it's always a pleasure to come to Chile because it's been a long time, and I have a lot of Chilean friends”, explained the Argentine legend in an interview.

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WPT Chile Open 2023 First international competition in Chile

On the events side, at the beginning of last year an exhibition with some of the cream of the padel world like Juan Lebron, Miguel Lamperti, Federico Chingotto or Juan Martin Diaz was organized to give additional visibility to the discipline. This year, even more stars were present in this neighboring country of Argentina.

Finally, this is one of the great news for Chilean sport, from March 13 to 19 the world's best players will drop their suitcases for a tournament in the country's capital for what will be its first competition of such scope.

More than 800 tracks installed in the country

“We have never seen such aggressive growth as that of padel. Currently there are 15 active players, around 000 tracks available and in clubs the demand has increased by around 500% between 300 and 2018”, press Fanny espinoza, representative of Drop Shot in Chile.

You will have understood it, in the face of this social phenomenon and this ever greater attraction for the padel, entrepreneurs had to redouble their efforts. Today the National Sports Federation counts no less than 800 tracks built in the country. The majority of them are located in the capital and its surroundings. However, demand continues to grow and new complexes are already under construction. To soon cross the milestone of 1000 tracks?

Sebastien Carrasco

Future naturopath and passionate about padel, Seb is the health/food gentleman of Padel Magazine. He juggles between pala, quinoa and essential oils. For almost two years now he has been dealing with the news of the little yellow ball with the same passion.

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