In the professional padel, the notion ofteam is as crucial as the individual talent. However, on the circuit, the pair separations are linked to one frantic pace. Even the most iconic duos do not escape this instability. Why is it so difficult for the top players to find a sustainable partner ? And what are the consequences the chronic instability ?

The illusion of the perfect teammate: between technical demands and human tensions

La separation between Alejandro Galán et Juan Lebrón perfectly illustrates this difficulty. Long considered the strongest pair of the circuit, their collaboration ended up to shatter en 2024 the playing styles were compatible, not the print. And if the results have long hidden the tensions, the string eventually broke. This proves that the complementarity in the game is not enough to guarantee the longevity an pair.

It's icy between Lebrón and Galán

Where he'relational aspect, often overlooked in sports analyses, plays a role fundamental. Yet the personal frictions, temperament differences or emotion management can quickly transform a victorious alliance or promising in real life " burden " for both players. And for their coach, who is often the first to pay the incompatibilities various.

Change for the better… to stagnate? When instability slows progress

The start of 2025 season was marked by a real waltz of partners on the professional circuit. In just a few weeks, several freshly formed pairs have ended their collaboration or on a premature. We think of Juan Tello et Tino Libaak, or Javi Garrido et Martin Di Nenno.Argentine, world number 6, will also form a new pair with… Tello, When Brussels P2, hoping to find a new dynamic.

Juan Tello: a powerful comeback

Since he decided to separate from Franco Stupaczuk en June 2024 to associate with Juan Lebrón in hope of conquer the world's first place, Martín Di Nenno can't find this anymore stability. Since then he has been trying associations...

Today he finds himself with Juan Tello which, however, formed a promising association with the young Argentinian star Tino Libaak, but decided toto abandon by joining Di Nenno in his quest for rebirth.

Tello's case is particularly delicate and makes things even more complex. While he claimed to have "found my smile again" with Valentino Libaak, and even "not having found such a level since Chingotto", he is ending this association to join Martín Di Nenno, 8th player in the world.

In an interview, he returns to this choice, torn between the satisfaction of a good understanding and the need to try something new (again...). He recognizes this form of weakness which consists in believing that the grass might be greener on the other side, while admitting how difficult padel is to decipher.

The relational dimension between partners, the mental aspect, the points in the ranking, the agreements with sponsors, the financial stakes... so many parameters which intertwine, sometimes collide, and also depend on the character of each player.

Suffice to say that professional padel is anything but a long, calm river.

Juan Tello: Breaking up with Libaak, a “very difficult decision” but how to say no to Di Nenno?

La patience is definitely not the first quality at some champions ou future leaders… Those constant readjustments translate a feverishness in the search for "the perfect alchemy" and raise a real question: how to create automation and adopt a common strategy if the partners change every month? It's a real lure than to search for the immediate performance, because the high level padel requires a refined knowledge opportunities, trips and intentions on the other. It is not the former, Sanyo who will say the opposite, he who regrets precisely “that everything goes faster and that we no longer give the pair time to find each other”. And this alchemy cannot be done over a tournament or over a few monthstraining. Just as padel is a patience sport in theexchange, this patience is just as essential to build a solid and lasting pair.

Conversely, the stable pairs, those who agree to cross the off-peak periods together, sometimes end up drawing the fruits. The loyalty is a strategic lever : knowing perfectly the forces et weaknesses of his partner, we gain in efficiency, a game reading, And especially Constance. In a circuit too dense that Premier Padel, this regularity is a size advantage, in terms of the game and in the race for the ranking. Stability means competitiveness. ? Not always, exactly.

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