Focus on Lebron and Galan, who have been the best pair on the planet for a while now!

First Spaniard to become world number 1

Juan Lebron has gradually become one of the best players in padel in history after being in 2019 the first player born on Spanish soil to take the lead in the world rankings.

Before moving to the right with Paquito Navarro then Alejandro Galan, the native of Puerto de Santa Maria made his power speak on the left side. We could see him sharing the 20×10 with very good players like Marcelo Jardim, Adrian Allemandi or Juan Cruz Belluati. In 2018 during the second half of the season he separated from the latter to join the legend Juan Martin Diaz. But it was in 2019 that the player's career took an exceptional turn.

Following an incredible 2018 season, another legend of the sport came knocking on his door: his compatriot Paquito Navarro. Since both were on the left, Juan decided to move to the right. Alongside the Sevillian, Lebron began to win four precious titles in the first part of the season which gave him the desire to titillate the peaks.

However, the two strong-willed players both on and off the track had a bad time. But when they were no longer expecting it, the spark was reignited and it was in São Paulo that the Andalusians confirmed their superiority of the moment and mathematically became the first Spaniards to appear at the top of the ranking at the end of the season. .

Juan Lebron and Paquito Navarro

Galan – Lebron unbeatable?

Shortly after, the two friends decided to separate and it was with another young man who had shone in that season that Juan Lebron decided to unite for 2020. The latter is none other than Alejandro Galan.

Together they formed a young, powerful and ambitious team. Despite a period without a tournament due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Iberian duo won 4 consecutive events. The rest of the season continued in the same vein, which allowed Lebron to retain his crown and his partner to join him on the throne.

In 2021, the mission was of course to retain this first place, but the task once again did not seem easy in view of ever fiercer competition. But no one could keep pace with the players of Mariano Amat who were crowned for the second time in a row, and who with Spain won the title of World Champions in Qatar!

LeBron Galan champions WPT Bienos Aires Master 2022

In 2022, although they had a difficult start like in Miami for the first tournament of the season, the two friends did not let Sanyo and Tapia, who accumulated more titles than them in the first half, come off .

After a well-deserved summer vacation, Ale and Juan managed to get back to their breakneck pace while the Argentinians were in a bad patch. Of the last 9 tournaments they won 6, thus confirming in Malmö their status as number 1 for the third consecutive time.

Public chat Premier Padel, the two brothers" as the Andalusian would say, were not left out, they who shone just as much to establish themselves as leader in the standings FIP . Of the eight competitions on the Qatari circuit, the two phenomena have won four (Rome, Paris, Madrid and Milan).

In total, Ale and Juan have won 14 titles in 2022, proof of their grip on the padel global ! Will they manage to be as prolific this year? Start of response in a very short time !

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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