Although the padel was invented in Mexico, the two countries with the best players are Spain and Argentina. Which of these two nations is the stronger?

When we look at the men's ranking of World Padel Tour, we see that the first three places are occupied by Spaniards (Paquito Navarro, Juan Lebron, Alejandro Galan), followed by two Argentines (Sanyo Gutierrez and Maxi Sanchez). Today, if we only talk about the Top 5, Spain is well ahead, even if It has not always been the case.

However, if we extend to the Top 30, Argentina dominates ! Indeed, we find 14 Argentines, 3 Brazilians and 13 Spaniards, two of whom were born in Argentina : Mati Diaz and Juani Mieres. It is from the Top 40 that Spain begins to take the lead, and in the end we find 61 Spanish players in the Top 100, for 28 Argentines.

In girls, the question does not really arise since the Top 10 is made up of 9 Spanish and a Portuguese woman. The first Argentinian, Delfi Brea, ranks 12th. In the Top 100 we find 76 Spanish and only 9 Argentines!

Obviously the fact that the World Padel Tour mainly played in Spain contributes greatly to the fact that it is the most represented country among players. Despite everything, we notice that in men, at a very high level, the Argentines are more than equal with the Spaniards. The fact that WPT is increasingly looking to internationalize should allow in the future to other countries to come to join the fight between these two countries.

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