The Country Report: Who Runs Padel, Who's Chasing, and What It All Means for Your OutOfTheCourt Team

Sixty-nine points. That's what Spain brings to the OutOfTheCourt nationality table — a number that isn't just a statistic, it's a statement of intent. The 2025 Premier Padel season gave us one of the sport's most compelling narratives yet: a year of 23 tournaments, contested across 15 countries, defined by two rivalries running in perfect parallel on either side of the net. Spain and Argentina split the sport's biggest prizes right down the middle, and if you've been building your OutOfTheCourt squad without factoring in nationality, you've been leaving real points on the table. Let's break down exactly where the power sits, where it's growing, and which flags you want flying across your fantasy lineup.

🇪🇸 Dominant

Spain is padel's superpower, and the numbers demand you sit with that for a moment. Sixty-nine OutOfTheCourt nationality points, a Fantasy Price of 36.1 — and at the top of the flagpole you've got three of the most bankable names on tour. Gemma Triay is arguably the most complete women's player in the world right now. After parting ways with Claudia Fernández at the end of 2024, she linked up with Argentina's Delfina Brea, and the combination clicked instantly. By August 2025, the Triay–Brea pairing were officially crowned world number ones after their Tarragona victory — a milestone Gemma had been chasing for two full years since Sánchez and Josemaría took the top spot from her in 2023. She finished 2025 having won her fourth year-end number-one finish, cementing herself as the defining women's player of her generation. For OutOfTheCourt managers, Gemma at her current price isn't just an asset — she's practically a necessity.

Then there's Arturo Coello. Born in 2002. Still only 23. Already the co-holder of one of the most dominant partnerships in padel history. Alongside Argentina's Agustín Tapia, 'El Rey Arturo' delivered 13 tournament titles and 17 final appearances in 2025, retaining the world number one ranking for the third consecutive season. The pair closed the year by lifting the Premier Padel Finals trophy — the one title that had eluded Coello individually — beating Galán and Chingotto in what was widely described as one of the finest matches professional padel has ever produced, a three-set masterpiece that could have gone either way. Coello is Spain's engine in the men's draw, and at FP 36.1, his nationality cost reflects the depth of an entire national programme, not just one superstar.

Alejandro Galán is the third name in Spain's fantasy triumvirate, and 2025 was actually one of the most consistently excellent seasons of his career. Playing with Federico Chingotto — the 'Chingalán' partnership — Galán finished the season around third in the FIP rankings with over 17,000 points, matching Coello and Tapia for sheer final appearances (17 each) but falling six titles short of them overall. That gap is the story: 'Chingalán' was never far behind, but Coello–Tapia just had one more gear. Still, from an OutOfTheCourt standpoint, Galán represents exceptional floor value — a player who almost never exits early, almost always charges points across the long run of a tournament.

Spain's 69 nationality points tell you something else important: depth. It's not just the three headline names. The women's draw is dense with Spanish talent — Ariana Sánchez, Paula Josemaría, Bea González, Claudia Fernández all ranked inside the world's top handful. Any manager building a Spain-heavy squad is essentially buying into a national programme that produces elite players at scale. The FP of 36.1 is a fair market price for that. Is it a premium? Yes. Does Spain earn it? Every single week.

🌍 Rising

Argentina comes in at 19 OutOfTheCourt nationality points and an FP of 50.1 — and that gap versus Spain is fascinating because on the court, the difference is far narrower. In fact, depending on which day of the week you're asking, Argentina is the best padel nation on earth. Delfina Brea is Exhibit A. After ending her partnership with Bea González, Brea teamed up with Gemma Triay and the chemistry was immediate. Together they won nine Premier Padel titles in 2025, swept three of the four Majors, and officially claimed the world number one ranking in August. But here's the bit that really matters for Argentina's fantasy value: Brea became the first Argentine woman to finish a season as world number one since Cecilia Reiter held the top spot back in 2012. That's thirteen years. It's not just a personal milestone — it's a generational shift in Argentine women's padel, and it's priced into your OutOfTheCourt decisions right now.

On the men's side, Argentina's contribution is split across two pairs — which is exactly what makes the FP calculation so interesting. Agustín Tapia is number one in the world. Full stop. His partnership with Spain's Arturo Coello has been the defining story of men's padel for three consecutive seasons, and 2025 was no different: 13 titles, 17 finals, every single major week accounted for. Tapia's consistency is almost irrational. He is — check the record — a player whose pair didn't even lose before a final for 11 straight months at one point in 2024. But then there's Federico Chingotto, who flies the Argentine flag on the other side of the court alongside Spain's Galán. Both pairs reached 17 finals in 2025. Coello and Tapia won six more tournaments — but Chingalán were never embarrassed. That means Argentina effectively has two men's pairs competing at the very summit of the sport simultaneously, which inflates the country's overall fantasy contribution significantly.

Brazil and France sit at 2 points each, and while that's modest by comparison, the stories underneath those numbers are worth your attention. Lucas Bergamini is Brazil's clearest fantasy asset — a player who, by his own admission, arrived in Spain for 'two months' and never left. He posted a 64.91% win rate across 57 matches in 2025, reached the Buenos Aires P1 final (losing to Coello and Tapia 6–2, 6–2), made the Premier Padel Finals quarterfinals, and put together semi-final runs at Dubai P1 and NewGiza P2 in the back end of the season. Lucas Campagnolo, his Brazilian compatriot, also contributed — posting a 51.22% win rate across 41 matches, including semi-final appearances at both Dubai P1 and a FIP Platinum event late in the season. Brazil holds FP 41.3 in OutOfTheCourt, and with just 2 nationality points, you're essentially getting that international flavour at a relative discount if the Brazilians' form holds.

France at FP 11.7 is the leanest portfolio in our five-nation breakdown, but Alix Collombon remains French padel's most recognisable standard-bearer. The Lyon-born right-hander — a former tennis professional who made history as the first Frenchwoman to win a World Padel Tour title back in 2021 — has carved a solid mid-table presence in Premier Padel, reaching the round of 16 at the Paris Major on home soil in September 2025, which you'd imagine felt enormous in front of the Philippe Chatrier crowd. Léa Godallier, France's other key name in the OutOfTheCourt pool, posted a 45.16% win rate across 31 matches in 2025. Not dominant. But present, competitive, and capable of deep runs — which is what FP 11.7 is actually pricing. Both players have continued in 2026, with Godallier in particular showing form improvements, and she's carrying real value if you're looking to balance your squad with a low-cost flag.

📊 Fantasy

Here's the fundamental question you need to answer in OutOfTheCourt: do you pay for Spain's dominance at FP 36.1 and 69 nationality points, or do you spread your nationality investment across cheaper nations and bank on their upside? The honest answer is that there's no single correct approach — but the math leans heavily Spanish. Spain's 69 points aren't generated by one or two players having good seasons. They're generated by an entire ecosystem that produces world number ones in both the men's and women's draws simultaneously. Triay, Coello, and Galán are all Top-5 calibre players whose baseline floor in any given tournament is a round of 16 minimum, and they're regularly contesting finals. That sustained deep-run consistency is where nationality points compound. If your squad carries Spanish nationality weight, you're essentially insured against the variance that kills fantasy teams — the early-round exits and missed tournaments that drag your total down.

Argentina's FP 50.1 is the wildcard that makes this analysis interesting. On a pure 'who wins the most' metric, Argentina is right there with Spain — Tapia is the world's best men's player, Brea is the world's best women's player. But that FP is higher than Spain's, which means you're paying a premium for the privilege of holding both South American halves of the game's dominant rivalries. The 19 nationality points Argentina generates reflect a country whose top players are split between two pairs, both competing deep into every tournament — meaning lots of head-to-head matchups between Tapia–Coello and Chingalán that neutralise points at the nationality level even as they pile up at the individual player level. Italy at FP 11.3 offers something genuinely different: 4 nationality points from Carolina Orsi (who reached the Madrid P1 quarterfinals in 2025 and consistently operates in the top 30), Giulia Dal Pozzo (who broke into the top 70 of the FIP rankings), and Enzo Jensen — a player with a 57.14% win rate across 35 matches in 2025 who's genuinely trending upward. If your squad structure needs a low-cost nationality anchor, Italy and France combined give you breadth without breaking the bank.

For OutOfTheCourt managers running competitive squads — look at the current leaderboard: FJorgensenTeam tops it on 11,999.2 points, with DavidCereCat (11,734.5), GusTeam (11,418), sebsx4 (11,334.5), and Padelcilu (11,170.5) all within striking range. At this level of the game, the margin between first and fifth is under 830 points across the entire season. That means nationality strategy — not just individual player picks — is likely deciding these league positions. The FJorgensenTeam lead suggests consistent deep accumulation rather than a single explosive week, which typically points to heavy Spanish and Argentine representation providing that bedrock of constant final-round returns. If you're chasing, look carefully at whether your nationality distribution is capping your ceiling or broadening it.

🌐 Growth

The Premier Padel 2025 season didn't just produce spectacular tennis — it demonstrated the circuit's ambition to become a genuinely global sport. Twenty-three tournaments across 15 countries, with the 2026 season already expanding to 25 events across 17 nations. That geographic spread matters for OutOfTheCourt because it creates opportunity for non-traditional padel nations to develop players and push them up the rankings. Italy's record of 24 international titles won by Italian players in 2025 — across Premier Padel and the FIP Tour combined — is precisely the kind of momentum that moves a nation up the fantasy value chain over time. Right now, Italy is at FP 11.3 with 4 nationality points. Give that programme two or three more seasons of Carolina Orsi-level consistency and Giulia Dal Pozzo-level emergence, and that valuation shifts.

The story of Lucas Bergamini is, in miniature, the story of padel's global growth. A Brazilian player who crossed the Atlantic, settled in Spain, and built a career that now includes top-13 FIP ranking finishes and regular appearances at Premier Padel's biggest events. Brazil's Campagnolo and Bergamini combined to give the country consistent representation across nearly 100 Premier Padel matches in 2025 alone. France, meanwhile, is fielding players at home Majors — Collombon's round of 16 run in Paris was emblematic of a nation starting to nurture home-grown talent rather than just importing technique. These aren't the dominant nations yet. But fantasy games reward forward-looking thinking, and OutOfTheCourt managers who track this growth curve — and position accordingly — will be ahead of the field when those nationality point totals start to shift.

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