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Padel and Tennis Statistics 2026

How many people play padel and tennis, how many courts and clubs there are, and how fast each sport is growing. We only list figures we could trace to the organisation that produced them, with the publisher and date next to every number.

Last updated by the Tennis Padel Scoring team.

How many people play padel?

The two main global padel reports give different player totals. We show both.

  • There are 19.4 million padel players worldwide, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026
  • Global padel players now exceed 35 million, according to the International Padel Federation's World Padel Report 2025. International Padel Federation (FIP), FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, as reported by The Padel Paper, 3 December 2025
  • Members registered with national padel federations grew by 42% in a year, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper

Why the padel player numbers differ: Playtomic and the FIP produce their reports separately and count players in different ways, so their totals are not directly comparable. Quote the figure with its source rather than mixing the two.

How many padel courts and clubs are there?

  • There are 77,300 padel courts in 150 nations and 20 dependent territories, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper
  • There are more than 24,600 padel clubs worldwide, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper
  • There are 58,300 padel courts and more than 20,900 padel clubs worldwide, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026

How fast is padel growing?

  • 4,969 new padel clubs opened worldwide in 2025, nearly 14 a day, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026
  • 7,898 new padel courts were built worldwide in 2025, nearly 22 a day, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026
  • 14,355 padel courts were built in 2025, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper
  • The number of padel clubs grew by 16.1% and padel courts by 15.2% in a year, according to the FIP World Padel Report 2025. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper
  • The global padel equipment market has grown at a 34% compound annual rate since 2019, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026
  • FIP-organised padel tournaments rose from 182 in 2024 to 290 in 2025, involving over 11,000 athletes. FIP World Padel Report 2025, December 2025, via The Padel Paper

Padel statistics in the United States

  • The United States added 250 new padel clubs and 330 new padel courts in 2025, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026. Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, 28 May 2026

How many people play tennis?

  • Nearly 106 million people around the world played tennis in the past year, according to the ITF Global Tennis Report 2024. International Tennis Federation (ITF), ITF Global Tennis Report 2024, 28 November 2024, as reported by Asharq Al-Awsat
  • The number of tennis players worldwide grew by 25% between 2019 and 2024, according to the ITF. ITF Global Tennis Report 2024, 28 November 2024, via Asharq Al-Awsat
  • Women and girls made up 40% of tennis players worldwide in 2024, down from 47% in 2019, even though the number of female players grew by 8%. ITF Global Tennis Report 2024, 28 November 2024, via Asharq Al-Awsat
  • The ITF's first Global Tennis Report counted 87 million tennis players, 489,135 tennis courts and 71,263 tennis clubs worldwide in 2019. ITF Global Tennis Report 2019, October 2019, as reported by Tennis.com, 15 October 2019

Tennis statistics in the United States

  • 27.3 million people played tennis in the United States in 2025, a record and 1.6 million more than in 2024, according to the USTA. United States Tennis Association (USTA), 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • US tennis participation has grown by 54% since 2019, adding nearly 10 million players over six consecutive years of growth. USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • 14.5 million Americans were core tennis players in 2025, meaning they played 10 or more times in the year (53% of all US players). USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • 4.9 million Americans played tennis for the first time in 2025, up 9% on 2024. USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • 1.1 million more women played tennis in the US in 2025 than in 2024, a 10% increase. USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • 20.7 million US tennis players stayed in the sport in 2025, up 10%. USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026
  • There were more than 616 million tennis play occasions in the United States in 2025. USTA, 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, 18 February 2026

Sources and methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the organisation that produced it. Where we couldn't open the original report directly, we name the publication we read it in. We don't round, combine or estimate numbers, and we update the page when new reports come out.

  1. Playtomic Global Padel Report 2026, Playtomic with PwC's Strategy&, published 28 May 2026. Read in Playtomic's press release: padel-22.prowly.com.
  2. FIP World Padel Report 2025, International Padel Federation, presented 28 November 2025 and published December 2025: padelfip.com. Figures as reported by The Padel Paper, 3 December 2025.
  3. ITF Global Tennis Report 2024, International Tennis Federation, published 28 November 2024. Figures as reported by Asharq Al-Awsat, 28 November 2024.
  4. ITF Global Tennis Report 2019, International Tennis Federation, published October 2019. Figures as reported by Tennis.com, 15 October 2019.
  5. 2026 U.S. Tennis Participation Report, United States Tennis Association, published 18 February 2026, based on the National Golf Foundation's analysis of the PAC and PLAY surveys (36,000 respondents aged 6 and up): usta.com.

Using these numbers? Please credit the original report shown next to each figure. To cite this page, use: Padel and Tennis Statistics 2026, Tennis Padel Scoring, tennispadelscoring.com/padel-and-tennis-statistics/

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