Beatriz González Fernández (born 23 November 2001), known as Bea González, is a Spanish professional padel player who plays on the left side (revés).
González entered the professional circuit in 2016 at the age of 14, its youngest player, and in 2020 became the youngest winner of a World Padel Tour (WPT) title, aged 18. In 2023, playing with the Argentine Delfina Brea, she won eight titles in one season and ended the year as the world No. 2 pair. In 2025, with Claudia Fernández, she won six titles, and in 2026 she began a partnership with Paula Josemaría.
Early life González was born in Málaga on 23 November 2001 and comes from El Palo, a coastal district of the city from which her nickname "La Perla de El Palo" (The Pearl of El Palo) is taken. She first picked up a racket at the age of four, hitting a ball against a wall while her father played with friends, and began lessons at eight. In 2016, González debut in the main professional circuit, World Padel Tour, at the age of 14, becoming the youngest player ever to play in the circuit, the following year she won the Spanish under-18 championship and a junior world team title in her category, and in 2018 she began partnering the experienced Argentine Catalina Tenorio, then No. 6 in the WPT ranking. She is the granddaughter of Antonio González Álvarez, "Chuzo", a footballer who played for Málaga and Atlético Madrid.
Padel Career First years
In her debut year, at just 14 years old, Bea played alongside veteran and two-time world number one Paula Eyheraguibel. Their best result came at the Barcelona Challenger, where they reached the quarterfinals.
The following year, she would play part of the season with Elena Ramirez and the rest with Nelia Brito, but would fail to advance beyond the early rounds in any tournament.
Partnership with Catalina Tenorio 2018
2018 would be Bea's breakthrough year, at just 16 years old, alongside former world number one Catalina Tenorio. They began the season with quarterfinal appearances in their first two tournaments, and at the Jaén Open, the season's fourth event, they reached their first semifinal, where they were eliminated by Gemma Triay & Lucía Sainz. The pair went on to reach their second semifinal at the Mijas Open, where they faced the former world number one duo of Elisabeth Amatriain & Patricia Llaguno but were unable to secure a win.
Two tournaments later, they reached another semifinal in Lugo, falling to the circuit's second-ranked pair, Alejandra Salazar & Marta Marrero. After two more quarterfinal appearances, Bea and Catalina reached their first final at the Villa de San Javier Challenger, though they once again failed to overcome Amatriain & Llaguno. They closed out the season with two additional quarterfinal finishes in the final three tournaments, allowing Bea to qualify for the Master Final for the first time in her career.
First stint with Delfina Brea 2019
Bea and Catalina continued together in 2019, starting the season with five consecutive quarterfinal appearances. However, after reaching the quarterfinals only once in the following four tournaments, they decided to part ways.
For the remainder of the season, Bea teamed up with Delfina Brea. The young duo began with two quarterfinal appearances before reaching their first final at the Paris Challenger, where they defeated veterans Carolina Navarro & Cecilia Reiter in three sets to claim their first title of the season, a feat they repeated against the same opponents at the San Javier Challenger. They concluded the regular season with two more quarterfinal finishes and a victory at the Spanish Under-23 Championship, ultimately ending the season with a semifinal exit at the Master Final.
Partnership with Marta Ortega
For the 2020 season, Bea teamed up with the then-world number one, Marta Ortega, who was parting ways with her partner Marta Marrero. In the only tournament they played before the COVID-19 hiatus, they reached the semifinals, followed by a quarterfinal appearance in the first tournament back after the break. At the third tournament of the year, the Vuelve a Madrid Open, Bea reached her first major tournament final in WPT, defeating Elisabeth Amatriaín & Patricia Llaguno and becoming the youngest player to win a trophy at just 18 years old.
At the following tournament, the Adeslas Open, they once again reached the finals, where they were defeated by the twins Mapi & Majo, the most successful female pair in the history of padel up to that point. They played four more tournaments together, reaching three semifinals and one quarterfinal, but decided to part ways after the Barcelona Master. After parting ways with Marta, Bea would play the season's remaining three tournaments alongside Paula Josemaria, reaching the finals of the Las Rozas Open, where they fell to the world number ones, Gemma Triay & Lucia Sainz.
Partnership with Lucía Sainz 2021
In 2021, after Paula Josemaría accepted an invitation from Ariana Sánchez, for the second consecutive year Bea would begin the year alongside a then-world number one, Lucía Sainz. At the first tournament of the year, the Madrid Open, they reached the final but failed to defeat Ariana & Paula. However, in the following ten tournaments, despite reaching the semifinals five times, they were unable to make another final, losing four of those matches to the circuit's two top-ranked pairs (once against Gemma & Salazar, and three times against Ariana & Paula).
The pair's second final came at the Barcelona Master, where in the semifinals they eliminated the twins Mapi & Majo to reach the final but lost the title match to the world number ones, Gemma & Salazar. They played just one more tournament, in Lugo, before parting ways.
Second stint with Marta Ortega After parting ways with Lucia, Bea would team up with Marta Ortega for the second time for the remainder of 2021. In their first tournament together, in Menorca, they reached the semifinals, where they were eliminated by their former partners, Lucia Sainz & Marta Marrero. Following two modest performances in the final two tournaments of the regular season, Bea and Marta played in the Master Final, where they were defeated in the quarterfinals by Ariana Sánchez & Paula Josemaria.
2022
In 2022, Bea and Marta began the season together but were eliminated in their first five tournaments by the top two pairs, twice in the semifinals and twice in the quarterfinals against Ariana & Paula, followed by a loss to the world number ones, Gemma & Salazar, in Brussels. However, in between the main tournaments, they competed in the Getafe and Albacete Challengers, winning both events and defeating the twins Mapi & Majo in the final of the second one. At the Danish Open, the sixth tournament of the season, Bea and Marta reached their first main tournament final of the season and defeated Mapi & Sofia Araujo to claim their third title of the year. After three inconsistent tournaments, they reached another three semifinals before the summer break, losing all of them to Gemma & Salazar.
Upon returning from the summer break, they reached the finals of the Portugal Open, where they faced the world number ones at the time, Ariana & Paula, but were forced to retire during the match due to an injury sustained by Bea. However, two tournaments later, they reached their fifth final of the year at the Amsterdam Open, where they avenged their loss in Portugal by defeating Ariana & Paula to claim their fourth title of the season. In the four remaining tournaments, they reached the semifinals in every one, wrapping up the season with an appearance at the Master Final, where they were eliminated by Gemma & Salazar in the semifinals.
2023
In 2023, Bea and Marta began the year with a surprise elimination in the Round of 16 at the season's first tournament, but they bounced back by reaching the final of the La Rioja Open, where they were defeated in three sets by the world number ones, Alejandra Salazar & Gemma Triay. However, they would play only two more tournaments together before parting ways.
Partnership with Delfina Brea After parting ways with Marta, Bea teamed up with Delfina Brea debuting at the Granada Open, where they were eliminated in the semifinals in three sets by Gemma & Salazar. Following two more semifinal exits, Bea and Delfina reached the final of the season's eighth tournament, the Danish Open, where they faced and defeated Gemma & Salazar. At the subsequent tournament in Vienna, they once again reached the final but were defeated by the new world number ones, Ariana Sánchez & Paula Josemaria. After an early exit in Marbella, they reached two more finals, losing to Ariana & Paula in France and defeating Gemma & Marta Ortega at the Valladolid Master. In the four remaining tournaments before the summer break (two Premier Padel and two World Padel Tour events), they would reach just one final, the Madrid P1, where they defeated Ariana & Paula to claim their first title on the new circuit.
Upon returning from the summer break, Bea and Delfina began by winning the Finland Open, followed by a run of five finals in six tournaments, where they lost to Ariana & Paula in Amsterdam, but won the Malmö and Mexico Open's, the Milan P1 in Premier, and closed the season with a fourth consecutive title by winning the Master Final, becoming the youngest Master Final winner at 22 years and 23 days and finishing the year as the world No. 2 pair.
2024
Bea and Delfina started 2024 by reaching the final of the Riyadh P1 but fell short of the title, losing the deciding match to Ariana & Paula. After two tournaments without reaching a final, they won four consecutive events, the Puerto Cabello, Brussels, Seville, and Asunción P2's, defeating Claudia Fernández & Gemma Triay in the finals of the second and fourth tournaments and Ariana & Paula in the third; however, the world number ones avenged that loss by beating them in the final of the Mar del Plata P1. This results allowed González to overthrow Gemma Triay as the new No. 3 in the FIP rankings. However, the good run came to an end in the tournaments leading up to the summer break, being eliminated on the first round in Santiago, missing the Bordeaux P2 and the Italy Major due to a superficial thrombus in her left foot, and finally being forced to withdraw before the semifinals of the Málaga P1 (her home tournament) which also caused them to miss the Finland P2.
The problems persisted after the return from the summer break, forcing her to withdraw from the Madrid P1 final against Claudia & Gemma early in the second set. It was her third injury in six months, sidelining her until November and causing her to miss the Rotterdam P1, the Paris Major, and the Valladolid and Giza P2 events, thereby forfeiting a total of 4,000 points; during these periods of inactivity, she began a master's degree program in physical rehabilitation and injury prevention. In their first tournament back after injury, Bea and Delfina defeated Alejandra Alonso & Andrea Ustero to win the Dubai P1. In the following three tournaments, they would face Claudia & Gemma in each one, being eliminated in the semifinals in Kuwait and Mexico and losing the Milan P1 final after being forced to retire due to another pectoral injury suffered by Bea. The injury would cause her to miss the season's final tournament, the Premier Padel Finals.
Partnership with Claudia Fernández 2025