The FIP ranking is the International Padel Federation (FIP) merit-based system for determining rankings in men's padel. The highest-ranked player is the one who has accumulated the most points over the preceding 52 weeks in tournaments on the FIP calendar, which includes events from Premier Padel (the premier circuit) and the FIP Cupra Tour (the secondary circuit). Points are awarded based on a player's best performance in their last 22 tournaments, specifically, the stage they reached, and the category of those competitions.
Ranking method Since the inception of professional padel, there have been various circuits, each with its own ranking system. The first was the Argentine circuit which, alongside the Padel World Pairs Championship, determined the world's number one players during the 1990s. However, since 2005 and the emergence of the Padel Pro Tour, the players rankings have been determined based on the rankings of the leading professional circuit, with the most recent model being the FIP system, which encompasses the Cupra FIP Tour and Premier Padel circuits.
FIP ranking 1986–1998 From 1986 to 1998, the ranking was determined based on the APA (Argentine Padel Association) circuits and World Pairs Championship, and in some years, it also included the FEP (Spanish Padel Federation) circuit.
1999–2005 From 1999 to 2005, the FEP circuit took the place of the Argentine circuit, becoming the premier circuit in world padel. Consequently, rankings came to be determined based on performance in FEP (Spanish Padel Federation) circuits and the World Pairs Championship.
2006–2012 The first international padel circuit was established in 2005 with the aim of expanding the sport. So in 2006 the new circuit, known as the Padel Pro Tour, began organizing its own tournaments, which determined the rankings and crowned the world's best players of each season.
2013–2023 In 2013, the World Padel Tour replaced the Padel Pro Tour as the premier circuit, becoming the tour that determined the world's best players. In 2023, with the emergence of Premier Padel as a rival to the WPT (created in 2022), the World Padel Tour stopped counting the ranking points of the competing circuit's tournaments, resulting in different pairs holding the number-one spot on each circuit by the end of the year. Subsequently, the FIP would recognize a single, unified winner.
2024–Present Since the acquisition of the World Padel Tour and its merger with Premier Padel, the latter has operated as the premier circuit in the padel world and, together with the Cupra FIP Tour, provides the ranking points.
Records and distinctions
In the women's division, Iciar Montes holds the record for the most year-end number 1 finishes, having achieved this a total of 10 times. On the men's side, the record is held by Fernando Belasteguín, who accomplished the feat for 16 consecutive years.
Alejandro Lasaigues and Roberto Gattiker hold the record for the most times ranked world number 1 with different partners, they achieved this together and with two additional partners each. On the women's side, Carolina Navarro and Iciar Montes achieved this with four partners, in addition to their time playing together.
Juan Lebrón is the active male player with the most year-end number 1 finishes, while Alejandra Salazar and Gemma Triay hold the record on the women's side.
Year-end No. 1 players
Year Men's Women's Professional Circuit(s) Men's 1st ranked (1/2) Men's 1st ranked (2/2) Women's 1st ranked (1/2) Women's 1st ranked (2/2)1986 Gustavo Maquirrian (1) Javier Maquirrian (1)Not contestedHistorical sources1987 Gustavo Maquirrian (2) Javier Maquirrian (2)Not contestedHistorical sources1988 Alejandro Lasaigues (1) Alvarez Clementi (1) Not contestedAPA1989 Alejandro Lasaigues (2) Alvarez Clementi (2)Not contestedAPA1990 Alejandro Lasaigues (3) Alvarez Clementi (3) Adriana Costagliola (1) Cecilia Baccigalupo (1)APA–FEP1991 Javier Maquirrain (3) Roberto Gattiker (1) Adriana Costagliola (2) Cecilia Baccigalupo (2)APA–FEP1992 Alejandro Lasaigues (4) Roberto Gattiker (2) Cecilia Baccigalupo (3) Virginia Mazzuchi (1)APA – World championships1993 Alejandro Lasaigues (5) Roberto Gattiker (3) Adriana Costagliola (3) Claudia Cespedes (1)APA–FEP1994 Alejandro Lasaigues (6) Roberto Gattiker (4) Adriana Costagliola (4) Cecilia Baccigalupo (4)APA – World championships1995 Alejandro Lasaigues (7) Roberto Gattiker (5) Adriana Costagliola (5) Cecilia Baccigalupo (5)APA – FEP1996 Alejandro Lasaigues (8) Roberto Gattiker (6) Adriana Costagliola (6) Cecilia Baccigalupo (6)APA – World championships1997 Alejandro Lasaigues (9) Hernan Auguste (1) Belen Castrillo (1) Iciar Montes (1)APA – FEP1998 Cristian Gutiérrez (1) Roberto Gattiker (7) Araceli Montero (1) Iciar Montes (2)APA – World championships – FEP1999 Alberto Rodríguez Piñón (1) Cristian Gutiérrez (2) Iciar Montes (3) Carolina Navarro (1)FEP2000 Hernan Auguste (2) Juan Martín Díaz (1) Iciar Montes (4) Carolina Navarro (2)FEP – World championships2001 Gabriel Reca (1) Sebastián Nerone (1) Iciar Montes (5) Carolina Navarro (3)FEP2002 Fernando Belasteguín (1) Juan Martín Díaz (2) Iciar Montes (6) Neki Berwig (1)FEP – World championships2003 Fernando Belasteguín (2) Juan Martín Díaz (3) Carolina Navarro (4) Paula Eyheraguibel (1)FEP2004 Fernando Belasteguín (3) Juan Martín Díaz (4) Iciar Montes (7) Paula Eyheraguibel (2)FEP – World championships2005 Fernando Belasteguín (4) Juan Martín Díaz (5) Iciar Montes (8) Neki Berwig (2)FEP2006 Fernando Belasteguín (5) Juan Martín Díaz (6) Iciar Montes (9) Neki Berwig (3)Padel Pro Tour2007 Fernando Belasteguín (6) Juan Martín Díaz (7) Iciar Montes (10) Neki Berwig (4)Padel Pro Tour2008 Fernando Belasteguín (7) Juan Martín Díaz (8) Carolina Navarro (5) Catalina Tenorio (1)Padel Pro Tour2009 Fernando Belasteguín (8) Juan Martín Díaz (9) Alejandra Salazar (1) Carolina Navarro (6)Padel Pro Tour2010 Fernando Belasteguín (9) Juan Martín Díaz (10) Carolina Navarro (7) Cecilia Reiter (1)Padel Pro Tour2011 Fernando Belasteguín (10) Juan Martín Díaz (11) Carolina Navarro (8) Cecilia Reiter (2)Padel Pro Tour2012 Fernando Belasteguín (11) Juan Martín Díaz (12) Carolina Navarro (9) Cecilia Reiter (3)Padel Pro Tour2013 Fernando Belasteguín (12) Juan Martín Díaz (13) Elisabeth Amatriain (1) Patricia Llaguno (1)World Padel Tour2014 Fernando Belasteguín (13) Juan Martín Díaz (14) Majo Sánchez (1) Mapi Sánchez (1)World Padel Tour2015 Fernando Belasteguín (14) Pablo Lima (1) Majo Sánchez (2) Mapi Sánchez (2)World Padel Tour2016 Fernando Belasteguín (15) Pablo Lima (2) Alejandra Salazar (2) Marta Marrero (1)World Padel Tour2017 Fernando Belasteguín (16) Pablo Lima (3) Majo Sánchez (3) Mapi Sánchez (3)World Padel Tour2018 Maxi Sánchez (1) Sanyo Gutiérrez (1) Majo Sánchez (4) Mapi Sánchez (4)World Padel Tour2019 Juan Lebrón (1) Paquito Navarro (1) Marta Marrero (2) Marta Ortega (1)World Padel Tour – FIP Ranking2020 Alejandro Galán (1) Juan Lebrón (2) Gemma Triay (1) Lucía Sainz (1)World Padel Tour – FIP Ranking2021 Alejandro Galán (2) Juan Lebrón (3) Alejandra Salazar (3) Gemma Triay (2)World Padel Tour – FIP Ranking2022 Alejandro Galán (3) Juan Lebrón (4) Alejandra Salazar (4) Gemma Triay (3)World Padel Tour – FIP Ranking2023 Agustín Tapia (1) Arturo Coello (1) Ariana Sánchez (1) Paula Josemaría (1)FIP Ranking2024 Agustín Tapia (2) Arturo Coello (2) Ariana Sánchez (2) Paula Josemaría (2)FIP Ranking2025 Agustín Tapia (3) Arturo Coello (3) Delfina Brea (1) Gemma Triay (4)FIP Ranking
Year-end No. 1 per player
Men's N. Player Year(s) Total 1. Fernando Belasteguín 2002–2017 16 2. Juan Martín Díaz 2000, 2002–2014 14 3. Alejandro Lasaigues 1988–90, 1992–97 9 4. Roberto Gattiker 1991–96, 1998 7 5. Juan Lebrón 2019–2022 46. Javier Maquirrain 1986, 1987, 19913 Alvarez Clementi 1988–1990 Pablo Lima 2015–2017 Agustín Tapia2023–2025 Arturo Coello Alejandro Galán 2020–20227. Gustavo Maquirrian 1986, 19872 Hernan Auguste 1997, 2000 Cristian Gutiérrez 1998, 19998. Alberto Rodríguez Piñón19991 Gabriel Reca2001 Sebastián Nerone Maxi Sánchez2018 Sanyo Gutiérrez Paquito Navarro2019 Women's N. Player Year(s) Total1. Iciar Montes1997–2002, 2004–2007102. Carolina Navarro1999–2001, 2003, 2008–201293. Adriana Costagliola 1990–1991, 1993–19966 Cecilia Baccigalupo 1990–1992, 1994–19964. Neki Berwig2002, 2005–20074 Alejandra Salazar 2009, 2005, 2021, 2022 Majo Sánchez2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Mapi Sánchez Gemma Triay 2020, 2021, 2022, 20255. Cecilia Reiter 2010–2012 36. Paula Eyheraguibel 2003, 20042 Marta Marrero 2016, 2019 Ariana Sánchez2023, 2024 Paula Josemaría7. Claudia Cespedes 19921 Virginia Mazzuchi 1992 Araceli Montero 1997 Belen Castrillo 1998 Catalina Tenorio 2008 Elisabeth Amatriain2013 Patricia Llaguno Marta Ortega 2019 Lucía Sainz 2020 Delfina Brea 2025
See also Padel Pro Tour World Padel Tour Premier Padel Padel World Championship
References
External links https://www.padelfip.com/ranking-history/