Spain is where padel grew from a holiday pastime into a national sport. The game was invented in Acapulco, Mexico, in 1969 and reached Spain in the early 1970s, when Prince Alfonso de Hohenlohe built courts at the Marbella Club Hotel (FIP). Spain now has more courts than any other country. The International Padel Federation's World Padel Report 2025 counts over 17,300 of them.
Competitive play is run by the Federación Española de Pádel, which issued a record 111,866 licences in 2025 (FEP). That makes padel the seventh-largest federated sport in Spain. Licences go through the regional federations. Catalonia has the most licensed players, followed by Madrid.
Spain is also a fixture on the professional tour. The 2026 Premier Padel calendar has six Spanish stops, from Gijón in March to the season finals in Barcelona in December.
Below you'll find clubs in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Málaga. Most of them take bookings online, either on their own booking page or through Playtomic. Court numbers are shown only where a club publishes them.