The True Story of Padel

1960
First Steps
Enrique Corcuera sets up a tennis court net on a pelota court at his hacienda in Estipac, Jalisco. He finds the combination of the two sports amusing: the speed of tennis and the wall rebound of pelota.
HEADLINE: The Creators of Padel

1969
Padel Corcuer
Enrique Corcuera buys a house in Las Brisas Acapulco Guerrero, Mexico. His garden space is small, so he decides to build a Padel court 20 meters by 10 meters. He decides to call his new invention Padel Corcuera.

1974
Hotel Marbella Club
Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe discovers Paddle Corcuera while vacationing with his friend Enrique in Acapulco. Upon returning to Spain, he decides to build a similar court at his new real estate development in Spain, the Marbella Club. They call it Padel.

1985
Regulations
There are several Corcuera Padel courts in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain. Viviana Corcuera, with the help of her husband Enrique, decided to create official rules for Corcuera Padel.

1987
First Federation.
Asociación Platense de Padel is founded, the first institutional entity related to padel in the world. One year later, Oscar “Cacho” Nicastro founds the APA, the first national Paddle tennis association in the world.

1990
International Promotion
Viviana and Enrique Corcuera travelled to Argentina, Spain and Mexico to promote padel. Viviana appeared with Plácido Domingo, a great promoter of padel in Acapulco.

1991
International Padel Federation
Julio Alegría is the first president of the FIP and a year later the first World Championship is held with the participation of 11 countries.

1993
International Padel Federation
Enrique and Viviana, with their good friend Notary Ignacio Soto Borja, founded the Mexican Padel Federation. They decided to change the name from Padel Corcuera to Padel.

1993
First Corcuera Cup
The first international padel tournament in the world was held at Hotel Villa Vera in Acapulco, organized by Ignacio Soto Borja, Cacho Nicastro, Viviana and Luis Corcuera.

1999
World Padel Tour.
The WORLD PADEL TOUR is a collaboration between the world's Padel federations and the Association of Professional Padel Players. The best male and female Padel players in the world participate.

2013
2013: World Padel Tour begins.
The first World Padel Tour takes place in 2013.

2022
Recognition
In June 2022 the Mexican Senate recognized Don Enrique Corcuera as the creator of padel.

2024
Premier Padel Acapulco
Professional padel returns to its home in Acapulco. Enrique Corcuera Jr, Gerardo Suárez, Felipe Madero, Manuel Manterola and Raynard Picard founded COPA Padel to promote padel as a Mexican sport.
Team Copa
Crecimos jugando pádel sin saber que estábamos jugando una historia mexicana. Hoy, como fundadores de COPA Pádel, nuestra misión es devolverle a este deporte lo que el deporte nos dio: comunidad, pasión y orgullo. Somos cinco amigos, una visión, y un punto de partida que comparte raíces con el origen mismo del juego: Acapulco.








