Padel's growth in Cyprus
Feb 19,2025
Considered the fastest growing sport globally, Mexican-born padel is a scaled-down version of tennis played on smaller courts with walls and a slightly lower net. It is social and usually played in doubles, and padel federations and tournaments around the world have struggled to keep up with its popularity.
In Cyprus, padel has only been active for three years and has gained fans even among non-sporting people. Europe has also caught on to the padel craze, with Spain estimated to have around five million players and Italy's padel courts having increased fivefold since 2020. Constantinos first encountered the sport in 2014 during a business trip to Spain. A short match was enough to ignite a spark, and due to the easy-to-play nature of the sport, he realised it could make a difference in Cyprus, so he decided to introduce it to the locals.
In 2021, he set up a padel court at Spazio Health and Leisure Club in Nicosia, where he is the owner and coach. For 18 months, Spazio was the only padel club that organised casual padel games for friends to try the sport, although the Aphrodite Hills Hotel in Paphos was the first club on the island to set up a padel court. Spazio quickly gathered regular players and within two months people were coming from Paphos, Paralimni, Limassol and Larnaca to play every week.
Three years later, Cyprus now has 17 padel clubs on the island. Seven of them are in Nicosia, four in Limassol, two in Larnaca, one in Paphos and three in the Famagusta district. Influenced by other racket sports such as tennis, beach tennis and squash, padel is similar and easy to master. It follows some different rules in terms of courts and match points, but players of any level can try padel without having to master specific techniques. Perhaps its easy-to-play nature is why the sport is so popular.
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