Alejandra Salazar
Madrid, Spain
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Alejandra Salazar led the World Padel Tour's women's division in titles won in three separate seasons — 2016, 2021, and 2022 — a spread of dominant years across nearly a full decade that few other players in the women's game have matched. Partnered with Gemma Triay starting in 2021, Salazar was crowned world number one for a second time that year, their first as a pairing, and the two held the top ranking together for three consecutive periods before being dethroned in 2023. Salazar's career has also included multiple World Championship titles representing Spain, sustaining elite-level competitiveness across nearly two decades in a sport whose infrastructure and prize money grew substantially over the course of her career. Her combination of leading the tour in titles across three separate seasons spanning almost a decade and her multiple stints at world number one has made Salazar one of the most enduringly decorated players in women's padel history.
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