Alejandra Salazar reaches seven world titles as Spain retain crown

Alejandra Salazar moved to seven FIP World Padel Championships titles when Spain retained the women’s crown in Doha, a run that turned one more trophy into a record. The win came at the Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex against Argentina, and the decisive second match stretched for almost three hours, a reminder that this was not a cruise but a grind at the sharp end of the sport.

Seven world titles now place Salazar alone at the top of the FIP Championships list, ahead of Fernando Belasteguín’s six. Her title years, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024, map a career that has lasted through different partners, different standards and a rapidly professionalised women’s circuit. FIP’s profile lists her as born in Madrid on 31 December 1985, 1.68m tall, a right-side player and a career best of world No. 1.

That right-side detail matters. Salazar’s game has always been about more than shot-making flash. The modern right-side player has to absorb pressure, keep structure and choose the right moment to accelerate. Salazar has done that for years, which is why her trophy count, now at 59 in FIP’s 2025 reporting, reads less like a tidy statistic than a manual on longevity. She made her professional debut at 17, has won eight Spanish national championships and has reached world No. 1 on five occasions, so the record is built on repeated adaptation, not one golden stretch.

Her latest title form is no relic, either. In Lyon, Salazar and Martina Calvo, the No. 3 seeds, beat Tamara Icardo and Marina Guinart 6-3, 7-6 in the women’s final, closing out the tiebreak 7-1 and earning 300 FIP ranking points. That pairing mattered. Calvo brought youth and speed, Salazar brought timing and order, and the combination showed how a veteran can still steer a match while sharing the court with a player from a different generation.

FIP’s current profile lists Salazar with Alejandra Alonso De Villa, born in Valladolid on 29 May 2006 and a left-side player, with Manu Martín and Pablo Semprún as coaches. That setup underlines the same point her seventh world title makes on its own: Salazar has never been a player defined by one era or one partner. She keeps finding a way to win because she reads the match before it reads her.