Alex Arroyo: Bio, Titles and Playing Style
Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo Albert was born on October 25, 2001 in Valencia, Spain. He plays the backhand, left-hand side of the court, right-handed, and he's built a reputation as one of the circuit's most aggressive net players, with a smash that's regularly ranked among the hardest on tour. He partnered with Tolito Aguirre at the start of the 2026 season, though the pairing ended after a few months; as of August 2026, he plays alongside Jose Jiménez Casas.
From the Club Español de Tenis to Madrid, at 15
Arroyo started playing padel at 11, at the Club Español de Tenis in his native Valencia. He was winning national junior titles almost immediately: Spain's Under-12 champion and world champion at that age group with the national team by 2013, still just a kid. His junior results kept stacking up through his teens, Spanish cadete champion, world champion with the Spanish national team, and Under-18 world champion, all before he'd turned 18. To keep progressing, he left Valencia as a teenager and moved to Madrid, training with the country's best players under a coaching team built specifically to manage his development. It's a common path for Spanish padel prospects, but an uncommon amount of success to have already banked by the time he made the move.
A power game that took time to translate to the top level
Unlike some prodigies who dominate immediately as professionals, Arroyo's rise on the senior tour was more gradual than his junior results suggested it might be. He worked through a long list of partners, Sanyo Gutiérrez, Alex Ruiz, Luciano Capra, Miguel Yanguas, Gonzalo Rubio, Edu Alonso, Pablo Cardona, Iñigo Jofre, and Tolito Aguirre among them, gradually building the physical, direct style that's now his trademark. His partnership with Yanguas in particular was seen as one of Spanish padel's most promising young pairings, two players still in their early twenties with the tools to challenge the sport's veterans.
Playing style
Arroyo plays the left side with a direct, physical, high-power game rather than a patient, defensive one. He's at his most dangerous at the net, where his smash does most of the damage, and he plays the kind of aggressive padel that wins points outright rather than waiting for opponents to make mistakes. That power has occasionally come at the cost of consistency against the tour's most experienced pairs, but it's also what's made him a threat to any team on his day.
To see how Arroyo stacks up against the rest of the circuit, check our guide to the best padel players to follow in 2026.
