Top Mexican cities for padel, tennis and pickleball courts

Which city in Mexico has the most padel, tennis or pickleball courts? There is no official census of sports courts, so this guide does what can be done honestly: it counts what is recorded in our directory and ranks it. In padel Ciudad de México leads with 32 places; in tennis, Ciudad de México with 121; and in pickleball, Ciudad de México with 8.

Every figure comes from the same directory and the same calculations the sport-by-city pages use, so if you open one of them you will see the same number. Each ranking has its date, and the figures are minimums: a city may have more courts than anyone has recorded yet.

How to read these numbers

We count two things separately. A place is a club, sports centre or park with at least one court for the sport; a court is each individual court recorded for that sport. One club with six courts counts as one place and six courts, and sometimes a place is recorded without anyone knowing how many courts it has, which is why a city can have more places than courts. These are minimums, not an inventory: what counts is what someone has mapped or published.

The data is as of September 25, 2026. It comes from OpenStreetMap, the open map its contributors edit, and from public sources we research club by club. They are not clubs verified by MeetAndPlay. Population by state is from the 2020 Population and Housing Census by INEGI; we have no population per city in the directory, so the per-resident figure is by state only.

The 10 cities with the most padel courts

Across Mexico the directory records 478 places with padel, spread over 116 cities in 32 states, with at least 592 courts counted.

The ten cities with the most padel places, with their courts:

• 1. Ciudad de México (Ciudad de México): places: 32, courts: 56
• 2. Querétaro (Querétaro): places: 25, courts: 18
• 3. Zapopan (Jalisco): places: 22, courts: 54
• 4. San Luis Potosí (San Luis Potosí): places: 20, courts: 23
• 5. Mérida (Yucatán): places: 17, courts: 23
• 6. León (Guanajuato): places: 17, courts: 14
• 7. Chihuahua (Chihuahua): places: 13, courts: 9
• 8. Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes): places: 12, courts: 1
• 9. Puebla (Puebla): places: 10, courts: 17
• 10. Monterrey (Nuevo León): places: 10, courts: 16

The ten cities with the most padel courts counted:

• 1. Ciudad de México: places: 32, courts: 56
• 2. Zapopan: places: 22, courts: 54
• 3. San Andrés Cholula: places: 9, courts: 39
• 4. Mexicali: places: 9, courts: 32
• 5. San Luis Potosí: places: 20, courts: 23
• 6. Mérida: places: 17, courts: 23
• 7. Querétaro: places: 25, courts: 18
• 8. Cuernavaca: places: 7, courts: 18
• 9. Puerto Vallarta: places: 5, courts: 18
• 10. Puebla: places: 10, courts: 17

The 10 cities with the most tennis courts

Across Mexico the directory records 1,097 places with tennis, spread over 257 cities in 32 states, with at least 2,219 courts counted.

The ten cities with the most tennis places, with their courts:

• 1. Ciudad de México (Ciudad de México): places: 121, courts: 320
• 2. Cancún (Quintana Roo): places: 41, courts: 60
• 3. Zapopan (Jalisco): places: 34, courts: 69
• 4. Valle de Bravo (Estado de México): places: 33, courts: 45
• 5. Chihuahua (Chihuahua): places: 27, courts: 67
• 6. Los Cabos (Baja California Sur): places: 27, courts: 48
• 7. Mérida (Yucatán): places: 26, courts: 54
• 8. Querétaro (Querétaro): places: 17, courts: 48
• 9. Tijuana (Baja California): places: 16, courts: 48
• 10. Acapulco (Guerrero): places: 16, courts: 31

The ten cities with the most tennis courts counted:

• 1. Ciudad de México: places: 121, courts: 320
• 2. Zapopan: places: 34, courts: 69
• 3. Chihuahua: places: 27, courts: 67
• 4. Cancún: places: 41, courts: 60
• 5. Mérida: places: 26, courts: 54
• 6. Morelia: places: 15, courts: 53
• 7. Los Cabos: places: 27, courts: 48
• 8. Querétaro: places: 17, courts: 48
• 9. Tijuana: places: 16, courts: 48
• 10. Valle de Bravo: places: 33, courts: 45

The 10 cities with the most pickleball courts

Across Mexico the directory records 137 places with pickleball, spread over 61 cities in 28 states, with at least 95 courts counted.

The ten cities with the most pickleball places, with their courts:

• 1. Ciudad de México (Ciudad de México): places: 8, courts: 0
• 2. Querétaro (Querétaro): places: 6, courts: 2
• 3. Cancún (Quintana Roo): places: 5, courts: 14
• 4. La Paz (Baja California Sur): places: 5, courts: 2
• 5. Los Cabos (Baja California Sur): places: 5, courts: 2
• 6. Hermosillo (Sonora): places: 5, courts: 1
• 7. Puerto Peñasco (Sonora): places: 5, courts: 0
• 8. Puerto Vallarta (Jalisco): places: 4, courts: 7
• 9. Cajeme (Sonora): places: 4, courts: 5
• 10. Playa del Carmen (Quintana Roo): places: 4, courts: 5

The ten cities with the most pickleball courts counted:

• 1. Cancún: places: 5, courts: 14
• 2. Campeche: places: 1, courts: 8
• 3. Puerto Vallarta: places: 4, courts: 7
• 4. Torreón: places: 1, courts: 7
• 5. Tecate: places: 2, courts: 6
• 6. Mérida: places: 1, courts: 6
• 7. Cajeme: places: 4, courts: 5
• 8. Playa del Carmen: places: 4, courts: 5
• 9. Jocotepec: places: 2, courts: 5
• 10. San Miguel de Allende: places: 4, courts: 4

Other sports: the three cities with the most places

For the directory's other sports a summary is enough: the three cities with the most places, with their count in brackets. Sports with fewer than three recorded cities are not listed.

• squash: Ciudad de México (40), Toluca (8), Ecatepec de Morelos (6)
• badminton: Cajeme (1), Centla (1), Huixquilucan (1)
• 7-a-side football: Ciudad de México (16), Morelia (12), Chimalhuacán (8)
• basketball: Ciudad de México (99), Guadalajara (37), Zapopan (34)

The states with the most places per sport

For the bigger picture, we add up the cities in each state. Here are the five states with the most places for each sport, with how many places there are per 100,000 residents according to the 2020 census.

Among those five states, the one with the most places per resident is Querétaro in padel, Quintana Roo in tennis and Baja California Sur in pickleball.

States with the most padel places:

• 1. Jalisco: places: 38, courts: 77, places per 100,000 residents: 0.5
• 2. Guanajuato: places: 34, courts: 41, places per 100,000 residents: 0.6
• 3. Ciudad de México: places: 32, courts: 56, places per 100,000 residents: 0.3
• 4. Nuevo León: places: 30, courts: 39, places per 100,000 residents: 0.5
• 5. Querétaro: places: 30, courts: 23, places per 100,000 residents: 1.3

States with the most tennis places:

• 1. Ciudad de México: places: 121, courts: 320, places per 100,000 residents: 1.3
• 2. Jalisco: places: 103, courts: 164, places per 100,000 residents: 1.2
• 3. Estado de México: places: 85, courts: 145, places per 100,000 residents: 0.5
• 4. Quintana Roo: places: 78, courts: 123, places per 100,000 residents: 4.2
• 5. Baja California: places: 59, courts: 132, places per 100,000 residents: 1.6

States with the most pickleball places:

• 1. Sonora: places: 17, courts: 6, places per 100,000 residents: 0.6
• 2. Jalisco: places: 15, courts: 15, places per 100,000 residents: 0.2
• 3. Quintana Roo: places: 14, courts: 26, places per 100,000 residents: 0.8
• 4. Baja California Sur: places: 11, courts: 4, places per 100,000 residents: 1.4
• 5. Guanajuato: places: 8, courts: 4, places per 100,000 residents: 0.1

How to use the ranking

• Look in your own city first. If yours is not in the top ten, it does not mean there is nowhere to play: it means fewer places are recorded.
• Compare places and courts. Many places with few courts are parks and small clubs; few venues with many courts are usually large centres.
• Check neighbouring cities too. Metropolitan areas are split across several directory cities, and the nearest courts may be in the next one.
• Confirm with the club. Hours, prices and availability change; the directory only tells you where to look.

How to find courts in your city

Every city in the ranking links to its page for that sport, with the places, a map and nearby cities. MeetAndPlay is a directory, not a booking service: to reserve an hour you go straight to the club. If your city is not listed, open the city directory and search for its name; and if you know of a court that is missing, you can ask for it to be added.

In short

The numbers change every time the directory is updated, and this guide is recalculated with it. As of September 25, 2026, Ciudad de México leads in padel, Ciudad de México in tennis and Ciudad de México in pickleball, always with minimum figures. Use the ranking to decide where to start looking, and confirm with the club before you go.