Ana Catarina Nogueira

Ana Catarina Nogueira is a professional padel player from Portugal, aged 48, standing 1.71 metres tall. Born on 20 September 1978 in Portugal, he plays on the backhand side and is currently ranked 62.

Ana Catarina Nogueira is a rare case of a tennis international who became a top padel player. On court she won three ITF singles and three ITF doubles titles and holds the Portuguese record of 36 Fed Cup ties played between 1997 and 2008. In padel she became the first Portuguese player to win a World Padel Tour tournament, in 2018, and by 2016 she was already ranked 22nd in the world, the only player in that elite group who was neither Spanish nor Argentine.

With Martina Fassio she reached the quarter-finals of the Premier Padel Málaga P1 in July 2025, losing to Bea González and Claudia Fernández. In 2026 she won the FIP Bronze events in Astorga (24 June) and Almeirim (1 October) and played the final of the FIP Silver in Porto in July.

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