Javier Garrido Gomez

Javier Garrido Gomez is a professional padel player from Spain, aged 25, standing 1.84 metres tall. Born on 26 October 2000 in Spain, he plays on the backhand side and is currently ranked 20. He partners Lucas Bergamini.

Javier Garrido Gómez, born on October 26, 2000, in Córdoba, Spain, is a professional padel player currently ranked number 20 in the Premier Padel standings as of September 2026. He forms a partnership with Brazilian Lucas Bergamini.

Nicknamed "Metralleta" (the Machine Gun) and "El Califa" (the Caliph), Garrido switched from football to padel at 14 and turned professional the following year. His breakthrough came in 2017, reaching the round of 16 of the World Padel Tour on his own birthday in Zaragoza against the world's No. 4 pair, and at 18 he reached his first WPT semifinal alongside Martín Di Nenno in Alicante.

Garrido has since built a career studded with Challenger titles, Lerma and Albacete in 2021, Albacete again in 2022, and international honors including two World Championships and an Under-18 world title with Spain's national team, five Andalusian championships and multiple national titles, before settling into his current partnership with Bergamini.