{"id":2396,"date":"2022-11-07T16:02:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T16:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belapadelcenter.com\/nueva\/?page_id=2396"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T16:47:54","slug":"about-bela","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/belapadelcenter.com\/en\/about-bela\/","title":{"rendered":"About Bela"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BELA’S STORY<\/h2><\/div>

Fernando Belastegu\u00edn is a professional padel player. Born in Pehuaj\u00f3-Argentina in 1979, now living in Barcelona, Spain. Bela lays the backhand position in pairs with Tino Libaak. He was the youngest player to hold a World N\u00ba1 title at 22 years old. Merits include being Padel World N\u00ba1 for 16 years (2002-2018) and winner of 230 out of 286 finals played. Now, at the age of 45 he is still playing at the highest level.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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BELA’S STORY<\/h2><\/div>

Fernando Belastegu\u00edn is a professional padel player. Born in Pehuaj\u00f3-Argentina in 1979, now living in Barcelona, Spain. Bela lays the backhand position in pairs with Tino Libaak. He was the youngest player to hold a World N\u00ba1 title at 22 years old. Merits include being Padel World N\u00ba1 for 16 years (2002-2018) and winner of 230 out of 286 finals played. Now, at the age of 45 he is still playing at the highest level.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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CAREER HIGHLIGHTS<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

1990<\/h3>\n

Bela begins to play padel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Club Atl\u00e9tico Gral in 1990. As you can see in the photo above, Bela was also playing football at that time. He soon began to stand out in padel and decided to continue with this sport that years later would lead him to glory.<\/p>\n

1995<\/h3>\n

He became professional in 1995 at the age of 15. In 2000 he was proclaimed the best player in Argentina. Just a year before, Belastegu\u00edn had decided to stop playing padel at a professional level, but a call from one of the best players of the time, Roby Gattiker, made Bela return to the competition. In the first two photos Bela is with Mauro Ferracci and Gonzalo D\u00edaz<\/p>\n

2002<\/h3>\n

Fernando Belastegu\u00edn joins Juan Mart\u00edn D\u00edaz and begins the story of the most glorious couple in the history of padel. That same year they managed to finish as number 1 in the world. They will maintain this position during the 13 years that they are together.<\/p>\n

2005 – 2007<\/h3>\n

1 year and 9 months. It is the longest winning streak in the history of padel. Bela and D\u00edaz were from September 2005 to June 2007 without losing. They achieved 22 tournaments in total, 17 of them in the 2006 season, when they didn’t lose any game.<\/p>\n

2015<\/h3>\n

After 13 years being Juan Mart\u00edn D\u00edaz’s partner, Belastegu\u00edn decides to face new challenges and joins the Brazilian Pablo Lima. With him she will manage to maintain the number 1 in the world for 3 more seasons.<\/p>\n

2018<\/h3>\n

An injury leaves Belastegu\u00edn out of the fight to keep the number 1 in the world. Bela acknowledges that he was close to leaving the paddle. The hardest moment in Fernando’s career. But Bela was back.<\/p>\n

2019<\/h3>\n

He started the season playing alongside Pablo Lima. In the middle of the season August\u00edn Tapia became his new sports partner, achieving victory in the “Madrid Master” and the final “Master Final”.<\/p>\n

2021<\/h3>\n

Belastegu\u00edn teams up with Daniel “Sanyo” Gutierrez. It is a year marked by injuries. But together they get 3 titles before breaking the couple. Bela ends the year with Arturo Coello.<\/p>\n

2022<\/h3>\n

Fernando Belastegu\u00edn plays all year 2022 with the young Arturo Coello. They win the first tournament of the year in Miami. They did a great performance in the second part of the season, reaching several finals and winning in Madrid, Amsterdam and Mexico. In addition, Belastegu\u00edn won the World Cup with Argentina by winning the decisive match.<\/p>\n

2023<\/h3>\n

Bela returns with “Sanyo” and they had a good beginning joining the final in Doha. The 286th final in Bela’s career.<\/p>\n

Since May Bela is playing with Miguel “Mike” Yanguas, one of the youngest players with the most future of padel in Spain.<\/p>\n

2024<\/b><\/p>\n

Bela faces the last year of his career. He has finished his career playing with the young Argentinian Tino Libaak. During the year he experiences very exciting moments such as saying goodbye as a professional in Argentina (photo). At 45 years old, he continues to give his all every day to be competitive until the end.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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