European tennis players train at Proworld

Most Popular Sports Around Europe

All types of sports are popular, but what sports can we call THE most popular in the Europe?

It’s no surprise that football, or what Americans call “soccer” is Europe’s as well as the world’s most popular sport to play and to watch. An estimated 3.5 billion people either watch or play football. The World Cup is the global championship of the sport and this tournament is played every four years.

Coming up next is tennis. Not so surprising, but there are an estimated 60 million players and watchers of tennis around Europe.  Tennis tends to be popular in richer countries, including the United States, Asian countries, Australia and Europe. There are two of the four main “Grand Slams” played in Europe at which players from many countries play. The first is the French Open and the second is Wimbledon. The Grand Slam tournaments  tend to get the most attention during the tennis season.

Tennis in Europe is widely acknowledged as one of the most popular and cosmopolitan of all sports. Europeans love tennis and that creates a lot of attention during the tennis season.

These are the top ten European tennis countries:

10 Portugal

9 UK

8 Belgium

7 Switzerland

6 Italy

5 Germany

4 Serbia, Slovakia and other eastern countries

3 France

2 Russia

1 Spain

Europe has some of the best tennis academies, however many top ranked players are looking to the United States especial Florida to train and play year around tennis.  Florida combines the best aspects of tennis camps, weather, location for international tournaments and level of tennis program. As a serious minded tennis player, many are aiming to improve match play and improving the mental aspects of the game.