Chingotto & Galán Own Buenos Aires — 5th Title, 16,920 Fans, Total Domination
Fede Chingotto and Ale Galán are the best pair in the world right now. Full stop.
They beat Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia 6-2, 6-1 in the Buenos Aires P1 final — 78 minutes that felt like a statement, not a match. They led 4-0 in the first set. They led 5-1 in the second. Galán closed it out with three consecutive winners. The crowd erupted. Coello and Tapia had nowhere to hide.
That's five titles in 2026: Gijón, Miami, Brussels, Asunción, Buenos Aires. Seventeen as a pair. And four straight finals won against the world number ones. Let the scorelines tell the story: 6-3 7-5 in Asunción, now 6-2 6-1 in Buenos Aires. The margin is growing, not shrinking.
For Coello and Tapia, this is uncharted territory. Four consecutive finals lost — all to the same pair. They looked sharp in the semis, beating Franco Stupaczuk and Mike Yanguas 6-2, 7-6. But something breaks when they face Chingotto and Galán. The composure and the big points — it all tilts the other way.
Paula Josemaría and Bea González won the women's final 6-3, 7-5 against Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea. Their fifth consecutive title. Their sixth consecutive final against the same opponents. Twenty consecutive wins. Josemaría and González controlled the first set, then held their nerve through a tense 4-4 stretch in the second to close it out in 67 minutes.
Both semifinals produced drama. Triay and Brea saved a match point against Claudia Fernández and Sofía Araújo (3-6, 7-6, 6-4). Josemaría and González came from a set down against Ari Sánchez and Andrea Ustero (2-6, 7-5, 6-4). Neither pair had it easy — but both found a way to the final again.
The other headline: 16,920 spectators packed the Mary Terán de Weiss stadium during the semifinals, setting a new world attendance record for padel. The previous record? Also Buenos Aires. Tapia said it best: "We wait for this week all year."
Source: elneverazo — Galán y Chingotto barren a los número uno, Canal 26 — Chingotto y Galán campeones, Padel Addict — 16,920 attendance record
Quick Hits
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Delfi Brea joins Red Bull — The Argentine world number one becomes Red Bull's fourth padel athlete, alongside Juan Lebrón, Ale Galán, and Bea González. Red Bull now sponsors players on both sides of the women's number one rivalry. That's not hedging — that's a bet on padel's star system maturing. (Sport.es)
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The Financial Times covers Britain's padel boom — The FT published a deep look at UK padel investment, noting that planning restrictions — not demand — are the primary brake on growth. When the FT writes about your sport's investment opportunity, you've graduated from trend piece to asset class. (Financial Times)
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Vida Del Padel: from 1 club to 20 in a year — This UK operator has scaled from a single venue to six, with 20 planned by year-end. Already generating £2M in annual revenue with 120,000 players through its doors. While London gets the headlines, Lincoln and Guisborough are where padel goes mainstream. (Insider Media)
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VanEck becomes exclusive ETF partner of the Anglo American Padel Cup — An investment management firm sponsoring a padel tournament in South Florida (February 2027). VanEck joins Playtomic and Babolat as core sponsors. Only their second-ever sports sponsorship. When Audemars Piguet and ETF firms are fighting for padel branding, the monetization story writes itself. (BusinessWire)
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Bollywood meets padel in Mumbai — Bhumi Pednekar, Zaheer Iqbal, and other celebrities turned out for the "Padel for Paws" charity event at Phoenix HSBC Racquet Club. Superdry hosted a separate "Sip and Padel" event the same weekend. Two padel-celebrity events in one city, one weekend — India is paying attention. (Social News XYZ)
Weekend Results
Buenos Aires P1 — Parque Roca, Argentina (May 10-18) Attendance record: 16,920 spectators (world record, set during semifinals)
Men's Draw:
- Final: Chingotto/Galán (2) def. Coello/Tapia (1) — 6-2, 6-1 🏆
- SF: Coello/Tapia (1) def. Stupaczuk/Yanguas 6-2, 7-6
- SF: Galán/Chingotto (2) def. Lebrón/Augsburger (4) 6-0, 6-3
Women's Draw:
- Final: Josemaría/González (2) def. Brea/Triay (1) — 6-3, 7-5 🏆
- SF: Brea/Triay (1) def. Fernández/Araújo 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4
- SF: Josemaría/González (2) def. Sánchez/Ustero 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Coming Up Next
BNL Italy Major — Rome, June 1-7 — The first Major since the season opener. More ranking points, more prize money, more pressure.
Chingotto and Galán arrive with five consecutive titles and total psychological dominance. Coello and Tapia need a Major win to stop the narrative. On the women's side, Josemaría and González go for six straight — and Brea/Triay will have two weeks to figure out what went wrong (again).
Rome is always electric. Italian crowds bring the energy. After Buenos Aires broke the attendance record, all eyes on whether Rome can match the atmosphere. Broadcast: Premier Padel TV (YouTube for early rounds).
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Did You Know?
The Mary Terán de Weiss stadium in Buenos Aires — where this week's world record was set — is named after Argentina's first female Olympic tennis player. She competed at the 1948 London Olympics. From Olympic tennis to world-record padel crowds, the venue keeps making racket sport history.
Player Spotlight
Santino Contreras
Santino Contreras 🇦🇷 | Age: 16 | Ranking: Unranked (wild card)
This week, Contreras — who just turned 16 — became the youngest player ever to compete in a Premier Padel P1 main draw. The teenager from El Soberbio, Misiones, earned a wild card and stepped onto the biggest stage in padel at Parque Roca. Win or lose in the early rounds, playing Parque Roca at 16 changes everything. The padel world will hear this name again.
Hot Take
Coello and Tapia are having their Djokovic moment. Still number one by ranking, clearly number two on the court.
Four consecutive finals lost to the same pair isn't a slump — it's a pattern. And the scorelines are getting worse, not better: 6-3 7-5, now 6-2 6-1. At some point, you stop calling it a bad day and start calling it a new reality. The ranking will catch up. The only question is whether Coello and Tapia can change something — tactics, mentality, coaching — before Rome, or whether Chingotto and Galán walk into the Major as the clear favorites.
Agree? Or will the Golden Boys bounce back? Hit reply.
Number of the Week
16,920
Spectators at the Buenos Aires P1 semifinals — a new world record for padel attendance
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