May 17, 2026
🏆 Tournament ChampionsBuenos Aires P1 2026 – Crowning the Champions
Chingotto and Galán dominate the court while Mulloretti dominates the fantasy leaderboard with a commanding 782-point performance
The Buenos Aires P1 2026 season finale delivered everything padel fans craved: upsets, marathons, and a fantasy tournament that came down to the wire. As Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán dismantled their way to Premier Padel glory, one fantasy manager—Mulloretti—orchestrated a masterclass that left the field 58 points behind. Welcome to the wrap-up that crowned two kinds of champions.
🥇 Final Standings — Top 10
🎾 The Premier Padel Final
Men's Final: Federico Chingotto / Alejandro Galan def. Arturo Coello / Agustin Tapia 2-6 1-6
Women's Final: Paula Josemaria Martin / Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez def. Gemma Triay Pons / Delfina Brea Senesi 3-6 5-7
Chingotto and Galán arrived in Buenos Aires as the tournament's darkest horses, but their run through the draw was nothing short of surgical. The pair dropped just one set en route to the final, culminating in a dominant 2-6 1-6 victory over Tapia and Coello in the championship match. What made the result shocking wasn't the scoreline—it was the semifinal narrative. Juan Lebrón and Leo Augsburger entered as title favorites but collapsed spectacularly, losing 0-6 3-6 to Chingotto/Galán, signaling a seismic shift in men's padel hierarchy.
On the women's side, Paula Josemaría Martín and Beatriz González Fernández fought through a grueling three-set final to edge Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi 3-6 5-7. The semifinal showed drama in spades: González Fernández and Josemaría Martín mounted a comeback from a set down against Ustero Prieto and Sánchez Fallada (6-2 5-7 4-6), while Triay Pons and Brea Senesi outlasted Fernández Sánchez and Araújo in a tiebreak thriller (3-6 7-6(1) 6-4). Twenty-five matches went the full three sets—a tournament that rewarded depth, mental toughness, and the ability to recover.
📖 The Champion's Story
Mulloretti's ascent to 782 points reads like a fantasy opus. The champion manager rode perfect timing and surgical lineup construction through six rounds, peaking at exactly the right moment. In the Final, Mulloretti exploded for 236 points—the difference-maker that sealed first place—leveraging the Galán/Chingotto dominance while managing Women's bracket volatility with precision. The quarterfinal haul of 124 points showed consistency, but it was the Round of 64's explosive 165-point outburst that planted the flag. Mulloretti's blueprint: lock in proven winners (Galán's 722 pts in some rounds), balance women's volatility with steady selections (413-446 range), and deploy penalty management like a chess grandmaster. Three rounds finished with minimal penalties; the Final saw only a -15 deduction. This wasn't luck—it was calculated dominance.
📈 Mulloretti — Round-by-Round
🥈 sebsx4
sebsx4 came agonizingly close, amassing 724 points through intelligent diversification. The manager's women's bracket reads like a road map: they nailed 784 and 620-point hauls in semifinal rounds, suggesting they loaded up on Josemaría Martín and González Fernández earlier than competitors. Their men's lineups were balanced (65-631 range), but the Final only returned 160 points—a 76-point swing that proved decisive. If the Women's Final had tilted differently, sebsx4 could've won. Instead, they finished 58 points adrift, a reminder that even near-perfect execution loses to slightly better execution in fantasy tournaments.
🥉 GusTeam
GusTeam's 702-point finish demonstrates the strength of consistency. The manager's quarterfinal explosion (165 pts) and semifinal stability (115 pts) suggested title contention, but a Final return of 167 points, while respectable, couldn't bridge the gap. GusTeam's women's selections (389-489 range) proved versatile, but men's lineup volatility—cycling through 114, 66, 465, and 255-point rounds—revealed a manager searching for the perfect formula rather than finding it. Still, 702 points is a podium finish at any elite tournament.
💎 Fantasy Takeaways
🎯 Three-set marathons reward deep roster knowledge: 25 of 73 matches went the distance, creating volatility that punished one-dimensional lineups and rewarded managers like Mulloretti who anticipated endurance matchups.
👑 Women's bracket complexity was the season finale's true battlefield: sebsx4 and GusTeam both cracked 700+ points by cracking the women's code early; Josemaría Martín and González Fernández became the tournament's most valuable assets after their semifinal upset.
⚡ Penalty management separates champions from contenders: Mulloretti's meticulous deduction control (-35, -15, -40 across rounds) versus competitors averaging higher penalties is the 58-point swing that won the title.
Buenos Aires P1 2026 is in the books, but the Premier Padel circuit marches on. Lock in your lineups for the next tournament and chase Mulloretti's championship blueprint—or dethrone them with a strategy of your own. See you on the fantasy court.