October 26, 2026
Timeo Fonteny tops the scoring charts with a monster 47.7 FP haul as Kuwait City serves up drama, upsets, and some eye-watering fantasy returns
The Kuwait Major 2026 has kicked off in style, with the Round of 64 delivering everything fantasy managers could ask for — dominant straight-set blitzes, nerve-shredding three-set thrillers, and a handful of results that will have had managers scrambling to check their squads. Leading the charge was Timeo Fonteny, who posted the round's highest individual score of 47.7 fantasy points in a convincing win alongside Nacho Moragues Moltò over Antonio Fernandez and Alvaro Cepero. On the women's side, Lorena Vano was a wrecking ball — dropping just two games en route to a 43.5 FP haul that left Noor Hasan and Valeria Atencia Basilio with a combined -39.8 FP nightmare to forget.
The men's draw was anything but predictable. Let's start with the headline-grabber: Timeo Fonteny and Nacho Moragues Moltò dispatched Antonio Fernandez and Alvaro Cepero 6-2 6-4, with Fonteny banking 47.7 FP and Moragues Moltò adding a very tidy 34.3 FP. That's nearly 82 combined fantasy points from one match — if you had that pair in your squad, you're already celebrating. Andres Fdz Lancha and Jose Antonio Diestro also delivered a three-set comeback against Alonso Rodriguez Martinez and Pablo Garcia, winning 4-6 6-3 6-4 to earn 38.2 and 34.1 FP respectively, while their opponents crumbled to -20.6 and -19.1. Ouch.
The three-set drama didn't stop there. Jose Solano Marmolejo and Ramiro Pereyra survived a tiebreak scare in the first set — going down 6-7 before grinding out 6-4 6-4 — with Solano Marmolejo posting a brilliant 36.7 FP, the sixth-best score of the round. Meanwhile, Mario Ortega and Adam Axelsson pulled off one of the more surprising results by edging out Maxi Sanchez Blasco and Sanyo Gutierrez 4-6 7(9)-6 6-3. Sanchez Blasco and Gutierrez barely scraped -1 FP each — veterans losing to a lower-ranked pair in three sets is exactly the kind of result that wrecks fantasy teams built around big names.
Elsewhere, Franco Dal Bianco and Flavio Abbate made short work of Ramiro Valenzuela and Francisco Gil, winning 6-3 6-1 to rack up 37.5 and 36 FP. The most intriguing low-scoring thriller of the day was David Gala vs Juan Ignacio Rubini and Alex Chozas — a full three-setter that somehow produced FP totals of just 8.6, 8.1, 4.5, and 3.9. The match went the distance but the game margins were clearly tight throughout, keeping everyone's points firmly in check. Victor Ruiz and Facundo Rodrigo Luis Lopez also needed three sets to see off Pablo Lijo and Tolito Aguirre, but with all four players scoring between 5.2 and 10.3 FP, this was the definition of a low-value contest for fantasy purposes.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timeo Fonteny | 47.7 |
| 2 | Andres Fdz Lancha | 38.2 |
| 3 | Franco Dal Bianco | 37.5 |
| 4 | Jose Solano Marmolejo | 36.7 |
| 5 | Flavio Abbate | 36.0 |
Lorena Vano was simply ruthless. She and Carmen Castillon Gamez beat Noor Hasan and Valeria Atencia Basilio 6-2 5-0 — yes, that scoreline is correct, the match ended mid-second set — and Vano's 43.5 FP was built on a huge game score that reflected just how one-sided proceedings were. Castillon Gamez chipped in with a solid 26.1 FP too, making this pair one of the best double-up options of the entire round. The defeated pair, meanwhile, combined for a brutal -39.8 FP. That's the kind of score that can define — or ruin — a fantasy week.
Marisal Fernandez Garcia was the other standout, posting 40.8 FP alongside Cristina Carrascosa Cazorla in their 7(8)-6 7-5 win over Victoria Kurz and Ana Catarina Nogueira. The match went to two tight sets with a tiebreak in the first, and that difficulty coefficient — more on that in a moment — is what supercharged Fernandez Garcia's return. Letizia Manquillo Alarza and Lucia Sainz Pelegri were comfortable 6-3 6-1 winners over Marta Borrero and Teresa Navarro Lopez-Barajas, with Manquillo Alarza scoring 35.8 FP and Sainz Pelegri adding 29.9 FP — a pair well worth tracking into the next round.
The women's draw also had its share of three-set drama. Ariadna Cañellas Rodero and Patricia Martinez Fortun came back from a set down to beat Carlotta Casali and Nerea Guerra Santana 3-6 6-2 6-2, both scoring 23.5 FP. And in perhaps the most unexpected result, Noemi Aguilar Carrillo and Claudia Escacena Montero knocked out the higher-ranked Alix Collombon and Ksenia Sharifova 2-6 6-4 7-5 — a genuine upset that earned them 13.2 and 14 FP each while Collombon and Sharifova still scraped 4.6 and 4.7 FP on the strength of the competitive scoreline. Tight match, close scores — and a lesson in why underdogs who go deep in sets can still earn decent returns even in defeat.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorena Vano | 43.5 |
| 2 | Marisol Fernandez Garcia | 40.8 |
| 3 | Letizia Manquillo Alarza | 35.8 |
The big takeaway from this round is the gulf between players who won comfortably versus those who scraped through in three sets. Fonteny's 47.7 FP and Vano's 43.5 FP were built on clean, dominant wins — big game margins, strong serve stats, and ranking multipliers above 1.0 doing the heavy lifting. By contrast, the three-set grind-fests like Gala vs Rubini/Chozas or Ruiz vs Lijo/Aguirre produced underwhelming returns across the board, regardless of who won. Winning ugly in three sets at the R64 stage simply doesn't pay like winning cleanly, and that's something to factor into your picks going forward.
The biggest underperformer narrative belongs to Maxi Sanchez Blasco and Sanyo Gutierrez — two recognisable names who scraped just -1 FP each after losing to Ortega and Axelsson in three sets. Elite players carry ranking multipliers below 1.0, meaning they need to win, win well, and win often to justify their price tag. Losing at this stage doesn't just cost points on the scoreboard — it bleeds your fantasy squad dry. On the flip side, Marc Sintes Villalonga (ranked #46, avg 35.5 FP, cost just 45.9 credits) is looking like a sensational budget pick heading into the next round. That's a 0.77 FP-per-credit value ratio — the best of any advancing men's player by a country mile.
Let's dig into exactly how Timeo Fonteny built that 47.7 FP score, because it's a masterclass in how the system rewards the right kind of win. He started with a round base of 3 — that's just what R64 gives everyone. The win added 4 points, taking him to 7. Then the game score kicked in: a 6-2 6-4 victory with clear margins earned him +10.4 in game score points, and his serve and return stats added a further +8 bonus. That gave a subtotal of 25.4. Multiply that by his ranking multiplier of 1.35 — Fonteny isn't a top-tier seed, so the system expects a bit less from him, and rewards him more generously — and you get 34.3. Then the difficulty coefficient comes in at 1.39, reflecting that his opponents weren't pushovers, and suddenly 34.3 becomes 47.7. That's the magic of the system working in your favour all at once.
Now compare that to Marisol Fernandez Garcia's 40.8 FP, which tells a completely different story. Her game score was just +3.9 — that 7(8)-6 7-5 win over Kurz and Nogueira was tight, no bagels, no blowout. Her stats bonus was a modest +5. Subtotal of 15.9, multiplied by 1.35 (same ranking tier) gives 21.5. But here's where it gets interesting: her difficulty coefficient was 1.9. Nearly double. That's because Kurz and Nogueira were ranked significantly higher, so beating them was genuinely hard — and the system rewarded that handsomely. Garcia's 40.8 FP from a narrow two-set win dwarfs what many players got from more comfortable victories. Beat someone tougher than you, and the points multiply fast.
💎 Marc Sintes Villalonga at 45.9 credits is the most explosive value pick in the men's draw — a 0.77 FP-per-credit ratio and a season average of 35.5 FP at just #46 in the rankings makes him a must-consider budget gem heading into R32
📈 Lucia Sainz Pelegri (#26, 109.9 credits, avg 30.6 FP) is the premium anchor for women's squads — she and Manquillo Alarza won comfortably and with the R32 round base tripling to 3, her deep-run pedigree at that cost starts to look more justifiable
⚠️ Agueda Perez Ortiz is risky at 77.5 credits — yes, she put up 27 FP this round, but her season average of just 9.5 FP suggests this was a favourable matchup-driven spike rather than consistent form. Don't build around her blindly
🔥 Mariano Gonzalez at just 30 credits with a 0.41 FP-per-credit value is perhaps the most underpriced men's player still alive — his 32.3 FP this round came in a comfortable straight-sets win, and at that price tag, the risk-reward is very hard to ignore
🚀 Fonteny on fire: The Frenchman's 47.7 FP is the highest individual score of the entire R64, driven by a dominant 6-2 6-4 win and a difficulty coefficient of 1.39 pushing his total over the top
💥 Sanchez Blasco & Gutierrez crash out: Two of the more recognisable men's names in the draw exit at the first hurdle, combining for just -2.1 FP as Ortega and Axelsson spring a genuine upset in three sets
👑 Vano and Garcia lead the women: Lorena Vano's brutal 43.5 FP and Marisol Fernandez Garcia's difficulty-coefficient-powered 40.8 FP make the women's draw the most fantasy-lucrative of the round
📊 Three-set matches don't always mean big points: The Rubini/Chozas vs Gala/Jensen thriller and the Ruiz/Lopez vs Lijo/Aguirre slugfest both went the distance but produced some of the lowest FP totals of the round — a reminder that close scorelines suppress game score points on both sides
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padel CC | 254.7 |
| 2 | sebsx4 | 236.2 |
| 3 | DavidCereCat | 228 |
| 4 | Lobo pt | 224.5 |
| 5 | Padelcilu | 224.3 |
1. Target players with ranking multipliers above 1.0 who are drawing higher-ranked opponents in R32 — that difficulty coefficient can double your points overnight, as Garcia's 40.8 FP proved
2. Don't over-rotate after three-set wins: tight scorelines suppress game score points and rarely produce top-tier FP returns, so prioritise players who win convincingly over those who barely survive
3. At the R32 stage the round base jumps from 1 to 3, which means every multiplier effect downstream gets bigger — now is the time to lock in players with high ranking multipliers before that leverage kicks in
The Round of 32 is coming fast — lock in your picks, ride the value plays, and don't sleep on Sintes Villalonga before his price ticks up. Head to OutOfTheCourt and make your moves now.