August 9, 2026
A three-set men's final and a women's masterclass make for one of the most dramatic — and lucrative — fantasy rounds of the season
London delivered. The P1 Final weekend had everything: a men's title that went to the wire in a gripping 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 thriller, and a women's final that was over almost before it began — a cold, clinical 5-7, 3-6 demolition by Claudia Fernandez Sanchez and Martina Calvo Santamaria that nobody in their right mind saw coming at that magnitude. But the real story? Martina Calvo Santamaria just put up 99.8 fantasy points in a final. Let that sink in for a second.
Agustin Tapia and Arturo Coello are London P1 champions — and they absolutely earned it. Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galan are not a pair you want to face in a final, so when Tapia and Coello dropped the second set 5-7, you had every reason to wonder if this was going to slip away. It didn't. They regrouped, kept their nerve, and closed it out 7-5 in the third to take the title 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Three sets. Two hours of pressure. One trophy.
From a fantasy perspective, it's a solid rather than spectacular haul for the winning pair. Tapia and Coello each landed 43.2 FP — respectable for a final, but their elite status means they carry a ranking multiplier of 0.85, which shaves points off the top. The three-set battle actually helped: more games played, more opportunities for stats bonuses. Chingotto and Galan, on the other side, finish with just 12.9 FP each. That's the brutal reality of losing in a final — you're only retaining 40% of that round base, and a 40-point base at 40% is a long way from where you started.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agustin Tapia | 43.2 |
| 2 | Arturo Coello | 43.2 |
| 3 | Federico Chingotto | 12.9 |
| 4 | Alejandro Galan | 12.9 |
If the men's final was a war of attrition, the women's final was an execution. Claudia Fernandez Sanchez and Martina Calvo Santamaria walked into the O2 and took apart Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi in straight sets, 5-7, 3-6. Triay Pons and Brea Senesi are not pushovers — they're proven at the highest level — which makes this result even more jaw-dropping. Calvo Santamaria and Fernandez Sanchez were on a different planet entirely.
The fantasy damage was enormous. Calvo Santamaria tops the entire round with 99.8 FP, and Fernandez Sanchez isn't far behind at 73.7. Meanwhile, Triay Pons (2.9 FP) and Brea Senesi (3.7 FP) are the round's biggest fantasy casualties — the sting of losing in a final, combined with giving up that kind of scoreline, is genuinely painful to watch on a points spreadsheet. If you had Calvo Santamaria in your squad this week, you're having a very good weekend.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Calvo Santamaria | 99.8 |
| 2 | Claudia Fernandez Sanchez | 73.7 |
| 3 | Delfina Brea Senesi | 3.7 |
| 4 | Gemma Triay Pons | 2.9 |
The scoring gulf between the women's finalists is staggering. Calvo Santamaria's 99.8 FP versus Triay Pons's 2.9 FP is a 96.9-point swing on a single match — that's a season-defining gap that could re-order tournament leaderboards overnight. The men's final, by contrast, was far more contained: Tapia and Coello at 43.2 each versus Chingotto and Galan at 12.9 each. Deeper runs to a final are inherently valuable because the round base jumps to 40, but the real multipliers are where things get interesting — and expensive, if you backed the wrong pair.
The lesson of this final is one the scoring system keeps teaching us: upsets in late rounds are fantasy gold. Calvo Santamaria's difficulty coefficient of 1.72 — reflecting just how much of an underdog she and Fernandez Sanchez were against the Triay Pons pairing — is what pushed her from 58 points to almost 100. The system is designed to reward courage in selection. If you took the safe pick and loaded up on Triay Pons, you've got 2.9 FP to show for it.
Let's talk about how Martina Calvo Santamaria got to 99.8 fantasy points, because it's a beautiful example of the system working exactly as intended. It starts at round base 40 — that's the Final stage premium, the biggest base on the calendar. Win bonus kicks in immediately: +4, so she's at 44. Then game score adds 7.8 (the women's final was a dominant scoreline, and the system rewards that) and a stats bonus of 8 brings her subtotal to 59.8. So far, so good. Then the multipliers do their work: her ranking multiplier is 0.97 — close to 1, meaning she's not being penalised heavily as an elite player, which drops her to 58. And then the difficulty coefficient of 1.72 — that's the system saying 'you beat a much stronger pair, we're going to reward you handsomely for that' — multiplies everything up to 99.8 FP. That final coefficient is the difference between a good score and a legendary one.
Now compare that to Claudia Fernandez Sanchez, her partner on the same side of the net. Identical match, identical path through the scoring formula — same base, same win bonus, same game score, same stats bonus, same ranking multiplier — but her difficulty coefficient is 1.27 rather than 1.72. That single difference in coefficient is worth 26.1 fantasy points (73.7 vs 99.8). Why? Because Calvo Santamaria carries a higher underdog premium than Fernandez Sanchez heading into this final — the market respected Calvo Santamaria's pairing slightly less. Same match, same result, 26 points apart. It's a perfect illustration of why understanding the ranking multiplier and difficulty coefficient isn't optional if you want to compete at the top of the leaderboard.
🎯 Chase the underdog premium heading into the next tournament — this final proved again that a difficulty coefficient above 1.5 can turn a solid score into a monster one; don't just stack the top seeds, find the pairs who might pull off the upset
📈 In the season leaderboard, FJorgensenTeam (10,350.8) has a healthy lead over DavidCereCat (10,044.1) and sebsx4 (9,930.8), but finals weeks are where those gaps close fast — be aggressive in selection, not conservative
🔄 After a big final week, rankings and difficulty coefficients will shift — players who just won a P1 title become harder to profit from (their multiplier compresses), so watch for fresh pairs rising through the draw who still carry underdog value
🏆 Tapia & Coello take London — but it took everything they had: a three-set final against Chingotto and Galan is exactly as hard as it sounds, and the champions earned every point of their 43.2 FP haul
💥 Calvo Santamaria's 99.8 FP is one of the great fantasy final performances of the season — a near-perfect storm of a big win bonus, dominant game score, and a difficulty coefficient of 1.72 that sent her score into a different stratosphere
📉 Triay Pons and Brea Senesi hit the season's harshest fantasy floor — 2.9 and 3.7 FP respectively after a final loss in straight sets; if you had both in your squad, this is a round you'll want to forget quickly
📊 Futur Legend leads the London P1 tournament leaderboard at 815 points, just seven ahead of Padelcilu (808.1) and eleven ahead of ZeGalan (804.3) — the tightest top-three finish of the tournament
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Futur Legend | 815 |
| 2 | Padelcilu | 808.1 |
| 3 | ZeGalan | 804.3 |
| 4 | Pode Team | 754 |
| 5 | The Glass Act | 714.5 |
Update your squad for the next tournament — the leaderboards are still very much alive. Head to OutOfTheCourt now and make your picks before the draw locks.