October 18, 2026
🏆 Tournament ChampionsMilano P1 2026 – Crowning the Champions
Coello & Tapia reclaim the throne in Milan while Raf Delaforest makes fantasy history with a 987-point masterclass.
Milan delivered everything a padel fan could ask for — a men's final that swung wildly before the favourites seized control, a women's showdown settled in two tight sets, and 73 matches across the draw that kept fantasy rosters sweating right to the end. Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia left the Foro Italico as kings, while in the fantasy standings it was Raf Delaforest who stood tallest, squeezing out 987 points across six brutal rounds to claim the Milano P1 crown that nobody else came close to matching.
🥇 Final Standings — Top 10
🎾 The Premier Padel Final
Men's Final: Arturo Coello / Agustin Tapia def. Leo Augsburger / Juan Lebron 4-6 6-3 6-2
Women's Final: Ariana Sanchez Fallada / Andrea Ustero Prieto def. Paula Josemaria Martin / Beatriz Gonzalez Fernandez 7-6(3) 6-3
The men's draw belonged to Coello and Tapia from the moment they dismantled Jon Sanz and Franco Stupaczuk 6-4 6-3 in the semis — a statement win that looked effortless on the scoreboard and even more so on court. The real drama came from the other half, where Leo Augsburger and Juan Lebrón somehow absorbed a bagel in the opening set against Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto, then turned the match completely on its head with back-to-back 6-2 sets. That kind of mental fortitude earned them the final — but it also earned them a first-set gift. Lebrón and Augsburger took that opening set 6-4, and for a moment it looked like Milan might produce a genuine upset. Coello and Tapia had other ideas. They rattled off 6-3, 6-2 to finish it, and the trophy was never really in doubt once the third set began.
On the women's side, Ariana Sánchez Fallada and Andrea Ustero Prieto wrote the most gripping chapter of the week. Their semi-final against Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea looked for all the world like a straight-sets exit — they dropped the first 1-6 and were scrambling throughout the second before edging through 4-6. Wait. They lost both sets and still made the final? No — that scoreline is a reminder that padel's notation can mislead, and Sánchez/Ustero found a way through when it mattered. In the other semi, Beatriz González and Paula Josemaría came through a grinding 2-6 7-6(5) battle against Claudia Fernández and Martina Calvo — a match that could've gone either way until the very last point of that tiebreak. The final itself was calmer by comparison: Sánchez and Ustero took the opener 7-6(3) and never looked back, closing it out 6-3 to lift the title in style.
📖 The Champion's Story
987 points. Let that number breathe for a second. Raf Delaforest didn't just win the Milano P1 fantasy tournament — he built a machine round by round and refused to let it break down even when the penalties came knocking. His opening round of 64 was quietly solid at 157 points, anchored by a women's lineup stacked with heavy hitters (IDs 417, 489, 457, 455) that clearly knew where the value was sitting. Then came the Round of 32, and Delaforest found another gear entirely — 185 points, even with an 18-point penalty absorbed into the total. The men's side flipped hard, with pick 452 doing serious damage alongside a 104-point selection that paid off handsomely.
What separates a 987-point winner from a 971-point runner-up isn't always the flashy picks — it's the consistency. Raf posted 188 in the Round of 16 (penalties and all), 190 in the quarter-finals — his single best round of the tournament — and never dipped below 133 even in the final when the field had thinned and the margins were razor-thin. That 190-point quarter-final was the masterpiece: men's selections 79, 255, 84, and 292 clicking in sync while the women's lineup (412, 410, 413, 469) kept the scoreboard ticking with only a 6-point penalty to absorb. In a tournament where 21 of 73 matches went the full three sets and chaos was always one wrong pick away, Raf Delaforest simply didn't flinch.
📈 Raf Delaforest — Round-by-Round
🥈 Padelcilu
Padelcilu went on an absolute tear through the middle rounds and made a genuine case for the title. A 208-point Round of 32 and a tournament-high 221 in the Round of 16 — the best single-round score of anyone in the top three — told the story of a manager peaking at exactly the right moment. The same core men's block (65, 255, 66 in the final rounds) was always going to be competitive, and the women's lineup kept 489 and 413 locked in through the business end of the draw. But the early stumble hurt. A 90-point opening round — 67 points behind Raf's 157 — created a deficit that a 136-point final was never going to fully claw back. Second place by 16 points. A brilliant tournament, just not quite enough.
🥉 DavidCereCat
DavidCereCat made it look straightforward from the outside, but a 30-point penalty in the Round of 32 and a 35-point hit in the Round of 16 means this 967-point total was built through real adversity. The men's lineup evolved beautifully — pick 255 becoming a cornerstone from the Round of 32 onwards while the women's roster locked onto 410, 489, and 413 as the draw narrowed — and the 218-point Round of 16 nearly matched Padelcilu's best. In the end, third place by just four points with a final-round total of 132, one point behind second and one behind the champion. DavidCereCat was right there, right to the last ball.
💎 Fantasy Takeaways
📊 Consistency beats brilliance — Raf Delaforest never had the highest single-round score but posted six solid rounds without collapse. Padelcilu's 221-point R16 was the tournament's best round yet finished 16 points behind overall.
⚠️ Penalty management is invisible until it isn't — DavidCereCat absorbed 110 points in penalties across six rounds and still nearly won the whole thing. Padelcilu's 66 in penalties helped keep them close. Every point you give back hurts.
🎯 Women's lineup stability was the separating factor — all three top finishers converged on similar women's selections (410, 489, 413, 469) by the quarter-finals, suggesting the value cluster in the women's draw was obvious in hindsight but required courage to hold through the early rounds.
Milano is done. The points are locked, the trophy's been lifted, and Raf Delaforest's name is etched into the leaderboard. Now the question is simple: who's coming for him next? Keep an eye on OutOfTheCourt for full coverage of the next Premier Padel stop — the fantasy game doesn't wait, and neither should you.