September 12, 2026
Martina Calvo Santamaria torches the leaderboard with 74.2 FP while Galan and Chingotto send Di Nenno and Navarro packing
The semifinals at the Paris Major 2026 did not mess around. Four matches, two sides of the draw, and by the time the dust settled, we had our finalists — and one absolutely ridiculous fantasy performance from Martina Calvo Santamaria, who posted 74.2 FP in the biggest semifinal upset on the women's side. This was the round where rankings got humbled, budgets got tested, and anyone who had the nerve to pick Fernandez Sanchez and Calvo Santamaria is currently looking very smug indeed.
On the men's side, Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia did exactly what you'd expect from the world's top pair — clinical, efficient, and entirely unsympathetic. They dispatched Leo Augsburger and Juan Lebron 7-5, 6-3, which isn't a bagel but it's not far from a formality either. The scoreline tells you all you need to know: Coello banked 30.2 FP, Tapia 28.6, while Augsburger and Lebron limped out with 1.9 and 1.8 respectively. That's not a typo. One point eight. When you lose in two sets to the number one pair at the semifinal stage, the fantasy math is brutal — 40% of that round base is all you're keeping, and a poor game score does the rest of the damage.
The other men's semifinal was arguably the more interesting match on paper — Di Nenno and Navarro against Alejandro Galan and Federico Chingotto — but the court told a very different story. Galan and Chingotto won 7-5, 6-2, and it wasn't as close as the first set suggests. They were dominant, and their fantasy numbers reflected it: Galan posted 34.0 FP and Chingotto a very tidy 30.3, while Di Nenno (-2.7) and Navarro (-2.9) went negative. Negative. Getting bageled in a set at this stage of a Major will do that to you. So your Paris Major men's final is set: Coello/Tapia vs Galan/Chingotto. A rematch for the ages, and a fantasy manager's dream headache.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Galan | 34.0 |
| 2 | Federico Chingotto | 30.3 |
| 3 | Arturo Coello | 30.2 |
| 4 | Agustin Tapia | 28.6 |
| 5 | Leo Augsburger | 1.9 |
Right, the women's draw. Where do we even start. Claudia Fernandez Sanchez and Martina Calvo Santamaria beat Gemma Triay Pons and Delfina Brea Senesi 6-4, 6-2, which is — to put it plainly — a stunning result. Triay Pons is one of the most decorated names in women's padel, and she and Brea Senesi got outplayed comprehensively. Meanwhile, Calvo Santamaria went absolutely nuclear with 74.2 FP — the highest score of the entire round, men or women — and Fernandez Sanchez added 58.2 to make their combined haul a fantasy manager's dream. If you had both of them in your lineup at those price points (Fernandez at 181.7 credits, Calvo at just 115.5), you're having a very good week.
The other women's semifinal gave us the drama the top half of the draw didn't. Ariana Sanchez Fallada and Andrea Ustero Prieto needed three sets to get past Sofia Araujo and Marta Ortega Gallego — 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 — and honestly, that first set loss looked like it could spiral. It didn't. Sanchez Fallada and Ustero Prieto steadied, found their level, and ran away with it in the third. Ustero Prieto was the standout with 43.5 FP, Sanchez Fallada adding 40.2. On the other side, Araujo (-2.9) and Ortega Gallego (-3.2) go negative, which is the cost of losing a three-setter you led for a set. The women's final is going to be something: Fernandez Sanchez / Calvo Santamaria vs Sanchez Fallada / Ustero Prieto. New blood, big moments.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Calvo Santamaria | 74.2 |
| 2 | Claudia Fernandez Sanchez | 58.2 |
| 3 | Andrea Ustero Prieto | 43.5 |
| 4 | Ariana Sanchez Fallada | 40.2 |
The defining theme of this round? Underpriced players delivering outrageous value. Martina Calvo Santamaria at 115.5 credits posting 74.2 FP gives you a real-time value ratio that's almost embarrassing. Her season average is 78.5 FP and her value sits at 0.68 FP per credit — the best of any finalist on either side. Compare that to Arturo Coello (193 credits, 0.54 FP/credit) and Agustin Tapia (192.5 credits, 0.53 FP/credit), who both did their jobs but didn't exactly blow the roof off with 30 FP apiece at the semifinal stage. Elite players carry lower ranking multipliers because the system expects them to win — so even a clean 6-3 victory doesn't move the needle the way a slightly surprising win for a lower-ranked player does.
The negative scorers are worth flagging too, because picking Di Nenno, Navarro, Augsburger, Lebron, Triay Pons, or Brea Senesi this round wasn't just a miss — it actively cost points. Triay Pons at -7.4 FP and Brea Senesi at -6.4 FP are the most painful, because those are players with big price tags attached. Losing in a lopsided scoreline at the semifinal stage with a high ranking multiplier below 1 means the loss penalty hits hard and the game score drags you further down. Brutal round to be on the wrong side of.
Let's break down exactly how Martina Calvo Santamaria ended up with 74.2 FP, because it's a masterclass in how this system rewards the right combination of result, performance, and context. It starts with the round base: semifinals are worth 28 base points — the system values deep runs heavily, and rightly so. She won, so that base jumps to 32 (win adds +4). Then the game score kicks in: beating Triay Pons and Brea Senesi 6-4, 6-2 is a dominant scoreline, and that adds 10.4 points. A strong serving and returning performance layers on a further 6-point stats bonus, bringing the subtotal to 48.4. Apply a ranking multiplier of 0.97 — she's ranked #9, so the system barely discounts her at all, she's expected to compete but not necessarily dominate — and you get 46.9. Then comes the kicker: a difficulty coefficient of 1.58, because she just beat one of the top pairs in the draw. That multiplier inflates everything by 58%, and 46.9 becomes 74.2 FP. That's not luck. That's the system doing exactly what it's supposed to do.
Now compare that to her partner Claudia Fernandez Sanchez, who went through the identical match and posted 58.2 FP. Same round base, same win bonus, same game score, same stats bonus — identical subtotal of 48.4, identical ranking multiplier of 0.97, identical 46.9 pre-coefficient. The difference? Claudia's difficulty coefficient is 1.24 versus Calvo's 1.58. Why? Because Claudia is ranked #6 — she's seen as a stronger player, so the system treats an upset win as slightly less shocking for her than for Calvo at #9. That gap between 1.24 and 1.58 is the entire story: 58.2 vs 74.2. Same match, same performance level, but the ranking context reshapes the reward completely. This is exactly why stacking a slightly lower-ranked partner alongside an elite player can be a genuinely smart fantasy move.
💎 LOCK IN Martina Calvo Santamaria (#9, 115.5 credits, 0.68 FP/credit) for the final — she's the best value in the entire pool right now. Her season average of 78.5 FP already undersells her trajectory, and she just dropped 74.2 in a semifinal against top opposition. At 115.5 credits she's almost criminally cheap compared to the rest of the finalists.
📈 Federico Chingotto (#3, 193.7 credits, 0.59 FP/credit) is your best men's option going into the final. His season average of 113.4 FP leads all four men's finalists, and at 0.59 FP/credit he's the most cost-efficient of the expensive options. He was dominant in the semifinal with 30.3 FP and faces a brutal but high-upside matchup against Coello/Tapia.
⚠️ Think carefully before going heavy on Coello (193 credits, 0.54 FP/credit) or Tapia (192.5 credits, 0.53 FP/credit). They're elite, they'll likely win, but their ranking multipliers are low and a clean straight-sets win against another top pair won't generate the huge FP explosions you're chasing. They're safe floors, not ceilings.
🎯 Andrea Ustero Prieto (#7, 124.8 credits, 41 FP/credit this round) is an interesting dart in the women's final. Her season average of 50.7 FP looks modest but she just posted 43.5 in a three-set battle — and if that final goes long again, her ranking multiplier and difficulty coefficient could make her a sneaky high scorer at a price point well below the marquee names.
🔥 Calvo Santamaria's 74.2 FP is the round's headline — the highest score on either tour, delivered by the cheapest finalist in the women's draw at just 115.5 credits
😬 Triay Pons (-7.4) and Brea Senesi (-6.4) suffer the most painful exits of the round, going negative after a lopsided defeat to a pair nobody had circled for a final run
⚔️ The men's final we all wanted is confirmed: Coello/Tapia vs Galan/Chingotto, the top pairs in the world going head-to-head in Paris
📊 Alpha Mika leads the Paris tournament leaderboard with 645.7 points — nearly 42 ahead of Tim and Dragonflow who are virtually inseparable at second and third
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpha Mika | 645.7 |
| 2 | Tim | 603.8 |
| 3 | Dragonflow | 602.9 |
| 4 | GusTeam | 588.3 |
| 5 | Padel e Birra | 582.1 |
1. Semifinals reward dominance — if you picked winners who won comfortably, the game score bonus stacks fast. Blowout losses hurt twice: you only keep 40% of the base AND the game score goes negative.
2. Don't auto-pick the cheapest available players — but don't ignore them either. Calvo Santamaria proved this round that low cost plus a big difficulty coefficient is a legitimate path to the top score on the board.
3. In a two-finalist final, consider splitting your women's picks across both pairs rather than doubling up — the Calvo/Claudia combo already hit, but next round either pair could flip the script entirely.
The Paris Major final is set — get your lineups locked before the first ball is struck. The leaderboard is tight and every single FP will count.