June 25, 2026
Every duo ranked, every split dissected, and every fantasy point implication mapped across the full Premier Padel 2026 roster
Premier Padel's 2026 season has arrived with more partnership turbulence than any campaign in recent memory, reshaping the fantasy landscape from the top of the draw all the way down to the bubble. The men's circuit in particular has undergone a seismic reshuffle — historic pairings have dissolved, new alliances have been forged, and the ripple effects on OutOfTheCourt rosters are profound and immediate. Understanding not just which player you own, but who they are standing next to on court, is now the central strategic variable in this game. In a sport where pair chemistry dictates serve rotation, positional coverage, and psychological momentum, the wrong partner can crater a world-class player's FP output — and the right one can turn a mid-range pick into a season-defining value. This is your definitive OutOfTheCourt guide to every partnership that matters in 2026.
There is no more important partnership in OutOfTheCourt history than Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, and the numbers in your roster confirm it with brutal clarity. Coello carries a FP of 104.0 against a cost of 193, while Tapia sits at 101.8 for 192.5 — the two most expensive players in the men's game, and still arguably the two best value propositions at their price tier when assessed as a unit. The reason is simple: this partnership does not produce individual excellence, it produces systemic excellence. Their drive/backhand split — Coello dominant on the drive side, Tapia the backhand anchor — is the most tactically coherent pairing in the sport. Off-court, the dynamic is equally stable. After conquering both the 2024 and 2025 seasons with 14 and 13 Premier Padel tournament victories respectively, and carrying a 47-match winning streak that remains the longest in padel history, Tapia and Coello enter 2026 as the undisputed number one partnership with a stated objective: keep evolving, keep winning. For OutOfTheCourt managers, paying the combined cost of 385.5 credits for this duo is a calculated bet on a floor so high it barely registers as a risk. The only genuine concern is upside ceiling — when you already deliver this consistently, the variance that generates massive single-week hauls is limited.
The #3 partnership of Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán — widely known as 'Chingalán' — represents the most credible challenger narrative in the men's draw, and from a pure OutOfTheCourt construction standpoint, arguably the most interesting pairing in the pool. Chingotto at #3 carries a FP of 113.4 (the single highest FP figure among all 30 players listed) against a cost of 193.7, while Galán checks in at 106.8 for 192.2. The drive/backhand alignment here is textbook: Chingotto's drive-side aggression complements Galán's backhand construction beautifully, and both are veterans of playing together at the very highest level. Having claimed seven titles during the 2025 season and sitting at 17,320 ranking points heading into 2026, this is a pair that does not lack for pedigree. For OutOfTheCourt managers, the combined cost of 385.9 credits is almost identical to the Tapia/Coello investment, but Chingotto's superior individual FP (113.4 vs 104.0 and 101.8) makes this arguably the better bang-for-buck play. The key risk factor is the same it has always been with Chingalán: their results against the number one pair. But in a week where Tapia and Coello are absent or draw an unfavourable bracket section, Chingotto can be the top FP scorer in the entire player pool.
The partnership of Franco Stupaczuk (#7, FP: 89.6, C: 173) and Miguel Yanguas (#8, FP: 60.7, C: 129.9) is one of the most compelling mid-range OutOfTheCourt pairings of the 2026 season, combining for a combined cost of just 302.9 credits — a significant saving compared to the elite duos above. Crucially, this is not a random pairing thrown together by circumstance. Stupaczuk and Yanguas shared part of the 2024 season together with convincing results, including two finals appearances after twice defeating Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto — performances that established their tactical blueprint as a potent, aggressive unit. The backhand/drive positioning works: Stupaczuk's deep left-handed backhand construction forces opponents into defensive patterns, while Yanguas' drive-side energy generates finishing opportunities. At OutOfTheCourt, where cost efficiency is the competitive differentiator between managers, the Stupa/Yanguas combination liberates approximately 83-85 credits compared to buying into Chingalán or Tapia/Coello — budget that can be reinvested in high-FP women's selections. The risk here is consistency: both players need tournament-long concentration to compete with the top two partnerships, and their 9-10 tournament histories carry variance.
The reunification of Jorge Nieto (#9, FP: 59.2, C: 128.7) and Jon Sanz (#11, FP: 52.1, C: 122.9) is one of the most fascinating partnership stories of the season from a fantasy perspective. Their combined cost of just 251.6 credits makes them the most affordable established pairing in the men's pool, yet their ceiling is definitively not mid-table. When partnered previously, Nieto and Sanz produced one of the biggest upsets in Premier Padel history — defeating Tapia and Coello at the 2024 Finals in Barcelona, ending that iconic 47-match winning streak. Nieto's consistency and court control, combined with Sanz's left-handed angles and high-energy disruption, make this partnership genuinely dangerous in tournament bracket play. For OutOfTheCourt managers working with budget-constrained rosters competing against FJorgensenTeam's current 7,339.1-point lead, the Nieto/Sanz combination offers a near-unique path to surprise returns in deep tournament runs. The backhand/drive positioning is well-suited, and both players carry 9-10 tournament histories that suggest durability across a full season schedule.
In the women's draw, the partnership of Gemma Triay (#1, FP: 101.9, C: 192.5) and Delfina Brea (#1, FP: 103.4, C: 192.2) defines the ceiling of what the format produces. After scoring nine tournament wins together in 2025, this pair enters 2026 as the women's field's dominant force with every other partnership aligned against them as the singular target to topple. Brea's drive-side aggression (FP: 103.4) leading the outright scoring metrics, with Triay's backhand control (FP: 101.9) providing the structural backbone, gives this partnership an almost perfectly balanced FP output. The combined cost of 384.7 credits is enormous but, as with the Tapia/Coello pairing in the men's game, the floor of consistent FP delivery justifies the investment for managers whose OutOfTheCourt strategy is built around safety-first accumulation. Rivals Paula Josemaría (#4, FP: 102.8) and Ariana Sánchez (#5, FP: 102.8) have ended their partnership with Triay/Brea, creating a competing elite partnership narrative at nearly identical fantasy value — discussed in detail below.
The most consequential new partnership in the 2026 women's draw for OutOfTheCourt managers to understand is Paula Josemaría (#4, FP: 102.8, C: 191.3) paired with Ariana Sánchez (#5, FP: 102.8, C: 191.3). This is described by multiple sources as the 'thunderclap' of the 2026 transfer window — two of the most complete players on the circuit, both with omnipresent aggressive games and legendary power, uniting with one clear objective: the top. The symmetry of their OutOfTheCourt numbers is almost eerily perfect: identical FP scores of 102.8 and identical costs of 191.3, for a combined investment of 382.6 credits. The positioning — Josemaría on the drive, Sánchez on the backhand — creates a dual-threat unit where both the right and left sides are attacking-first. The critical question for OutOfTheCourt strategy is whether this partnership can generate the match-level dominance that converts high individual FP potential into consistent deep-tournament finishes against Triay and Brea. The early season data from Gijón is instructive: Ariana Sánchez and Andrea Ustero actually reached the Gijón P2 final against Triay/Brea, suggesting Sánchez's game transfers well across partnerships. With Josemaría elevating her, the ceiling is legitimately the number one spot.
Among the men's new pairings, the formation of Juan Lebrón (#5, FP: 89.1, C: 136.7) and Leo Augsburger (#6, FP: 61.2, C: 119.7) is the headline OutOfTheCourt story for budget-conscious managers targeting the mid-tier value window. Lebrón is one of the best drive-side players in the sport at his price — FP: 89.1 at just 136.7 credits is exceptional ratio territory — while Augsburger brings a backhand-side game that complements Lebrón's forward aggression. Their combined cost of 256.4 credits is remarkably competitive given Lebrón's pedigree as a former world number one. The risk factor is adaptation time: this is a new partnership without the established tournament-tested chemistry of the Chingalán or Tapia/Coello units, and Augsburger at FP: 61.2 represents a meaningful downgrade on Lebrón's former partners. But for OutOfTheCourt managers who have been priced out of the elite duos and are looking for a men's mid-section play that can genuinely surprise in bracket play, Lebrón/Augsburger at a combined 256.4 is the most interesting asymmetric bet in the pool. Similarly, the pairing of Momo González (#14, FP: 44.3, C: 117.6) with Martín Di Nenno (#12, FP: 58.6, C: 125.3) creates a tactically coherent backhand/drive combination where Di Nenno's defensive consistency liberates González to deploy his attacking vibora game — a dynamic that multiple sources flagged as potentially generating outsized upside on the right bracket draw.
On the women's side, the partnership of Claudia Fernández (#6, FP: 86.0, C: 181.7) and Sofia Araújo (#8, FP: 53.4, C: 128.3) is a fascinating outlier in the OutOfTheCourt cost/performance matrix. Fernández is the third-highest FP scorer in the women's pool relative to her cost position — 86.0 FP at 181.7 credits represents notable value — and early reports confirmed this pairing brings together Claudia's graceful court coverage with Araújo's power and aggressiveness. The combined cost of 310.0 credits for a duo where the lead player is FP: 86.0 compares very favourably against the ultra-premium pairings. The caveat is Araújo, a Portuguese player described as needing to gain consistency across a full season, meaning her FP: 53.4 may fluctuate more than the Portuguese flag in her data suggests. For OutOfTheCourt managers assembling a women's section that wants to undercut the Triay/Brea and Josemaría/Sánchez investment without falling off a performance cliff, Fernández/Araújo is the most credible third-tier women's option in the entire pool.
The most significant split from a fantasy perspective — and the one that has already generated the widest disparity in OutOfTheCourt performance — is the dissolution of the historic Juan Lebrón and Franco Stupaczuk partnership. Both were world number ones together, and their separation created two distinct mid-range assets who are now paired with players of lower individual ceiling. Lebrón (FP: 89.1, C: 136.7) retains his elite drive-side game but is now relying on Augsburger (FP: 61.2) to hold the backhand, while Stupaczuk (FP: 89.6, C: 173) has reunited with Yanguas (FP: 60.7) in a partnership that at least carries proven tournament chemistry. The split matters because both Lebrón and Stupaczuk were world-beaters in the context of a high-functioning partnership — their individual FP floors are still excellent (89.1 and 89.6 respectively), but neither player is likely to maximise their absolute ceiling without the elite-level partner support they previously enjoyed. For OutOfTheCourt managers who owned both during their partnership era, the question is now which of the two reconstructed pairs delivers more consistent deep runs. The Stupa/Yanguas reunion history, including those two final appearances from 2024, suggests that partnership edges Lebrón/Augsburger on reliability, even if Lebrón's individual FP number is marginally stronger.
The other split generating significant OutOfTheCourt strategic rethinking is the separation of Ariana Sánchez from Andrea Ustero. Sánchez (FP: 102.8, C: 191.3) has moved up to pair with Josemaría in what looks like a pure upward trajectory, but Ustero (#7, FP: 50.7, C: 124.8) is left requiring a new context to realise her substantial talent. Ustero's impressive FP: 50.7 at just 124.8 credits was partially a product of playing alongside a world-class operator in Sánchez — the question now is whether she can sustain or improve those numbers with a different partner. The Gijón evidence is encouraging: Ustero/Sánchez did reach a final together, and Ustero was described as impressing against Josemaría and González. She now represents one of the most intriguing low-cost punts in the women's pool for OutOfTheCourt managers who believe she can hold her FP ceiling independently. Meanwhile, the current gap in OutOfTheCourt standings — leader FJorgensenTeam at 7,339.1 points has a 257.4-point lead over second-placed sebsx4, and a 654.3-point gap over third-placed DavidCereCat — means mid-table managers need partnership-driven upside plays rather than safe accumulation. Ustero at 124.8 credits for a potentially elite-adjacent FP output is precisely the kind of differential pick that can close that gap.
The single most important OutOfTheCourt principle to apply to this partnership analysis is the drive/backhand positional alignment. Every competitive partnership in this dataset pairs a drive-side player with a backhand-side player — this is not coincidental, it is the fundamental structural logic of padel. When you build your OutOfTheCourt roster, you are effectively building two teams simultaneously: a men's pair and a women's pair. The optimal construction pairs a high-FP drive player with a high-FP backhand player at the most efficient combined cost. In the men's pool, the three strongest drive/backhand combinations by cost-adjusted FP are: Tapia (BH, 101.8/192.5) + Coello (D, 104.0/193) at 385.5 combined — maximum FP, maximum cost; Chingotto (D, 113.4/193.7) + Galán (BH, 106.8/192.2) at 385.9 — similar cost, highest individual FP ceiling; and Lebrón (D, 89.1/136.7) + Augsburger (BH, 61.2/119.7) at 256.4 — budget play with strong lead-player FP. The savings from choosing the third option over either elite pairing release approximately 129 credits — enough to upgrade a mid-tier women's selection significantly. For managers chasing the top of the OutOfTheCourt leaderboard, this budget arbitrage is where season-defining decisions are made.
Looking specifically at the current OutOfTheCourt standings, the top five — FJorgensenTeam (7,339.1), sebsx4 (7,081.7), DavidCereCat (6,884.8), GusTeam (6,687), and Pode Team (6,382.5) — are separated by a total of 956.6 points, which represents roughly 3-4 strong tournament weeks of differential. The partnership structure of the remaining 2026 schedule — which now includes upgraded events in Pretoria (P1) and Kuwait (Major) following calendar adjustments, plus a 26-event calendar across 18 countries — means that managers who correctly identify which partnerships are peaking versus plateauing will gain the most. The Chingotto/Galán partnership, carrying the highest individual FP in the pool at 113.4 for Chingotto, represents the highest single-tournament upside play available. A Chingalán title run at a Major, where winners collect 2,000 ranking points, would generate a seismic FP output. For Pode Team (6,382.5) sitting 956.6 points off the lead, building around Chingotto as the FP anchor — combined with a high-floor women's pairing like Triay/Brea or Josemaría/Sánchez — may be the only realistic path to the summit. The Martina Calvo (#12, FP: 78.5, C: 115.5) entry also bears watching: at just 115.5 credits, she delivers FP: 78.5 — the best FP-per-credit ratio among all 15 women listed, making her a near-essential inclusion in any budget-sensitive OutOfTheCourt build for the remainder of the season.
CHINGOTTO'S PEAK OR PLATEAU? Federico Chingotto carries the highest FP in the entire player pool at 113.4 against a cost of 193.7, with Galán alongside him at 106.8. With Chingalán having won seven titles in 2025 and now targeting the record-setting Tapia/Coello, the question OutOfTheCourt managers must answer is whether this is the season Chingotto finally tops the FP charts — because if Chingalán win a Major, the 2,000-point haul makes them the week's definitive must-own duo.
THE LEBRÓN EXPERIMENT: Juan Lebrón at FP: 89.1 for just 136.7 credits is the most cost-efficient elite drive-side player in the men's pool, and his new partnership with Leo Augsburger (FP: 61.2, C: 119.7) creates the best combined cost-to-lead-player-FP ratio available. But Augsburger's backhand side remains an unknown quantity at the P1 and Major level — if the chemistry clicks early, this 256.4-credit combination becomes the differential pick of the 2026 season. If it doesn't, Lebrón risks posting his lowest FP outputs in years.
THE WOMEN'S THREE-WAY WAR: Triay/Brea (FP: 101.9 + 103.4, combined cost: 384.7), Josemaría/Sánchez (FP: 102.8 + 102.8, combined cost: 382.6), and the dark-horse Fernández/Araújo (FP: 86.0 + 53.4, combined cost: 310.0) represent three distinct OutOfTheCourt strategies — maximum safety, maximum ceiling bet, and maximum value — and whichever pairing ultimately dominates the second half of the 26-event calendar will define which OutOfTheCourt managers close the gap on FJorgensenTeam's 7,339.1-point summit.
CALVO'S HIDDEN VALUE BOMB: Martina Calvo at FP: 78.5 and a cost of just 115.5 credits is the single best FP-per-credit ratio in the entire 30-player dataset. At a time when the OutOfTheCourt standings gap between first and fifth is 956.6 points, loading budget into an ultra-premium men's pairing while deploying Calvo as a women's anchor could be the structural insight that defines a late-season title charge.
NIETO AND SANZ — GIANT-KILLERS AGAIN? The reunion of Jorge Nieto (FP: 59.2, C: 128.7) and Jon Sanz (FP: 52.1, C: 122.9) brings together the pair that ended the most famous winning streak in padel history. At a combined 251.6 credits, they are among the cheapest credible upset threats in the draw. In bracket-dependent OutOfTheCourt formats where a single deep run from an unseeded partnership can generate outsized FP returns, Nieto/Sanz is the highest-ceiling low-cost bet in the men's pool.
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | FJorgensenTeam | 7339.1 |
| 2 | sebsx4 | 7081.7 |
| 3 | DavidCereCat | 6884.8 |
| 4 | GusTeam | 6687 |
| 5 | Pode Team | 6382.5 |
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