September 30, 2026
The women's draw delivered a 43.5 FP masterclass while the men's R32 threw up chaos — and your fantasy team felt every bit of it
Rotterdam's P2 got off to a wild start in the Round of 32, with upsets, three-set marathons, and a fantasy scoring performance that left the rest of the field looking utterly pedestrian. Daiara Agustina Valenzuela topped the entire round with a jaw-dropping 43.5 FP — just edging out partner Lea Godallier on 41.9 — as the duo demolished their opponents in straight sets. Over in the men's draw, Daniel Santigosa quietly posted 38.9 FP in one of the highest-difficulty wins of the day, and if you didn't have him in your team, that's going to sting for a while.
The biggest men's story of the round wasn't even close — Alvaro Montiel Caruso and Daniel Santigosa dispatched Edu Alonso and Aimar Goñi 7-6(9) 6-3 in a match that looked tight on paper but ended up being a fantasy goldmine. Santigosa bagged 38.9 FP and Montiel Caruso 33.5 FP, both powered by a difficulty coefficient that reflected just how much of an underdog tag they were carrying into the match. Alonso and Goñi, meanwhile, posted -7.9 and -7 FP respectively — that super-tiebreak loss in the first set clearly didn't help their game score calculations.
Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz did exactly what you'd expect from a pair ranked in the world's top ten: they absolutely steamrolled Mario Ortega and Adam Axelsson 6-2 6-2, each banking a tidy 19 FP. Not spectacular by the scoreboard's standards — elite players carry a sub-1 ranking multiplier, so dominant wins against lower-ranked opposition still get a difficulty coefficient haircut — but they're through and dangerous. Pablo Lijo and Francisco Gil were similarly efficient, beating Federico Mouriño and Marc Quilez 7-5 6-3 for 25.1 and 26.2 FP respectively, with Gil edging his partner as the slightly lower-ranked of the two.
The most dramatic men's match came from Jose Antonio Diestro and Marc Sintes Villalonga, who needed all three sets to see off Manuel Aragon Herrera and Albert Roglan Pons — 6-3 6(5)-7 6-2. Diestro put up 21.8 FP and Sintes Villalonga 22.6 FP, a solid return for a match that could've gone wrong after dropping the second set. Aragon Herrera and Roglan Pons, on the other side, posted -8 and -8.4 — ouch. Tino Libaak and Gonzalo Alfonso also progressed cleanly against Alonso Rodriguez Martinez and Flavio Abbate, taking 21.5 and 20.8 FP apiece in a comfortable 6-3 7-5 win.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Santigosa | 38.9 |
| 2 | Alvaro Montiel Caruso | 33.5 |
| 3 | Francisco Gil | 26.2 |
| 4 | Manuel Castaño | 25.2 |
| 5 | Pablo Lijo | 25.1 |
Where do you even start with Lea Godallier and Daiara Agustina Valenzuela? The pair absolutely annihilated Marta Caparros Maldonado and Agueda Perez Ortiz 6-1 6-3, and the fantasy system rewarded them handsomely. Valenzuela pipped her partner by 1.6 FP — 43.5 to 41.9 — the difference coming down to their individual ranking multipliers (both 1.2) and a fractionally different difficulty coefficient. Their opponents were left on -20 FP each, which tells you everything about how one-sided it was. If you had either of these two, you're probably sitting very pretty on the tournament leaderboard right now.
Julieta Evangelina Bidahorria and Virginia Riera were the other women's pair to put up monster numbers, cruising past Lara Arruabarrena and Giorgia Marchetti 6-4 6-2 for 31.2 and 31.5 FP respectively — Riera fractionally ahead. Their opponents took -11 each. Clean, dominant, and the kind of performance that makes you wonder why more fantasy managers weren't on them. Jessica Castello Lopez and Marta Talavan also delivered in style, dismantling Marcella Koek and Stephanie Weterings 6-1 6-2 to bank 27.6 and 23 FP — Koek and Weterings posting -11.7 and -10.1, among the lowest scores of the round.
The women's round did have its drama, though. Lorena Rufo Ortiz and Victoria Iglesias Segador survived a brutal three-set battle against Noa Canovas Paredes and Maria Eulalia Rodriguez Abajo — 7-5 0-6 7-6(4) — in a match that swung violently in both directions. Despite winning, Rufo Ortiz and Iglesias Segador only posted 1.2 FP each, a sign that their ranking multipliers and a relatively close scoreline kept the points modest. The most entertaining comeback of the women's draw, though, went to Jana Montes Cabruja and Marta Barrera De La Fuente, who lost the first set 2-6 before roaring back to win 6-4 7-6(4) against Amanda Lopez Moral and Camila Fassio Goyeneche — who actually outscored them in FP despite losing, 13.3/16.1 vs 7.6/7.3, which is the ranking multiplier system doing exactly what it's designed to do.
| # | Player | FP |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daiara Agustina Valenzuela | 43.5 |
| 2 | Lea Godallier | 41.9 |
| 3 | Virginia Riera | 31.5 |
| 4 | Julieta Evangelina Bidahorria | 31.2 |
| 5 | Jessica Castello Lopez | 27.6 |
The biggest overperformers of the round were concentrated in the women's draw. Godallier and Valenzuela's 43.5 and 41.9 FP are the kind of returns that shift tournament leaderboards overnight — and sure enough, Lobo leads the Rotterdam standings on 209.1, a gap that probably owes something to whoever had those two locked in. The standout men's overperformer was Santigosa at 38.9 FP, driven largely by that 1.58 difficulty coefficient — beating Alonso and Goñi was evidently rated as a meaningful upset by the system, and the points reflected it. Meanwhile, Enzo Jensen and David Gala posted a joint 22.9 FP apiece against Albin Olsson and Sten Richters — a match that ended 6-0 6-4 — with Olsson and Richters hitting rock bottom at -9.9 each, the joint-lowest men's score of the round.
On the underperforming side, Stupaczuk and Sanz's 19 FP apiece might look disappointing for a top-ten pair hammering opponents 6-2 6-2, but that's the elite tax in action — high costs, sub-1 multipliers, and low difficulty coefficients all capping the ceiling. If you're paying 173 credits for Stupaczuk and getting 19 FP from a comfortable round, that's a value problem. Compare that to Maximiliano Arce, ranked #25 and costing just 48.1 credits, who advances with a 1.26 FP-per-credit value ratio — he's the kind of pick that makes budget-savvy managers look very smart right now.
Let's break down how Daniel Santigosa landed on 38.9 FP — because it's a perfect example of how the system rewards upsets. It starts at the round base: R32 gives you 5 points. Win the match and that jumps to 9 (a +4 win bonus). Then the game score adds 6.5 — the match went to two sets, with a close first-set super tiebreak, so nothing outrageous there. The stats bonus chips in another 5 points — think break points converted and serve performance — bringing the subtotal to 20.5. That then gets multiplied by Santigosa's ranking multiplier of 1.2 (he's not a top-seed favourite, so the system doesn't punish him), giving 24.6. Finally, the difficulty coefficient of 1.58 kicks in — the system rated beating Alonso and Goñi as a genuine upset, and that multiplier blows the total up to 38.9 FP. Same match, more expected win, smaller coefficient — and that's probably a 25-point score instead.
Now compare that to Daiara Agustina Valenzuela's 43.5 FP — the round's top scorer. Same round base (5 → 9 after the win), but the game score rockets to 15.6 because the 6-1 6-3 scoreline was an absolute bagel-adjacent demolition. The stats bonus adds 9 — clearly a dominant serving and converting performance — bringing the subtotal to 33.6. Her ranking multiplier is also 1.2 (×1.2 = 40.3), and the difficulty coefficient comes in at 1.08. So why less than Santigosa's 1.58? Because Valenzuela and Godallier were the stronger pair going into the match — the upset premium wasn't there. But the raw dominance of the scoreline and stats bonus is what pushed her above everyone else. It's a great illustration of the two paths to big FP: pull off a shock result, or just absolutely obliterate your opponents.
💰 Lock in Maximiliano Arce (#25, 48.1 credits, 1.26 FP/credit) — he's a ridiculous value play at that price point, his ranking multiplier works in his favour, and at 60.8 average FP across the season he's been outperforming his cost all year. Don't overthink it.
🎯 Franco Stupaczuk (#8, 173 credits, 89.6 avg FP) is the safe anchor — he and Jon Sanz looked effortless in the R32 and that form doesn't fade quickly. The 19 FP this round was floor-level for a comfortable win; deeper rounds mean a bigger base and more ceiling.
📈 On the women's side, Carmen Goenaga Garcia (#18, 97.5 credits, 0.48 FP/credit) offers the best value ratio among the advancing women — nearly matching Beatriz Caldera Sanchez in points this round (19.6 vs 18.8) at a meaningfully lower cost. For a pair playing in sync, that efficiency matters.
⚠️ Think twice before doubling up on Godallier AND Valenzuela at this stage — both sit at 1.2 ranking multipliers and the difficulty coefficient will likely shrink as they progress against stronger opponents. They're brilliant, but one of them plus a value mid-ranger might be smarter portfolio construction than both.
🔥 Valenzuela & Godallier light up Rotterdam with 43.5 and 41.9 FP — the highest women's scores of the round by a mile, built on a 6-1 6-3 demolition and a combined game score of 15.6
😱 Daniel Santigosa's 38.9 FP upset special — a 1.58 difficulty coefficient turned a two-set win into the men's fantasy performance of the round, with Montiel Caruso not far behind on 33.5
💀 Albin Olsson and Sten Richters post -9.9 FP each after a 0-6 4-6 humbling at the hands of Enzo Jensen and David Gala — joint-worst men's score of the R32
⚔️ Three-set drama in both draws: Diestro/Sintes Villalonga survive in the men's, Montes Cabruja/Barrera De La Fuente complete a remarkable comeback in the women's, and Rufo Ortiz/Iglesias Segador grind out a 7-6 third-set win — only to bank just 1.2 FP for their trouble
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lobo pt | 209.1 |
| 2 | FJorgensenTeam | 195 |
| 3 | Padelcilu | 194 |
| 4 | Raf Delaforest | 189 |
| 5 | ZeGalan | 180 |
1. Don't chase three-set survivors automatically — Rufo Ortiz/Iglesias Segador won three sets and still only scraped 1.2 FP each. The scoreline narrative and the FP reality can be very different things.
2. The R32 base is 5 — the R16 base jumps to 10. Players who squeaked through tight matches may be carrying fatigue into a higher-stakes round, which matters for both real results and FP ceilings.
3. Budget for upsets: the difficulty coefficient is your friend when backing the right lower-ranked players. Santigosa's 1.58 coefficient this round is a perfect case study in why you shouldn't always fill your team with favourites.
Rotterdam's heating up — get your Round of 16 picks in before the draws lock. Don't let another Santigosa-level upset pass your team by.