Triay Makes History, Galán-Chingotto Seal Their 7th in Madrid

Women's Final: A Comeback Built on Resilience

The Madrid P1 closed on Sunday evening at the Movistar Arena in front of nearly 14,000 spectators, and the women's draw delivered the match of the tournament. Gemma Triay and Delfina Brea, the world number one pair, defeated Paula Josemaría and Bea González 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3 in just under two and a half hours to claim their sixth title of 2026. After surrendering a tight first-set tiebreak, Triay and Brea lifted their level with precision and authority, dropping just six games across the final two sets to overturn the deficit.

The manner of the victory was characteristic: absorb the early pressure, then dismantle the opposition systematically. Josemaría and González, the second-ranked pair, had no answer after the set break.

Two Records, One Afternoon

The significance of the win extended well beyond a sixth title. With the victory, Gemma Triay became the first player in Premier Padel history to reach 200 circuit victories — a landmark no man or woman had previously achieved since the tour's 2022 launch. More symbolically still, the Minorcan reached 58 career titles across both the World Padel Tour and Premier Padel eras, equalling the all-time record held by Alejandra Salazar — a mark many had assumed untouchable.

The context gave the achievement an extra charge. Salazar, a native of Madrid, had competed in the same tournament in what was her final professional event on home soil. On Friday, she and Aránzazu Osoro lost to Triay and Brea 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals. The match itself was secondary to what happened at the net afterwards: Triay and Salazar held a long, silent embrace at centre court, an image that stopped the Movistar Arena crowd mid-breath. Between Sunday's two finals, the tournament organisers staged a formal tribute. Salazar addressed the arena one last time: "I wanted to say goodbye like this — against the best, playing at a high level, and having fun."

Men's Final: Galán-Chingotto Take a Three-Set Thriller

The men's final matched the drama of the women's. Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto defeated Miguel Yanguas and Coki Nieto 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours and forty minutes to secure their seventh title of the 2026 season — the most productive campaign of their partnership. Nieto and Yanguas, seeded fifth, had arrived at the final carrying the scalp of world number one pair Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia, whom Yanguas had never previously beaten on the Premier Padel circuit.

They matched Galán and Chingotto through two sets and into the third, forcing the champions to convert just three of 24 break-point opportunities across the match. The title was ultimately decided at 5-4 in the final set, when Yanguas dropped serve and Galán closed it out to love. It was Galán's second Madrid title — the first came in 2022 alongside Juan Lebrón — and the result substantially narrows the gap between Galán-Chingotto and Coello-Tapia in the race for the season's top ranking.

What Comes Next

The Madrid P1 drew over 55,000 spectators across the week, split between free-admission preliminary rounds in Coslada and the main event at Movistar Arena. There is no recovery time: the Alpine Paris Major opened its main draw today, September 7, at Roland-Garros, with 2,000 ranking points on offer for each gender. Galán, Chingotto, Triay, Brea, Coello, and Tapia are all in the draw. The number one ranking on both tours will look very different by Sunday evening in Paris.