Calvo Makes History as Youngest-Ever Premier Padel Champion

Calvo Breaks the Age Record at Eighteen Years Old

Martina Calvo became the youngest champion in Premier Padel history on Sunday at the London P1, claiming the title at 18 years, one month and four days old alongside Claudia Fernández. Their 7-5, 6-3 victory over top seeds Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea in one hour and 45 minutes produced one of the most memorable moments the circuit has seen in years.

The Spanish pair broke serve twice in the opening set, building momentum before racing to a 5-0 lead in the second to seal the match without ever allowing their opponents back into the contest. Calvo's record beats that of Andrea Ustero — who had held the mark — by just 20 days. "I have fulfilled a dream," said Calvo after the ceremony at Olympia. "I have watched so many finals on television and always wondered what it would feel like to play one." Fernández, who had lost the Pretoria P1 final against Triay and Brea the week before, added: "Things did not go our way in Pretoria, but fortunately this time we managed to change the ending."

The victory also confirmed that Fernández-Calvo are more than a passing story. They had already beaten higher-ranked pairs in the draw to reach the final and closed it out with a composure that belied their combined experience. For Fernández, it is a first Premier Padel title. For Calvo — who only made her first tour semi-final weeks earlier — it is something she will take the rest of her career to surpass.

Coello and Tapia Claim Title No. Eight in a Three-Set Superclásico

The men's final at Olympia gave London's 20,000 spectators exactly what the billing promised. Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia beat Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in more than two hours of padel to secure their eighth title of the 2026 season. London joins Riyadh, Cancún, Rome, Valencia, Valladolid, Bordeaux and Málaga on their winners' list for the year.

Chingotto and Galán arrived in London as defending champions — they had saved a match point to win in Pretoria the previous week — and proved the point by winning the second set with authority and pushing their rivals to a deciding break at 6-5 in the third. Coello said after the match: "We played very well in the first set. The only way to win was to remain focused, as we did." Tapia praised tournament, venue and city in equal measure and added: "The important thing is to continue having the desire to fight and win."

Eight titles from 14 events places Coello-Tapia on a pace that threatens their own season-best of 13 titles, recorded in 2025. Earlier in 2026 their form had been questioned — Leal and Guerrero broke a 27-final winning streak in July — but they have since taken the London title while Galán-Chingotto remains the only pair capable of going three sets with them.

London as a Padel City

The inaugural London P1 at Olympia drew more than 20,000 spectators across the week, with four competition courts running simultaneously at the West London exhibition venue. The tournament's prize purse totalled €479,068. Britain, which passed one million registered padel players earlier this year and hosted its first-ever P1, confirmed itself as a market the sport cannot afford to ignore.

The professional circuit now breaks for three weeks before the Comunidad de Madrid P1 at Movistar Arena, running from August 31 to September 6. The Madrid draw will also feature the debut of new pairing Franco Stupaczuk and Jon Sanz, whose partnership was announced in the days following the London final.