One tour, 24 tournaments, four Majors and a season that runs from Riyadh in February to the Barcelona Finals in December. This is the complete guide to the Premier Padel 2026 season: the full calendar with every key date, the champions of every completed event, the Race standings that decide who reaches the Finals — and the week the tour lands in Dubai.
The short version
The Premier Padel 2026 season — the Qatar Airways Premier Padel Tour, the official world circuit governed by the International Padel Federation (FIP) — opened in Riyadh in February and closes with the Premier Padel Finals in Barcelona from 7 to 13 December. The calendar Premier Padel and the FIP unveiled listed 26 tournaments in 18 countries; the season as played runs to 24 tournaments in 17 countries, after the Qatar Major was cancelled and two events were upgraded in its place. Nineteen events are complete, and the men’s season has become a two-pair war: AgustÃn Tapia and Arturo Coello (11 titles) against Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto (7). The UAE’s own stop, the Dubai P1, runs from 8 to 15 November at Hamdan Sports Complex — the last P1 before the Finals field is set. This page is updated as the season runs: the champions tables below are current to the Germany P2 of 11 October, and the Milan P1 was in progress as this update was published.
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What Premier Padel is
Premier Padel is the official professional tour of world padel — the circuit where the sport’s best men’s and women’s pairs play for the biggest titles and the FIP world ranking. Launched in 2022 and governed by the FIP, it replaced the old fragmented calendar with a single global tour: the same events, the same ranking and the same production standards from Riyadh to Rome to Acapulco, with Qatar Airways as title sponsor of the tour.
Three things define the modern tour. First, men and women play the same calendar — every tournament on this page stages both draws in the same week, in the same arena. Second, the tour is genuinely global: the 2026 season visits 17 countries across the Middle East, Europe, the Americas and Africa, and nearly three-quarters of its events are held indoors, which is why the calendar can run almost uninterrupted from February to December. Third, it is one ranking that matters: every result feeds the FIP ranking and the season-long FIP Race, and the Race is what decides the 32 players who contest the Finals in Barcelona.
2026 is the tour’s fifth season, and it arrived with two changes worth knowing. The calendar announced in late 2025 added two new markets — London in the United Kingdom and Pretoria in South Africa hosted Premier Padel events for the first time, alongside a new Spanish stop in Valencia. And the sport itself changed slightly: the FIP’s new Star Point scoring system, approved in November 2025, is used across the Premier Padel circuit this season — more on that in the structure section below, because it changes how deuce games end in every match you watch this year.
How the season is structured
Every Premier Padel tournament belongs to one of four tiers. The tier sets the ranking points on offer, the size of the draw and — for players — how much of the season’s story gets written that week. The four Majors are the pillars; the Finals are the full stop.
| Tier | 2026 events | Winner’s ranking points | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | 4 — Rome, Paris, Kuwait City, Acapulco | 2,000 | The biggest weeks of the year: the largest draws and the most ranking points outside the Finals. Win one and your season is made. |
| P1 | 10 | 1,000 | The tour’s premium regular events — Riyadh, Miami, Dubai, Milan and their peers. Full-strength fields, half a Major’s points. |
| P2 | 9 | 600 | The tour’s workhorse tier: smaller draws, real points, and the weeks where rising pairs break through — or where the top pairs bank Race points while rivals rest. |
| Finals | 1 — Barcelona | 1,500 | The season finale. Only the top 16 men and top 16 women in the FIP Race qualify — eight pairs per gender, straight knockout, one court. |
The FIP Race: the season inside the season
Alongside the world ranking runs the FIP Race — an individual, calendar-year ranking built from each player’s best 22 results across Premier Padel and the second-tier CUPRA FIP Tour. The Race exists for one reason: it is the qualification table for the Barcelona Finals. Finish inside the top 16 — men or women — when the regular season ends, and you go to Barcelona. Because qualification is individual rather than by pair, the eight pairs in each Finals draw are formed from the 16 qualified players, and the arithmetic of who partners whom becomes part of the late-season intrigue.
The Race also explains the calendar’s rhythm. A Major is worth more than three P2 titles; a P1 sits in between. Pairs chasing a top-16 place cannot afford to skip the autumn swing — Milan, Kuwait, Dubai and Acapulco are where the last Finals places are won and lost, which is why the fields stay full-strength right to the end of the season.
New for 2026: the Star Point
The 2026 season is the first played under the Star Point system on the professional circuit. In a deuce game, each pair can earn at most two advantages; if the game is still level at the third deuce, a single deciding point — the Star Point — settles it, with the receiving pair choosing which side to receive from. It keeps the tension of a long deuce battle while guaranteeing no game can run forever. Our padel rules guide explains the Star Point mechanics in full, alongside the golden point most club players already know.
The 2026 calendar at a glance
Premier Padel and the FIP unveiled the 2026 calendar in December 2025: 26 tournaments in 18 countries, opening in Riyadh and closing in Barcelona. The season that has actually been played looks slightly different — and the differences are part of this year’s story. The Qatar Major, scheduled for Doha in April, was first postponed and then cancelled for 2026; to rebalance the calendar, Kuwait was upgraded from a P1 to the fourth Major and Pretoria was upgraded from a P2 to a P1. The table below is the calendar as it stands — one row per tour event, updated in October 2026.
| Tournament | Where | 2026 dates | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh Season P1 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 9–14 February | Complete |
| Gijón P2 | Gijón, Spain | 2–8 March | Complete |
| Cancún P2 | Cancún, Mexico | 16–22 March | Complete |
| Miami P1 | Miami, USA | 23–29 March | Complete |
| Qatar Major | Doha, Qatar | 6–11 April | Cancelled |
| Newgiza P2 | Giza, Egypt | 13–18 April | Complete |
| Brussels P2 | Brussels, Belgium | 20–26 April | Complete |
| Asunción P2 | Asunción, Paraguay | 4–10 May | Complete |
| Buenos Aires P1 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 11–17 May | Complete |
| Italy Major | Rome, Italy | 1–7 June | Complete |
| Valencia P1 | Valencia, Spain | 8–14 June | Complete |
| Valladolid P2 | Valladolid, Spain | 22–28 June | Complete |
| Bordeaux P2 | Bordeaux, France | 29 June – 5 July | Complete |
| Málaga P1 | Málaga, Spain | 13–19 July | Complete |
| Pretoria P1 | Pretoria, South Africa | 27 July – 2 August | Complete |
| London P1 | London, United Kingdom | 3–9 August | Complete |
| Madrid P1 | Madrid, Spain | 31 August – 6 September | Complete |
| Paris Major | Paris, France | 7–13 September | Complete |
| Rotterdam P2 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 28 September – 4 October | Complete |
| Germany P2 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 5–11 October | Complete |
| Milano P1 | Milan, Italy | 12–18 October | In progress |
| Kuwait Major | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 26–31 October | Upcoming |
| Dubai P1 | Dubai, UAE | 8–15 November | Upcoming |
| Mexico Major | Acapulco, Mexico | 23–29 November | Upcoming |
| Premier Padel Finals | Barcelona, Spain | 7–13 December | Upcoming |
Two national-team weeks sit inside the season without being tour events. Padel featured at the Mediterranean Games in the week of 24–30 August, and the FIP World Cup — the national-team world championship — takes place in early November, in the gap between the Kuwait Major and the Dubai P1. Both are FIP competitions, and both are covered by the same UAE broadcast deal as the tour itself (see the viewing section below).
How the season flows: five swings
The calendar is not a random list of cities — it moves in swings, and each swing has its own character. The season opens in the Middle East (Riyadh, then Egypt’s Newgiza after the Doha week fell away), crosses to the Americas in March (Cancún and Miami) and again in May (Asunción and Buenos Aires), and then settles into the long European summer: Rome and Paris bookend four months of Spanish, French, Dutch, South African, British and German stops, most of them outdoors or in big multi-sport arenas. The autumn indoor swing — Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, Milan — is where the tennis-style arena season takes over and the Race pressure peaks. Finally the tour returns to the Gulf for Kuwait and Dubai before the last Major in Acapulco and the Finals in Barcelona. For players, the swings are a logistics and surfaces puzzle: outdoor heat in Buenos Aires, indoor speed in Milan, sea-level ball flight in Cancún. For fans, they mean the season always has a next chapter a week or two away.
Reading the dates: these are the tournament weeks published in the official calendar and the events’ own announcements. At some stops, qualifying rounds begin a day or two before the listed week. If a date matters to you — flights to Dubai, say — confirm the final schedule on premierpadel.com or the tournament’s own channels before you book, and we re-check this table at every update.
2026 results so far: every champion
Nineteen tour events are complete. The pattern at the top is stark: between them, two men’s pairs have won 18 of the 19 men’s titles. Tapia and Coello — the world number ones — have taken 11; Galán and Chingotto have taken seven of the rest. The single interruption came in Brussels, where Juan Lebrón and Leandro Augsburger beat the number ones in the final. The women’s season is broader — five different pairs have lifted trophies — but it is still led by two: Delfina Brea and Gemma Triay, and Beatriz González and Paula JosemarÃa, with six titles each.
| Event | Men’s champions | Women’s champions |
|---|---|---|
| Riyadh P1 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Andrea Ustero / Ariana Sánchez |
| Gijón P2 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| Cancún P2 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| Miami P1 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Newgiza P2 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Brussels P2 | Juan Lebrón / Leandro Augsburger | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Asunción P2 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Buenos Aires P1 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Italy Major | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| Valencia P1 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Andrea Ustero / Ariana Sánchez |
| Valladolid P2 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Beatriz González / Paula JosemarÃa |
| Bordeaux P2 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Claudia Jensen / Tamara Icardo |
| Málaga P1 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| Pretoria P1 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| London P1 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Claudia Fernández / Martina Calvo |
| Madrid P1 | Alejandro Galán / Federico Chingotto | Delfina Brea / Gemma Triay |
| Paris Major | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Andrea Ustero / Ariana Sánchez |
| Rotterdam P2 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Andrea Ustero / Ariana Sánchez |
| Germany P2 | AgustÃn Tapia / Arturo Coello | Claudia Fernández / Martina Calvo |
The two Majors played so far have split along the same rivalry lines: Tapia and Coello won both the Italy Major in Rome and the Paris Major, while Brea and Triay took Rome and Ustero and Sánchez took Paris. The autumn has tightened things further — between Rotterdam and Düsseldorf, Tapia and Coello won three straight men’s titles, the last of them in Düsseldorf on 11 October, where Fernández and Calvo collected their second women’s title as a pair by beating Ustero and Sánchez in the final. Milan, running 12–18 October as this page is updated, is the next chapter — its champions will be added to the table above as soon as the finals are played.
The Race to Barcelona
The Finals field is decided by the FIP Race, and the arithmetic at the top already tells the story of the season. In the standings published on 11 October 2026 (points last updated 22 August), the same two men’s pairs who have split the titles sit far clear of the field — and the drop to third place is the widest gap on the table.
| Race | Player | Points | 2026 titles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men 1= | AgustÃn Tapia | 21,051 | 11 |
| Men 1= | Arturo Coello | 21,051 | 11 |
| Men 3= | Alejandro Galán | 17,863 | 7 |
| Men 3= | Federico Chingotto | 17,863 | 7 |
| Men 5 | Juan Lebrón | 8,310 | 1 |
| Women 1= | Delfina Brea | 18,211 | 6 |
| Women 1= | Gemma Triay | 18,211 | 6 |
| Women 3 | Beatriz González | 14,546 | 6 |
| Women 4 | Paula JosemarÃa | 14,043 | 6 |
| Women 5 | Ariana Sánchez | 12,783 | 4 |
Read the table the way the players do. The top four men and the leading women are, barring injury, effectively Barcelona-bound already — the FIP confirmed during the autumn that the first Finals places were mathematically settled while the race further down stayed wide open. The real contest is for the last places inside the top 16, where a single P1 semi-final in Milan, Kuwait or Dubai can be worth more than a P2 title. That is why the season’s final six weeks matter out of proportion to their number: four events, including a Major in Kuwait and the season’s last Major in Acapulco, will decide who spends December in Barcelona and who watches it on television.
Qualification carries obligations as well as rewards. Under the 2026 regulations, a player must have played at least 15 Premier Padel tournaments during the season to be eligible for the Finals, and a qualified player is required to attend and compete in Barcelona — the Finals are a commitment, not an invitation you can decline. It is one more reason the autumn fields stay strong: the players chasing the last places are not the only ones who need Milan, Kuwait and Dubai — the already-qualified need their tournament count, their form and their partnerships in order too.
The official Race standings — updated after every tournament — are published on padelfip.com, with the tour’s own Race pages and live rankings on premierpadel.com. If you follow one number between now and December, make it the points of the players ranked 14th to 18th: that band is where the Finals will be won and lost.
Dubai P1: the tour comes to the UAE
The week UAE fans circle first: the Emaar Dubai Premier Padel P1 runs from 8 to 15 November 2026 at Hamdan Sports Complex, with Emaar confirmed as the tournament’s title partner for the 2026 edition. It is the tour’s only UAE stop, eight days of men’s and women’s competition, and it lands at the most consequential point of the calendar — after the FIP World Cup week and immediately before the Mexico Major, with the last Finals places still in play.
That timing is what makes Dubai different from a mid-season P1. Nobody rests a healthy pair in November: the Race is too tight, and a P1 title is worth 1,000 points to players who may need exactly that to reach Barcelona. Expect a full-strength field, the top seeds playing from the first round they enter, and a finals weekend with genuine stakes in both draws. For anyone who plays the game locally, it is also the one week of the year when the sport’s reference level — the speed, the defence off the glass, the bandeja under pressure — is on show a short drive away rather than on a stream.
There is a local layer to the week as well. The UAE’s club scene plays year-round within a short drive of the arena, and tournament week is when the two worlds meet: the same glass-court game, at two very different speeds. Spectators who play will recognise every shot — the bandeja, the vibora, the chiquita — executed at a pace and consistency that redefines what those shots are. It is the best coaching session you can get without picking up a racket, and more than a few Dubai club players trace their obsession with the sport to a first night in those stands.
Going to the Dubai P1: the practical notes
Where: Hamdan Sports Complex, Dubai — a dedicated multi-sport arena that has hosted the tournament’s previous editions. When: the tournament week runs 8–15 November 2026, with the closing rounds and finals at the end of the week. Tickets: sold through the tournament’s official channels — check premierpadel.com and the event’s own announcements for on-sale details rather than third-party resellers. Make a week of it: Dubai in November is peak playing season. Our guide to padel courts in Dubai covers where to play while you are in town, and if the pro game has you thinking bigger, what a padel court costs explains the build numbers behind the UAE boom. New to the sport entirely? Start with how to play padel before you go — an hour with the basics transforms what you see from the stands.
How to follow the season from the UAE
Watch it live. The UAE’s home for the tour is beIN SPORTS: beIN Media Group holds the rights to the full 2026 Qatar Airways Premier Padel Tour — and the FIP World Cup — across 39 territories including the UAE and the wider MENA region. Coverage runs on the beIN SPORTS channels, with streaming in MENA on TOD, beIN’s own platform. The time difference works in a UAE viewer’s favour for the European swing: the tour’s heartland sits two to three hours behind Gulf time, so European evening sessions land in the UAE’s late evening rather than the middle of the night.
Follow the draws and scores. Premierpadel.com is the tour’s official home — draws, order of play, live scores, results and the Race standings — and the official Premier Padel app carries the same data with player follows and notifications. The authoritative world rankings and Race tables are the FIP’s, published at padelfip.com and updated after every event.
Catch up free. The tour’s official channels publish highlights from every event, and the finals of most tournaments are packaged into extended highlights within a day — the fastest way to keep up with a 24-event season without watching every session. And if watching has you reaching for a racket, our padel tips for beginners will get your first games moving in the right direction.
Key dates still to come
Milano P1
In progress as this page is updated — the first of four events that settle the Finals field, with 1,000 points waiting for each champion pair.
Kuwait Major
The upgraded fourth Major: 2,000 points to the winners and the biggest single Race swing left in the regular season.
Dubai P1
The UAE’s week — Hamdan Sports Complex, full-strength fields, and the last P1 before the Mexico Major closes the regular season.
Barcelona Finals
The top 16 men and 16 women, eight pairs per gender, one court at the Palau Sant Jordi. The season ends here.
The season, in one paragraph
Premier Padel 2026 has been a duel with a supporting cast. Tapia and Coello lead the men’s game with 11 titles; Galán and Chingotto have taken seven and beaten everyone else; the women’s trophies are shared more widely, with Brea and Triay and González and JosemarÃa setting the standard at six apiece. The calendar lost Doha and gained a Major in Kuwait, the tour played London and Pretoria for the first time, and everything now funnels into six weeks: Milan, Kuwait, Dubai, Acapulco — and then Barcelona, where the top 16 players in the world close the season.
- Season: 24 tournaments, 17 countries, February to December.
- Majors: Rome and Paris played; Kuwait (26–31 Oct) and Acapulco (23–29 Nov) to come.
- Dubai: the Emaar Dubai P1, 8–15 November, Hamdan Sports Complex.
- Finals: Barcelona, 7–13 December — top 16 men and women in the FIP Race.
Premier Padel 2026 — FAQs
When does the Premier Padel 2026 season start and end?
The season opened with the Riyadh Season P1 in February 2026 and ends with the Premier Padel Finals in Barcelona from 7 to 13 December 2026. Between those dates the tour plays 24 tournaments in 17 countries.
How many tournaments are there in Premier Padel 2026?
24 tournaments as played: 4 Majors, 10 P1 events, 9 P2 events and the season-ending Finals. The calendar originally announced by Premier Padel and the FIP listed 26 events in 18 countries, but the Qatar Major was cancelled and its slot was absorbed by upgrading Kuwait to a Major and Pretoria to a P1.
What is the difference between a Major, a P1 and a P2?
Ranking points and prestige. A Major champion earns 2,000 FIP ranking points, a P1 champion 1,000 and a P2 champion 600. Majors are the four biggest weeks of the season, P1s are the tour’s premium regular events, and P2s are smaller-draw events that still carry full ranking weight for the FIP Race.
When is the Dubai P1 in 2026?
The Emaar Dubai Premier Padel P1 runs from 8 to 15 November 2026 at Hamdan Sports Complex. It is the tour’s only UAE stop and the last P1 of the season, played with the final places at the Barcelona Finals still at stake.
Why was the Qatar Major cancelled in 2026?
The Doha Major, scheduled for 6–11 April 2026, was first postponed — with the tour citing the situation in the wider region — and was later confirmed cancelled for 2026. Kuwait was upgraded from a P1 to a Major to keep four Majors on the calendar, and Pretoria was upgraded from a P2 to a P1 to fill the P1 vacancy.
How do players qualify for the Premier Padel Finals?
Through the FIP Race, an individual calendar-year ranking built from each player’s best 22 results across Premier Padel and the CUPRA FIP Tour. The top 16 men and top 16 women in the Race qualify for the Finals in Barcelona, where they form eight pairs per gender in a straight knockout at the Palau Sant Jordi.
Where can I watch Premier Padel in the UAE?
On beIN SPORTS. BeIN Media Group holds the 2026 Premier Padel rights across the Middle East and North Africa, including the UAE, with coverage on its beIN SPORTS channels and streaming on TOD in the MENA region. Draws, live scores and results are on premierpadel.com, and the official rankings are published by the FIP at padelfip.com.
What is the Star Point in padel?
The Star Point is the scoring system introduced for the 2026 season. In a deuce game, each pair can earn at most two advantages; if the game reaches a third deuce, one deciding point — the Star Point — settles the game, with the receiving pair choosing which side to receive from. Our padel rules guide explains it in full.
About this guide: Calendar dates, champions, points values and Race standings in this article were checked in October 2026 against Premier Padel (premierpadel.com), the International Padel Federation (padelfip.com), the Dubai P1 organisers’ tournament announcement and the tour’s broadcast announcement. Last updated: October 2026, with the Milano P1 (12–18 October) still in progress at the time of the update. This page is refreshed as the season runs — Milan’s champions, the Kuwait Major, the Dubai draw and the Finals field will be added as they are confirmed. Where an official detail changes (as the Qatar Major did in 2026), the page says so rather than quietly rewriting the calendar. This page links only to guides on Alishuttler.com.
