Tapia and Coello win Italy Major to strengthen world No. 1 push

Agustin Tapia and Arturo Coello ended the Italy Major on top again, beating Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto 7-5, 7-6(4) in a 95-minute final at Rome’s Foro Italico and banking 2000 points in the process. The win strengthened their hold on the world No. 1 race and arrived at exactly the right moment, after a run of finals losses that had started to hang over the pair.

The victory mattered because Rome had turned into a problem for the top seeds. Tapia and Coello had won the Italy Major in 2023, then dropped the next two finals in the same city, both against Galán and Chingotto. This time, under the lights of the Foro Italico and in front of more than 9,000 fans, they closed the door in straight sets and finally broke the pattern that had followed them through the spring.

It was also their first Major title since Cancún, another marker of how long the waiting had gone on for a pair used to setting the pace on tour. Premier Padel framed the week as one shaped by near misses, lost finals and growing pressure, and the Rome result answered all three in one shot. Coello and Tapia did not need a marathon to make the point. They needed two tight sets, a tiebreak in the second, and the composure to finish against the one team that had been taking these finals away from them.

The latest International Padel Federation rankings, dated June 22, listed Coello and Tapia as world No. 1 with 21,623 points each, while Galán and Chingotto sat third on 17,626 each. In the FIP Race, Coello and Tapia also led with 6,880 points each, ahead of Galán and Chingotto on 6,470. That gap is not a lockdown, but after Rome it looks like control rather than vulnerability.

The 2026 Italy Major was the first Major of the Premier Padel season and ran from May 31 to June 7. The women’s title also stayed with the top seeds, as Delfina Brea and Gemma Triay won in Rome, in a week that also produced the longest match in Premier Padel history in the women’s semifinals. For Tapia and Coello, though, the headline was simpler: the finals slump is over, and the No. 1 battle just tilted back their way.