Buenos Aires Major Padel 2026 — Dates, Results & How to Watch

Padel Comes Home

The Buenos Aires Major is the most emotionally charged event on the 2026 Premier Padel calendar. While padel was invented by Enrique Corcuera in Mexico in the late 1960s, it was Argentina that turned it into a mass sport — and Buenos Aires is the epicentre of that story. A Major in the Argentine capital is a homecoming for the sport itself.

No city on earth lives and breathes padel quite like Buenos Aires. With more padel courts per capita than anywhere else in the world, the sport is woven into the fabric of daily life here. This tournament brings the world’s best players to the place where padel’s modern identity was forged.

See the full Premier Padel 2026 season guide for the complete calendar.

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2026 Dates and Venue

• Dates: Late September 2026 (exact dates TBC)
• City: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Category: Premier Padel Major
• Venue: A world-class facility in Buenos Aires with capacity for thousands of spectators

The late September scheduling places the Buenos Aires Major in the Argentine spring, when the city’s weather is ideal for outdoor padel. The timing also allows Argentine stars to compete in front of their home crowd at a peak moment in the season.

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Prize Money and Ranking Points

As a Major, the Buenos Aires event carries:

• Maximum ranking points on the Premier Padel circuit — equal to the Qatar, Rome, and Paris Majors
• Prize pool exceeding €500,000 (combined men’s and women’s draws)
• Critical importance for year-end standings and Premier Padel Finals qualification

The combination of maximum ranking points and the pressure of performing in padel’s spiritual home makes every match in Buenos Aires uniquely intense.

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Key Players and Favourites

Buenos Aires will attract the complete elite of professional padel, with Argentine players carrying the weight of a nation’s expectations:

Men’s draw:

• Agustín Tapia — Argentina’s prodigy and world number one, playing in front of his home crowd
• Arturo Coello — Tapia’s partner and a devastating force at the net
• Franco Stupaczuk — a powerful Argentine whose aggressive game thrives on home support
• Martín Di Nenno — another Argentine star whose technical brilliance will be on full display
• Federico Chingotto — the creative Argentine whose unorthodox style makes him a crowd favourite everywhere, but especially here
• Ale Galán and Juan Lebrón — proven Major winners who will relish the challenge of winning on Argentine soil
• Paquito Navarro — a showman whose flair matches the Buenos Aires atmosphere

Women’s draw:

• Ariana Sánchez and Paula Josemaría — the dominant pair in women’s padel
• Gemma Triay and Alejandra Salazar — experienced Major champions who perform under pressure
• Marta Ortega — a versatile competitor with genuine title credentials
• Beatriz González — an emerging force capable of upsetting the established order

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Past Champions

The Buenos Aires Major is a landmark addition to the Premier Padel calendar for 2026. While Argentina has hosted professional padel events for decades through the World Padel Tour and earlier circuits, this represents a new chapter — the first time Buenos Aires stages a top-tier Major under the Premier Padel banner.

Given the depth of Argentine talent on the men’s circuit, the home crowd will expect nothing less than a final featuring at least one Argentine pair.

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Argentine Padel Culture

The Buenos Aires Major exists because Argentina is padel’s heartland. Key facts about padel in Argentina:

• More padel courts per capita than any other country in the world — Buenos Aires alone has thousands
• A sport for everyone — padel in Argentina crosses all social and economic boundaries, played in clubs, parks, and residential complexes
• Dominant on the men’s circuit — Tapia, Stupaczuk, Di Nenno, and Chingotto are all Argentine, continuing a tradition that includes legends like Fernando Belasteguín
• Passionate, knowledgeable crowds — Argentine padel fans understand the game deeply and create an atmosphere unmatched anywhere on the circuit
• The sport’s mass adoption story — while padel was invented in Mexico, Argentina is where it became a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s and 1990s

Buenos Aires hosting a Major is not just another stop on the tour. It is an acknowledgement that this is where padel became the sport the world now loves.

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How to Watch

• Red Bull TV — live global coverage from the quarter-finals
• ESPN Latin America — extensive Spanish-language coverage across the continent
• TyC Sports — Argentine sports network with dedicated padel programming
• Premier Padel YouTube — highlights, interviews, and selected matches
• premierpadel.com — official scores, draws, and streaming links

For a complete guide to viewing options, see our how to watch padel guide.

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How to Buy Tickets

• premierpadel.com — official ticket sales
• Argentine ticketing platforms — local partners handle on-site and online sales
• Early rounds often feature free or low-cost general admission
• Semi-finals and finals require purchased tickets — demand in Buenos Aires will be enormous given the city’s passion for padel

Expect a full house from the first day. Buenos Aires is one of the few cities where early-round matches attract serious crowds, because the local audience genuinely knows and loves the sport.

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Why Buenos Aires Matters

The Buenos Aires Major is where padel returns to its roots. No other tournament on the Premier Padel circuit carries the same cultural weight. Argentine players competing for a Major title in front of their home crowd, in the city that made padel a global sport — this is as good as it gets.

For the full 2026 calendar, see our season guide and Premier Padel circuit explainer. To understand why Argentina occupies such a unique place in padel’s story, read our guide to padel in Argentina.