On 13 September 2026, Agustín Tapia and Arturo Coello won the Paris Major final against Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto 6-3, 4-6, 7-6. They were 2-5 down in the third set. Still, they left with their fourth Paris title in a row, after a tiebreak they won 7-1.
For Galán and Chingotto, this was a final that went their way for a long time. They had come back from losing the first set and were one game away from the title. That is exactly why the ending hurt so much.
How the match went
The first set had several breaks straight away. Tapia and Coello broke for 3-2, saw Galán and Chingotto come back to 3-3, then broke serve again for 4-3. The set went to Tapia and Coello 6-3.
In the second set, Galán and Chingotto struck at 5-4 up, on Coello's serve. In that game, Galán played a backhand outside the court to retrieve a smash from Tapia. The break gave them 6-4 and levelled the final.
Galán and Chingotto then went 3-0 up in the third set and extended that lead to 5-2. But Tapia and Coello came back to 5-5. Galán and Chingotto still took the 6-5, but couldn't avoid the tiebreak. In it, Tapia and Coello won seven of the eight points.
What went well for Tapia and Coello
For us, the difference was in what happened after that 2-5. They didn't have to make up the whole deficit in one point. First they had to keep the match going. They managed that, and then won the tiebreak by a much bigger margin than the set before suggested.
Over the whole final, the margin was actually small. Tapia and Coello won 52 percent of the points, Galán and Chingotto 48 percent. So a small difference over the whole match could go hand in hand with a very one-sided tiebreak.
On their own serve, Tapia and Coello were also slightly more successful across the match: they won 71 percent of those points, against 66 percent for their opponents. Not a huge gap, but enough to keep giving themselves chances.
Where Galán and Chingotto let the final slip
Losing the first set, taking the second and then going 5-2 up: Galán and Chingotto could have turned this final around completely. Up to that point they had put themselves in an excellent position.
They just couldn't win that last game for the title. A lead gave them room on the scoreboard, but didn't finish the match. Once it went to a tiebreak, they couldn't make up for that missed chance there either.
For Chingotto, it meant a fifth consecutive lost final in Paris. For Tapia and Coello, it was their fourth title in a row, after their wins in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The rackets of these players
Tapia goes with the NOX AT10 line, including the NOX AT10 Genius 18K Aluminium 2026. Coello has his own Head collection, with the Head Coello Pro Arturo Coello 2026.
Galán is linked to the Adidas Metalbone line. The info box features the Metalbone HRD+ 3.5 Ale Galán 2026. Chingotto plays the Bullpadel Neuron line, with the Neuron 02 2026 in our range.
Finally
The final lasted one hour and 58 minutes. Tapia and Coello kept their unbeaten run as a pair in Paris intact. Galán and Chingotto had the title within reach, but had to watch their opponents win the final set after all.
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