Delfi and Gemma, Paula and Ari, Claudia and Bea. “The Padel Trilogy” ready for the final big challenge of 2025

The trilogy of women’s world padel, like a ring with three precious stones, like a multi-episode film saga. The Premier Padel Finals, the final big challenge of a 2025 that — just like 2024 —has been dominated by six players, the same ones as in the season now coming to an end, even if arranged in a different order within the 20×10 constellations. Paula Josemaria and Ari Sanchez, compared with the 2024 Finals – which Bea Gonzalez missed due to injury – have stayed together, even though at the Palau Sant Jordi they will play the final tournament of their legendary partnership; meanwhile, Delfi Brea, Bea Gonzalez, Gemma Triay and Claudia Fernandez have each changed partners, but the dominance of these six players has remained intact, with the talent of the 2006-born player shining ever brighter after her first top-level season alongside Triay.

If in 2024 Paula and Ari closed with 10 titles (including the Finals), followed by Triay and Fernandez with 6 and Brea and Gonzalez with 5, this year Delfi and Gemma – who in the meantime climbed into the top two positions of the FIP ranking and lead the Race – lead the standings with 9 titles, two more than Paula and Ari, including gold medal at the FIP World Cup Pairs. Claudia and Bea, on the third step of the podium with 5 Premier Padel tournament wins, arrive, however, from two consecutive victories: Dubai and, above all, the Acapulco Major. This is why the Barcelona Finals, kicking off on Thursday, promise to be more uncertain than ever. On one side, the recent momentum of Claudia and Bea; on the other, Paula and Ari’s desire to close out their journey with a triumph; and on yet another, Delfi and Gemma’s motivation to reach double digits in titles won: their last victory dates back to Rotterdam (first week of October), before merely brushing the dream of winning all the Majors after Doha, Rome, and Paris.

The draw placed Delfi and Gemma in the top half, with a potential semifinal clash against Andrea Ustero and Sofia Araujo; in the bottom half, instead, a possible showdown between Paula and Ari and Claudia and Bea. Sanchez, beyond performing The Finals Dance with Paula, has one more reason to go for the crown: she was born in Reus, Catalunya, just over 100 kilometers from the Palau Sant Jordi. And as everyone knows, winning – better yet, winning again – at home has a very special flavor.