The Greatest Matches in Padel History
Every sport has its own word for the match that goes beyond a good result, the one people are still talking about years later. In padel, that word is partidazo. It's not about who won, it's about a level of tennis so high and so tight that the score almost becomes secondary. Here are a few that earned the label, full matches included.
Navarro/Sanyo Gutiérrez vs Belasteguín/Lima, Santander Open 2017
This was the debut of Paquito Navarro and Sanyo Gutiérrez as a pair, and they marked it by beating the world's number one team, Fernando Belasteguín and Pablo Lima, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in a deciding tie-break. Nobody expected a brand new pairing to take down Bela and Lima on their first real test together, which is exactly what makes this one worth revisiting. Watch the full final here: Santander Open 2017, men's final.
Lebrón/Navarro vs Mieres/Galán, Valladolid Master 2019
A final so tight that the first set alone took 56 minutes and went to a 7-6 tie-break, before Juan Lebrón and Paquito Navarro closed it out 6-4, 6-4 to win the Valladolid Master. It's still labeled one of the legendary finals of that era by the fans who rewatch it, and it's easy to see why once you're a few games in. Watch the full final here: Valladolid Master 2019, men's final.
Sánchez/Gutiérrez vs Belasteguín/Díaz, Master Final 2014
This one carries extra weight: it was the last match Fernando Belasteguín and Juan Martín Díaz ever played together, after years as the pairing that defined the sport. Maxi Sánchez and Sanyo Gutiérrez won it 7-6, 5-7, 7-5 in Madrid, a result that read at the time like the start of a new era, and it was. Watch the full final here: Master Final 2014, men's final.
The current era has its own partidazos in the making
Every generation produces a handful of these, and the current one is no exception. Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia's rise, the ongoing rivalry with Alejandro Galán and Federico Chingotto, and the sheer intensity Juan Lebrón still brings to a match are all producing the kind of tennis that gets replayed for years. If you want the full picture of who's shaping the sport right now, our guide to the best male padel players to follow in 2026 covers all of them.
Where to keep watching
Daily Padel's Padel Flashback playlist is a good place to rewatch full finals like these, and for regular access to today's top-level matches, PadelForAll, the channel co-founded by Alejandro Galán himself, is one of the most consistent sources of real padel content in Spanish. Neither is an official Viborace partnership, just channels worth knowing about if you want to watch the next partidazo as it happens rather than read about it after the fact.
