Cabeza sets the mark at 17 years, 2 months and 25 days
The youngest men’s Premier Padel title winner is Francisco “Curro” Cabeza, crowned at the Gijón P2 on 2 March 2025 alongside Diego García. Born on 5 December 2007, the Spaniard was 17 years, 2 months and 25 days old. Cabeza and García beat Tolito Aguirre and Gonza Alfonso 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. The FIP described them as the youngest pair to win a Premier Padel title and Cabeza as the youngest player to be crowned on the tour.
Cabeza summed up the final in a sentence published by the FIP after the match.
“It was a very complicated match but we managed to win it.”
The Gijón title set the men’s benchmark at 17 years, 2 months and 25 days. Cabeza was ranked 176th by the FIP at the time and García 222nd, according to the official report.
From Coello to Lebrón, first titles on the main circuit
To compare generations, Actu Padel uses each player’s first title on the main professional circuit of the time: a World Padel Tour Open or Master for the earlier benchmarks, or a Premier Padel event for the more recent ones. WPT Challengers and FIP Tour events are not included.
- Curro Cabeza: 17 years, 2 months and 25 days, Gijón P2 2025.
- Arturo Coello: 19 years, 11 months and 19 days, Miami Open 2022.
- Agustín Tapia: 20 years, 1 month and 15 days, Madrid Master 2019.
- Leo Augsburger: 21 years and 27 days, Madrid P1 2025.
- Franco Stupaczuk: 21 years, 3 months and 14 days, Mijas Open 2017.
- Ale Galán: 22 years, 1 month and 9 days, Valladolid Open 2018.
- Mike Yanguas: 22 years, 7 months and 8 days, NewGiza P2 2024.
- Fede Chingotto: 23 years, 7 months and 9 days, Las Rozas Open 2020.
- Jon Sanz: 23 years, 8 months and 22 days, Bordeaux P2 2024.
- Juan Lebrón: 24 years, 2 months and 28 days, Alicante Open 2019.
Chingotto’s entry needs one factual clarification. His first WPT Open title was awarded at Las Rozas in 2020 without the final being played because Pablo Lima withdrew through injury before the deciding match.
Coello was almost three years older than Cabeza
Coello, the second-youngest benchmark in this selection, was 19 years, 11 months and 19 days old when he won in Miami. Tapia had just turned 20. Augsburger and Stupaczuk were already 21, while the other players on the list were between 22 and 24.
The Gijón record measures one precise point: age at the time of a first title on the main circuit. It does not compare draw strength, the level of opponents faced or what each player went on to achieve. By that measure alone, Cabeza remains well clear of the names included in this selection.
