PPL New York 2026: Results & Tournament Recap

Championship analysis

DC Matrix’s men won the first title of the season by the smallest deciding margin permitted at a 10-point finish. Alejandro “Alex” Arroyo and Iñigo Jofre Manzanares defeated Mario Huete Hernández and Alejandro “Alex” Ruiz 6–4, 4–6, [10–8]. The full score matters: Toronto won the middle set and arrived at the deciding match tiebreak with the match level. This was a competitive final whose winner had to finish a separate points contest, rather than a straight-set victory extended by an ordinary third set. Official source ↗

The opening 6–4 gave DC the first set. Toronto’s 6–4 response restored parity, leaving both pairs with ten games across the two regular sets. That arithmetic is useful context for the finish. A combined regular-game total did not decide the trophy; the match format demanded a winner in the deciding phase. The [10–8] score records 18 points in that phase and a two-point separation at the end. It supports describing the result as close without inventing a lead change, a saved match point or a specific winning shot. Official source ↗

The group-stage snapshot helps explain the contrast between the finalists before they met. DC completed two group wins without losing a set. The official table gives the Matrix 77% of group games and 63% of group points, alongside group seed one. Toronto also won both group matches, but its displayed shares were 67% of sets, 51% of games and 50% of points, with group seed three. These rounded group figures exclude the championship. They describe DC’s stronger margins in the qualifying program, then make the final’s even regular-game count particularly striking. Toronto’s second-set win brought the title contest level despite those earlier differences. The table also marks Houston as disqualified; the table does not explain the ruling behind that designation. DC received 25 event points and Toronto 19 in this snapshot, including their podium finishes. Official source ↗

For DC, the final converted a place in the championship fixture into a first-place finish. Toronto’s runner-up position belongs to the actual final pair on the scoreboard. The distinction matters because league match pages also show player carousels, and a carousel can include teammates beyond the two participants. The result here is attributed to Arroyo and Jofre for DC, and Huete and Ruiz for Toronto. It does not assign a final appearance to a player merely because that player is visible elsewhere on the page. Official source ↗

Analysis: the championship illustrates how little separation is required once the regular sets are split. DC and Toronto each won a 6–4 set, but the compressed decider created a new scoring race. That makes the final eight-point losing total relevant; Toronto remained within two points of DC’s finishing total. It does not establish whether service, return position or overhead selection supplied the advantage. Those tactical questions need reliable statistics or checked footage and are left outside this account. Official source ↗

The season opener therefore supplied an outcome and a benchmark rather than a forecast. DC won this event, Toronto finished second, and their exact pairs and score can be recovered from the official championship sheet. The source page’s zero-valued performance widgets are not treated as measurements of serves or return points. The match record is sufficient for the set progression and trophy result, while a detailed point sequence would require additional corroboration. Readers can move from this scoreboard to the group results below to see how both clubs reached the final without recasting the regular-season format as a knockout bracket. Official source ↗

Championship analysis

San Diego’s women had to recover from the most lopsided opening set in either main championship match. Verónica Virseda and Claudia Jensen lost that set 1–6 to Noa Cánovas and Carolina Orsi of Florida, then won the second 6–3 and the deciding match tiebreak [10–7]. The trophy went to the pair that won the last two scoring phases. Florida’s strong start remained part of the result, but it did not translate into a completed straight-set win. Official source ↗

The first-set numbers are unambiguous: Florida won six games while San Diego won one. The second set altered the match’s direction, with Jensen and Virseda taking six games to Florida’s three. Across the regular sets, Florida still led nine games to seven. That aggregate did not override the one-set-all score. The match tiebreak existed to settle that tie, and San Diego’s ten points against seven delivered the championship. The record demonstrates a comeback in sets; it does not establish where an individual service break occurred. Official source ↗

Before the final, San Diego’s group record had looked substantially more comfortable than the championship’s opening set. The Stingrays won both group matches and every group set, with 76% of games and 62% of points in the published, rounded statistics. Florida also went 2–0 but won 80% of group sets, 59% of games and 55% of points. The table identifies San Diego as group seed one and Florida as seed two. Those statistics exclude the final, where Florida promptly took the opening set 6–1. The championship consequently tested San Diego in a way its clean group-set record had not. Jensen and Virseda answered that first lost set with the recovery that won the trophy. San Diego’s displayed event allocation was 25 points and Florida’s 19, with podium results included in points but excluded from the group performance percentages. Official source ↗

Analysis: San Diego’s result is a reminder to distinguish a game margin from a match outcome. A 1–6 set can create a substantial deficit in accumulated games, yet a pair can still recover by winning the next set and the decider. Jensen and Virseda did precisely that here. Calling their first title a recovery is grounded in the sequence of completed sets. Describing a tactical adjustment, a conversation between partners or a change in shot selection would go beyond the evidence used in this archive. Official source ↗

The final also identifies Florida’s participating pair. Cánovas and Orsi appear in the championship scoreboard, which is stronger appearance evidence than a season roster. The source page shows other Florida players in its wider profile presentation, but those names are not inserted into the final. This archive follows the match sheet for the two competitors on each side. For San Diego, the result belongs to Virseda and Jensen and establishes their New York championship before their later return together in Playa del Carmen. Official source ↗

The ending was decisive without being an eight-point rout: the [10–7] margin separated this women’s final from the [10–8] men’s final. Both still required a points decider after split sets. Nothing in those totals alone identifies match points saved or the last rally’s construction. The championship account therefore stays with the verified progression. Florida took the opening set, San Diego answered, and the Stingrays finished first. The individual fixture list and the separate third-place result complete the division picture, while PPL II remains an independent competition with its own winning teams. Official source ↗

New York’s opening night split the host franchise’s fortunes. The Atlantics beat San Diego in the men’s division but lost the women’s meeting. DC swept Las Vegas, giving the Matrix an early win in each division. All four main matches finished in straight sets. The closest opening-set score was DC’s 7–5 against Las Vegas in the women’s contest; DC then closed the second 6–1. A first victory mattered in a short group program, but the title-match field still depended on the remaining group results. Official source ↗

The scorelines put two very different host-city stories alongside each other. New York’s men conceded only two regular games to San Diego, while its women took only two games from the Stingrays. DC’s men also completed a comfortable numerical margin, winning twelve games against three. These are the recorded game totals, rather than assessments of individual shots. With two group matches per division in the official event table, an opening result represented half of each club’s qualifying program. The second appearance would therefore matter to every team introduced on Thursday. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, New York Atlantics’s Ignacio Vilarino and Javier Martinez defeated Maximiliano Sanchez and Jose David Sanchez Serrano of San Diego Stingrays, 6–2, 6–0. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, DC Matrix’s Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo and Valentino Libaak defeated Agustin Torre and Guillermo Jimenez Cagigas of Las Vegas Smash, 6–0, 6–3. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, San Diego Stingrays’s Veronica Virseda and Claudia Jensen defeated Marta Talavan and Sofia Saiz Vallejo of New York Atlantics, 6–1, 6–1. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, DC Matrix’s Sofia Araujo and Marina Guinart Espana defeated Jimena Velasco and Raquel Eugenio Barrera of Las Vegas Smash, 7–5, 6–1. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

Friday widened the field. Toronto, Los Angeles, Mexico, Florida, Miami and Houston entered the main PPL match record, with men’s and women’s results counted separately. The two divisions could send the same franchise in different directions, so one club’s women winning did not mean its men had won their meeting. The chronological report follows those individual matches. This was group competition, with podium places still to be settled by the completed group results. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Florida Goats’s Luis Hernandez Quesada and Alvaro Cepero Rodriguez defeated Jose Antonio Garcia Diestro and Alvaro Melendez Amaya of Miami Padel Club, 6–3, 6–4. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Toronto Polar Bears’s Mario Huete Hernandez and Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz defeated Franco Dal Bianco and Maximiliano Arce of Mexico Waves, 7–6, 6–7, [10–8 match tiebreak]. The losing side answered the opening-set defeat to force a deciding contest. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Florida Goats’s Noa Canovas and Carolina Orsi defeated Lucia Martinez Gomez and Anna Ortiz Gasco of Miami Padel Club, 6–1, 7–5. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Toronto Polar Bears’s Nuria Rodriguez and Marta Caparros Maldonado defeated Lucia Peralta and Lorena Rufo Ortiz of Mexico Waves, 6–3, 6–2. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Houston Volts’s Guillermo Collado Losada and Pol Hernandez defeated Antonio Fernandez Cano and Leonel "Tolito" Aguirre of Los Angeles Beat, 2–6, 6–2, [10–3 match tiebreak]. The eventual winners recovered from losing the opening set. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, DC Matrix’s Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo and Inigo Jofre Manzanares defeated Jose David Sanchez Serrano and Maximiliano Sanchez of San Diego Stingrays, 6–2, 6–2. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Los Angeles Beat’s Victoria Iglesias Segador and Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich defeated Maria Eulalia Rodriguez and Marta Barrera De La Fuente of Houston Volts, 5–7, 6–2, [10–4 match tiebreak]. The eventual winners recovered from losing the opening set. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, San Diego Stingrays’s Veronica Virseda and Claudia Jensen defeated Sofia Araujo and Marina Guinart Espana of DC Matrix, 6–1, 7–5. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

Saturday completed the main group program and turned individual results into podium assignments. The eventual title matches paired DC with Toronto in the men’s division and San Diego with Florida in the women’s. New York and Mexico went into the men’s third-place match; Toronto and Los Angeles entered the women’s third-place match. Those are the podium opponents shown by the official fixture records. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Houston Volts’s Ramiro Valenzuela and Pol Hernandez defeated Agustin Torre and Guillermo Jimenez Cagigas of Las Vegas Smash, 6–1, 6–4. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Mexico Waves’s Franco Dal Bianco and Maximiliano Arce defeated Alvaro Melendez Amaya and Jose Antonio Garcia Diestro of Miami Padel Club, 6–3, 6–3. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Las Vegas Smash’s Raquel Eugenio Barrera and Jimena Velasco defeated Maria Eulalia Rodriguez and Marta Barrera De La Fuente of Houston Volts, 6–2, 6–4. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Miami Padel Club’s Anna Ortiz Gasco and Lucia Martinez Gomez defeated Lucia Peralta and Lorena Rufo Ortiz of Mexico Waves, 6–4, 6–3. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Toronto Polar Bears’s Mario Huete Hernandez and Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz defeated Ignacio Vilarino and Javier Martinez of New York Atlantics, 7–5, 3–6, [21–19 match tiebreak]. The losing side answered the opening-set defeat to force a deciding contest. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the men’s group stage, Los Angeles Beat’s Antonio Fernandez Cano and Leonel "Tolito" Aguirre defeated Luis Hernandez Quesada and Alvaro Cepero Rodriguez of Florida Goats, 7–6, 6–2. A regular-set tiebreak featured in the straight-set result; its individual point score is not specified here. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, New York Atlantics’s Marta Talavan and Sofia Saiz Vallejo defeated Nuria Rodriguez and Noemi Aguilar of Toronto Polar Bears, 6–3, 4–6, [10–6 match tiebreak]. The losing side answered the opening-set defeat to force a deciding contest. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the women’s group stage, Florida Goats’s Noa Canovas and Carolina Orsi defeated Victoria Iglesias Segador and Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich of Los Angeles Beat, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5 match tiebreak]. The eventual winners recovered from losing the opening set. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

The opener ended with two split-set championship contests and two straight-set third-place outcomes. DC had to answer Toronto’s second-set response, while San Diego had to reverse a difficult opening set against Florida. New York’s men gave the home franchise a podium finish and Los Angeles’ women completed a clear third-place victory. Official scheduled-date fields for the bronze matches disagree with the event calendar; the scoreboards and actual-start data identify the results, while the date discrepancy is disclosed in this archive. Official source ↗

The third-place matches supplied their own contrast. New York’s men had to take a regular-set tiebreak in the opener before completing the second set 6–4 against Mexico. Los Angeles’ women needed twelve regular games to Toronto’s four across their bronze victory. Neither contest required the points decider that settled both championships. The losing bronze clubs, Mexico’s men and Toronto’s women, finished fourth in their divisions. The standings snapshot preserves those finish positions separately from the earlier group seeds and win-loss records. Official source ↗

In the men’s championship, DC Matrix’s Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo and Inigo Jofre Manzanares defeated Mario Huete Hernandez and Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz of Toronto Polar Bears, 6–4, 4–6, [10–8 match tiebreak]. The losing side answered the opening-set defeat to force a deciding contest. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the men’s 3rd place, New York Atlantics’s Ignacio Vilarino and Javier Martinez defeated Franco Dal Bianco and Maximiliano Arce of Mexico Waves, 7–6, 6–4. A regular-set tiebreak featured in the straight-set result; its individual point score is not specified here. Official source ↗

In the women’s championship, San Diego Stingrays’s Veronica Virseda and Claudia Jensen defeated Noa Canovas and Carolina Orsi of Florida Goats, 1–6, 6–3, [10–7 match tiebreak]. The eventual winners recovered from losing the opening set. The bracketed finish is a match tiebreak, separate from the two regular sets. Official source ↗

In the women’s 3rd place, Los Angeles Beat’s Victoria Iglesias Segador and Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich defeated Nuria Rodriguez and Marta Caparros Maldonado of Toronto Polar Bears, 6–3, 6–1. The winning pair completed the result in two regular sets, without a deciding match tiebreak. Official source ↗

DC Matrix · 1

1. 2026-07-09 · Group Stage · DC Matrix vs Las Vegas Smash · 6–0, 6–3
   Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo / Valentino Libaak / Agustin Torre / Guillermo Jimenez Cagigas
2. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · DC Matrix vs San Diego Stingrays · 6–2, 6–2
   Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo / Inigo Jofre Manzanares / Jose David Sanchez Serrano / Maximiliano Sanchez
3. 2026-07-12 · Championship · DC Matrix vs Toronto Polar Bears · 6–4, 4–6, [10–8 match tiebreak]
   Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo / Inigo Jofre Manzanares / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz

Toronto Polar Bears · 2

1. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · Mexico Waves vs Toronto Polar Bears · 6–7, 7–6, [8–10 match tiebreak]
   Franco Dal Bianco / Maximiliano Arce / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · New York Atlantics vs Toronto Polar Bears · 5–7, 6–3, [19–21 match tiebreak]
   Ignacio Vilarino / Javier Martinez / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz
3. 2026-07-12 · Championship · DC Matrix vs Toronto Polar Bears · 6–4, 4–6, [10–8 match tiebreak]
   Alejandro "Alex" Arroyo / Inigo Jofre Manzanares / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz

New York Atlantics · 3

1. 2026-07-09 · Group Stage · New York Atlantics vs San Diego Stingrays · 6–2, 6–0
   Ignacio Vilarino / Javier Martinez / Maximiliano Sanchez / Jose David Sanchez Serrano
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · New York Atlantics vs Toronto Polar Bears · 5–7, 6–3, [19–21 match tiebreak]
   Ignacio Vilarino / Javier Martinez / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz
3. Date not specified · 3rd Place · New York Atlantics vs Mexico Waves · 7–6, 6–4
   Ignacio Vilarino / Javier Martinez / Franco Dal Bianco / Maximiliano Arce

Mexico Waves · 4

1. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · Mexico Waves vs Toronto Polar Bears · 6–7, 7–6, [8–10 match tiebreak]
   Franco Dal Bianco / Maximiliano Arce / Mario Huete Hernandez / Alejandro "Alex" Ruiz
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · Miami Padel Club vs Mexico Waves · 3–6, 3–6
   Alvaro Melendez Amaya / Jose Antonio Garcia Diestro / Franco Dal Bianco / Maximiliano Arce
3. Date not specified · 3rd Place · New York Atlantics vs Mexico Waves · 7–6, 6–4
   Ignacio Vilarino / Javier Martinez / Franco Dal Bianco / Maximiliano Arce

San Diego Stingrays · 1

1. 2026-07-09 · Group Stage · New York Atlantics vs San Diego Stingrays · 1–6, 1–6
   Marta Talavan / Sofia Saiz Vallejo / Veronica Virseda / Claudia Jensen
2. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · DC Matrix vs San Diego Stingrays · 1–6, 5–7
   Sofia Araujo / Marina Guinart Espana / Veronica Virseda / Claudia Jensen
3. 2026-07-12 · Championship · San Diego Stingrays vs Florida Goats · 1–6, 6–3, [10–7 match tiebreak]
   Veronica Virseda / Claudia Jensen / Noa Canovas / Carolina Orsi

Florida Goats · 2

1. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · Florida Goats vs Miami Padel Club · 6–1, 7–5
   Noa Canovas / Carolina Orsi / Lucia Martinez Gomez / Anna Ortiz Gasco
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · Florida Goats vs Los Angeles Beat · 2–6, 6–3, [10–5 match tiebreak]
   Noa Canovas / Carolina Orsi / Victoria Iglesias Segador / Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich
3. 2026-07-12 · Championship · San Diego Stingrays vs Florida Goats · 1–6, 6–3, [10–7 match tiebreak]
   Veronica Virseda / Claudia Jensen / Noa Canovas / Carolina Orsi

Los Angeles Beat · 3

1. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · Houston Volts vs Los Angeles Beat · 7–5, 2–6, [4–10 match tiebreak]
   Maria Eulalia Rodriguez / Marta Barrera De La Fuente / Victoria Iglesias Segador / Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · Florida Goats vs Los Angeles Beat · 2–6, 6–3, [10–5 match tiebreak]
   Noa Canovas / Carolina Orsi / Victoria Iglesias Segador / Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich
3. Date not specified · 3rd Place · Toronto Polar Bears vs Los Angeles Beat · 3–6, 1–6
   Nuria Rodriguez / Marta Caparros Maldonado / Victoria Iglesias Segador / Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich

Toronto Polar Bears · 4

1. 2026-07-10 · Group Stage · Mexico Waves vs Toronto Polar Bears · 3–6, 2–6
   Lucia Peralta / Lorena Rufo Ortiz / Nuria Rodriguez / Marta Caparros Maldonado
2. 2026-07-11 · Group Stage · New York Atlantics vs Toronto Polar Bears · 6–3, 4–6, [10–6 match tiebreak]
   Marta Talavan / Sofia Saiz Vallejo / Nuria Rodriguez / Noemi Aguilar
3. Date not specified · 3rd Place · Toronto Polar Bears vs Los Angeles Beat · 3–6, 1–6
   Nuria Rodriguez / Marta Caparros Maldonado / Victoria Iglesias Segador / Aranzazu Osoro Ulrich