Spain sweeps World Cup titles as the tour turns to Dubai

Spain swept the FIP World Cup titles in Doha on Saturday, beating Argentina 2-1 in the men's final and 2-0 in the women's. Portugal took the men's bronze and Italy the women's as the national-team week gave way to the Dubai P1, which runs through November 15.

The change of competition immediately reunites players who stood on opposite sides of the net in Qatar. Arturo Coello and Agustin Tapia return to their tour partnership; Gemma Triay and Delfi Brea do the same after facing each other in the women's final.

Spain wins the deciding men's match

Juan Lebron and Aimar Goñi put Spain ahead by rallying past Martin Di Nenno and Leandro Augsburger 5-7, 7-5, 6-2. Tapia and Federico Chingotto answered with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Paquito Navarro and Jon Sanz, leaving the title to a third match.

Coello and Coki Nieto settled it, beating Gonzalo Alfonso and Tino Libaak 6-3, 6-2. Spain reclaimed the men's crown from Argentina, reversing the result of the 2024 final, as detailed in the FIP's men's final report.

A seventh straight women's title

Ariana Sanchez and Andrea Ustero opened with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Aranzazu Osoro and Martina Fassio. Paula Josemaria and Triay then beat Brea and Claudia Jensen 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 to clinch Spain's seventh consecutive women's world title.

The official final-day scorecards also confirm Portugal's 2-1 victory over Italy for men's bronze and Italy's 2-0 win over France for women's bronze. Spain and Argentina occupied the top two places in both competitions, but the third-place teams differed.

The United States finished outside the medal rounds. Its women placed 11th and men 13th, both closing with 2-0 placement wins.

Dubai restores the tour partnerships

The FIP's Dubai preview lists Coello and Tapia as the top men's seeds, with Chingotto and Alejandro Galan absent. Lebron and Augsburger are seeded second, Franco Stupaczuk and Sanz third, and Navarro and Di Nenno fourth.

Coello and Tapia have already secured year-end No. 1. Dubai still offers 1,000 points to the winners in the race toward Barcelona. In the women's draw, Brea and Triay lead the seedings ahead of Josemaria and Bea Gonzalez; the top four pairs begin in the round of 16.