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Team USA Wins Anglo American Padel Cup

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October 18, 2025

South Florida Insider

Team USA takes home inaugural Anglo American Padel Cup against rival Great Britain in tightly-fought thriller in London.

October 13th, 2025

Anglo American Padel Cup secures its position as Britain’s and America’s most significant international padel competition to-date, with 64 elite padel athletes vying for the Cup, adding the next chapter to the famous sporting rivalry between Great Britain and the USA.

The first-ever Anglo American Padel Cup drew to a dramatic close at Padel Hub North London on Saturday evening with the United States securing the victory over its old sporting nemesis Great Britain winning 53 to 43 points.

In what was a fitting and tense finale to the most significant padel competition ever held in the UK, Team USA earned this historic victory in the 47th of 48 matches played, earning the US team a crucial 3 points to cement the team victory.

With USA holding a 25 – 15 lead after the opening day, it was the British team that came out of the blocks fastest on day two, the final day of the competition. Inspired by early victories from Team GB Open Mixed pairings Laura Jackson & George Weller, and Alice Keddie & Rafa Vega, Team GB steadily ate into the deficit, winning match after match, and then pulled ahead to lead by 37 points to 35 by the afternoon.

With 2 matches to be completed – after 46 hard fought matches played – the Cup was still up for grabs. GB needed to win both matches, but fell short when the Men’s 60+ US number one pair of Ron Bobman and Tom Bartzen secured a victory over Team GB’s Sandy Case and Minter Dial to clinch the victory for Team USA. Even though the Cup had been won, players and spectators remained riveted by the final match on court – an intense and beautifully played battle between the Women’s Open number two pairs. Ultimately Dhany Quevedo and Antonella Santeusanio prevailed over Team GB’s Alice Keddie and Victoria Nicholas in a 7-6, 7-6 thriller that featured superb shotmaking by both sides and had the crowd roaring with cheers and applause for both teams. It was a truly spectacular ending to the first Anglo American Padel Cup.

Anglo American Cup Founders, Bill Ullman, Ben Nichols and Joelle Quinn said: “Our congratulations to Team USA for winning the first ever Anglo American Padel Cup. This event turned out to be many things – an extraordinarily exciting competition, a contest that added a new chapter to the historic sporting rivalry between the US and GB and a showcase for the amazing padel talent developing in both countries. Most of all, it was a celebration of the game of padel itself and people who play and love the sport.

“We would like to express a huge thanks to our title partners Playtomic and Babolat, whose support enabled us to turn our vision for this unique sporting contest into reality. Most of all, we thank the American and British players who will forever be remembered as the pioneers that committed to the first ever Anglo American Cup and made major efforts to be part of history. We cannot wait until next year’s version in the USA!”

Team USA Women’s Co Captains Ana Magrini and Lisa Teer said: “We are so proud and honored to have competed as the US Women’s Co-Captains against Great Britain. The Anglo American Padel Cup has set a new standard for how elite international padel competitions should be run. We leave Great Britain with a trophy, and more importantly our whole team leaves with new transatlantic friendships with people as passionate about padel as we are.”

Team GB Men’s Open Captain, Cameron Dollimore said: “It’s been a massive honour to lead my country in this reincarnation of the historic Britain – American sporting rivalry. The team got so close to a home victory, and the fact that it came down to the penultimate match speaks volumes about what the future holds for the sport in both countries and this unparalleled padel competition. You see the ‘team’ ethos play out in other transatlantic competitions, and this weekend I got to witness that for myself for the British demonstrating such incredible team spirit and talent in the sport I love. The Americans came with all the competitiveness we expected, and I know the closeness of the result means Team GB already has the fire in its belly to claim back the Cup next year. The battle has commenced – bring it on in the USA in 2026!”

About Anglo American Padel Cup

The Anglo American Padel Cup debuted in London on 10–11 October 2025. Next year, the United States will play host nation. This is the first-ever annual Great Britain versus United States padel competition, adding a new chapter to this famous sporting rivalry.

The inaugural Cup showcased some of the finest talent from both nations, featuring four players in each category – Open and Age Group Divisions, for men and women. The Anglo American Padel Cup was co-founded by Bill Ullman, Ben Nichols, and Joelle Quinn, whose collective experiences in both countries have fueled their passions for padel and celebrating the cultural ties between the UK and USA.

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https://angloamericanpadelcup.com

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