Bea González: How Much Does Women's Padel's Rising Star Earn?

Beatriz González Fernández was born on November 23, 2001, in Spain. At 24, she is the youngest player in the current women's top 10 — and arguably the one whose long-term ceiling is the highest. Professional padel often rewards players in their late twenties and early thirties, when experience and physical peak overlap. González has arrived at the elite level a full decade before that window.

Her trajectory since turning professional has been near-vertical. She entered the 2023 season with competitive results but modest prize money — €78,000 across her first full circuit campaign. By 2024, that figure jumped to €177,000 as she established herself as a genuine top-five force. In 2025 she recorded €254,000 in a single season, the largest single-year haul of her career to date. Few players in the sport's history have grown their season earnings so dramatically across three consecutive years.

The 2026 season is still young — €38,000 banked by the end of March — but it already includes a P1 title at Miami alongside Paula Josemaría. If that partnership holds form, another record-breaking season looks very possible. For context, €38K in Q1 of the season puts her on a pace to surpass 2025. When she does eventually reach her physical prime, the earnings numbers will be something to behold.

González's longest and most productive partnership to date was with Claudia Fernández. Together they accumulated €301,000 in shared earnings and reached multiple Major finals, establishing González as a consistent podium-level player rather than an occasional disruptor. Fernández's steady right-side game gave González the freedom to dictate from the left, and the combination of reliability and aggression proved very difficult for opponents to handle.

The period with Delfina Brea added another dimension: Brea is one of the most technically gifted players on the women's circuit, and playing alongside her forced González to refine the placement and variety of her left-side game. The €222,000 earned together reflects consistently deep runs rather than just occasional highlights.

The new chapter with Paula Josemaría is the most intriguing yet. Josemaría brings a different energy — aggressive, unpredictable, with a forehand that is among the hardest on the tour. The pairing won Miami P1 2026 at the first time of asking, which is an exceptional debut result for any new combination. If the chemistry sustains, González may be about to enter the most fruitful earnings period of her career.

Something shifted for Beatriz González in 2025. The €177,000 2024 season had already confirmed her top-five status, but 2025 was the year she stopped being treated as an emerging player and became a fully established elite threat. The jump to €254,000 — a 44% increase over the previous season — was not built on a single big result. It was the product of greater consistency across the whole circuit calendar.

Players who hit a breakthrough season like that rarely do so by accident. What drove González's leap was a combination of physical maturity and tactical evolution. At 23 she had the body and the experience to compete at full intensity across back-to-back tournament weeks — something younger players often struggle with. She also became significantly more dangerous in the aggressive-to-reset transition: rather than simply defending when pushed back, she began converting defensive positions into counterattacking opportunities with greater regularity.

For perspective: €254,000 in a single season places González among the top earners in women's padel in any given year since the Premier Padel era began. Only the very top partnerships — those regularly winning or reaching finals of P1s and Majors — consistently post numbers in that range. González did it as a player who had recently changed partners, which makes the achievement even more remarkable.

Beatriz González plays the left side of the court — and at 174 cm she is tall for women's padel, where the average height among elite players sits around 166–168 cm. Those extra centimetres matter enormously on the left side: taller players can generate greater leverage on their drive volley and flat smash, creating angles and pace that shorter opponents physically cannot produce from the same court position.

What distinguishes González from other tall left-side players is her footwork. Height without movement often leads to defensiveness — players who rely on reach rather than anticipation. González moves well for her size, reaching wide balls that most players her height would abandon, and transitioning quickly between the attack and reset phases of a rally. Her right-hand grip also gives her the kind of topspin forehand from the left side that can generate both winners and errors from opponents in equal measure.

The tactical consequence of playing left side at her height is that González effectively controls more court than most opponents can comfortably challenge. When she is on form and positioned well, there are simply areas of the court that become unreachable for rivals — a physical asymmetry that has contributed directly to her 16 career titles and her consistent presence in the latter stages of the biggest events on the calendar.

As she continues to mature physically and tactically, that court dominance will only increase. Players who combine exceptional athleticism with a strong physical frame in padel tend to peak between 26 and 30. González at 24 is still two full years away from that window — which makes her current earnings trajectory all the more impressive, and her future earning potential genuinely extraordinary.