Professional padel distributes prize money across two main structures: Premier Padel (the elite tour) and the FIP circuit (the developmental tour). On the Premier Padel side, a single Major event puts up €500,000 in prize money per category, while P1 events offer €260,000 and P2 events €147,500. With roughly 20-25 Premier Padel events per season, plus dozens of FIP Platinum (€120-150K), Gold (€50-80K), Silver (€15-30K), and Bronze (€7-10K) events, the total padel prize money pot runs well into the tens of millions annually.
To put this in perspective, padel prize money today compares favourably with early-era professional tennis. When the ATP Tour launched in 1990, total prize money across all events was around $70 million — a figure that professional padel is rapidly approaching when accounting for all sanctioned events worldwide. The sport's growth trajectory is steeper too: Premier Padel prize pools have increased significantly each year since the tour's 2022 launch, and equal prize money between men's and women's draws was implemented from day one — something tennis took decades to achieve.
The rapid expansion of padel prize money reflects both growing broadcast revenues and the sport's global footprint. New events are being added in the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas, each bringing fresh prize money into the ecosystem. For players, this means more opportunities to earn a living from padel tournament prize money alone — a prospect that was virtually impossible just five years ago.
