Methodology

Prize money is recorded on a per-tournament, per-player basis. The primary data pipeline works as follows:

1. Premier Padel API sync — a GitHub Actions workflow runs daily at 03:30 UTC and calls the Premier Padel (Padel API) to download tournament results. Each result record includes the player, the round reached, and the prize amount as reported by the circuit.
2. Automatic per-round calculation — earnings are calculated by mapping each player's result to the official prize structure for that tournament. Prize structures are stored per-tournament in our database and verified before the event starts (see Prize Verification below).
3. Manual overrides — when an API figure is incorrect (e.g. wrong amount due to a provisional vs. final payout), a corrected value can be entered manually. These are flagged with is_manual_override = true in the database and are protected from being overwritten by future syncs.
4. FIP Tour events — for FIP-tier events (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze), earnings are parsed from the FIP draw API via a separate script. The same round-to-prize mapping logic applies.

Every tournament's prize structure — the amount paid per round, per player — is entered and verified before the event begins. Verification uses three sources:

• FIP official publications — padelfip.com publishes prize pool totals and, for major events, round-by-round breakdowns. This is treated as the authoritative source for the total prize pool figure.
• padelalto.com (Relevo data) — provides per-round prize breakdowns for Premier Padel events, typically published in the week before the tournament.
• padel-magazine.com — used as a secondary cross-check, especially for tournaments with non-standard prize distributions.

A player's career earnings figure shown on their profile page is the sum of all verified prize money records in our database for that player, across all tournaments and years we have data for.

Specifically, a record is included in career totals if:

• It was synced from an official API (is_synced = true), or
• It was manually entered and verified (is_manual_override = true).

Historical data coverage starts from the 2023 Premier Padel season. Earnings from the 2022 inaugural season and earlier circuits (World Padel Tour) are not currently included.

The following tournament categories are excluded from all public-facing totals and leaderboards, as they are developmental circuits rather than the senior professional tour:

• FIP Promises
• FIP Rise
• FIP Star
• FIP Finals

During active tournaments, earnings are updated on a rolling basis so the leaderboard reflects results as they happen:

The sync pipeline is designed to be self-healing: if a run partially fails (e.g., semi-final results written but the final not yet available), the next run detects the gap and fills it. Rankings and player profile totals are recomputed daily from these updated earnings records.

Despite automated syncs from official sources, errors occur. Common causes include:

• Provisional amounts in the API later revised to final payouts
• Tournaments with non-standard prize structures not covered by the default template
• FIP draw API returning partial brackets before all results are final

If you spot a wrong number, please email bas@luscii.com with the player name, tournament, and the correct figure plus a source link if possible. Confirmed corrections are applied the same day and flagged as manual overrides to prevent future syncs from reverting them.

Padel Earnings covers only verifiable tournament prize money. The following are intentionally out of scope:

• Sponsorship deals — racket, clothing, energy drink, and other commercial contracts are private and not publicly verifiable.
• Exhibition matches — show matches, padel festivals, and private events do not have published prize structures.
• Salary speculation — some circuits pay appearance fees or base salaries. We do not estimate or speculate on private salary arrangements.
• Social media and content earnings — YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok income from padel content is not tracked.
• Pre-2023 earnings — historical data from the World Padel Tour era is not currently included. Coverage begins with the 2023 Premier Padel season.