Le  Bordeaux Premier Padel P2  delivered a rather unusual week, with slow conditions at the  Mériadeck ice rink Lots of structured play, and a few big surprises. In the men's competition,  Agustín Tapia / Arturo Coello  retained their title by dominating  Ale Galán / Fede Chingotto  in the final. In the women's category,  Tamara Icardo / Claudia Jensen  They caused a sensation by beating the world's number ones.  Gemma Triay / Delfi Brea  to win their first title together.

But beyond the sporting aspect, this  Bordeaux P2  It also represented a significant financial stake. The tournament distributed a total  264 534 euros  prize money between the players involved.

12,950 euros for the male winners, 11,000 euros for the female winners

In the men's draw, each winner of the  Bordeaux P2  pockets  12 950 euros .  Wall  et  Coello  They each leave with this sum, in addition to the  600 FIP points  awarded to the champions.

In the ladies,  icardo  et  Jensen  affect each  11 000 euros  for their title. A nice bonus for a week in which they took down the 4th seed, the 2nd seed, and then the world number 1s in the final.

The finalists do not leave empty-handed:  7 600 euros  per player in men, and  6 050 euros  per female player.

Details of the prize money for Bordeaux P2

At men's :

 Winners  12,950 euros per player
 finalists  : 7 euros
 Semifinalists  : 4 euros
 Quarter finalists  : 2 euros
 Eighth of finalists  : 2 euros
 Round of 32  : 1 euros
 First round  : 955 euros

In the ladies:

 Winners  : 11,000 euros per player
 finalists  : 6 euros
 Semifinalists  : 3 euros
 Quarter finalists  : 2 euros
 Eighth of finalists  : 1 euros
 Round of 32  : 963 euros
 First round  : 509 euros

600 FIP points for the champions

In addition to prize money, players also score important points for the  FIP ranking A title in  P2  reports  600 points , against  360 points  for the finalists.

The scale is then degressive:  180 points  for a semi-final,  90 points  for a quarter,  45 points  for an eighth,  22 points  for a sixteenth, and  5 points  for an entry in the main table.

In terms of qualifications, reaching the final qualifying spot pays out  15 points , while a presence in  Q2  women  7 points .

Benjamin Dupouy

I discovered padel directly during a tournament, and frankly, I didn't really like it at first. But the second time, it was love at first sight, and since then, I haven't missed a single match. I'm even ready to stay up until 3am to watch a final of Premier Padel !