Our colleagues from Premium Padel had fun comparing the earnings of the world number 1 tennis player, Jannik Sinner, with those of the world's first padel pair, Arturo Coello et Agustín Tapia. You will see that the main difference between these two disciplines is clearly at the level of financial rewards.

In 2024, according to figures reported by Premium Padel, Coello and Tapia argued 16 tournaments, for a total of 660 000 € of gains, or €330 per player. In comparison, this amount does not even match what Sinner earns in a single month.

With 18 tennis tournaments To his credit this year, Sinner has already won an impressive total of 12 million. And his season is not over yet!

A huge income gap

To summarize, Jannik Sinner managed to win more individually in two weeks than a padel player like Tapia or Coello on almost a whole year of competitions.

No, padel is not yet at the same level as tennis in terms of prize money, although its popularity is growing rapidly. Tennis players like Novak Djokovic are already warning about the rise of padel, which suggests a more promising future for this sport in terms of financial gains.

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An expected development

While padel continues to attract sponsors and increase its global audience, the gaps in prize money could gradually reduce. But for now, tennis remains the king of sports in terms of financial gains.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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