The International Federation of Padel (FIP) is introducing significant changes to its tournaments in 2025, affecting both categories and prize money. Here is a comparison of the main changes between 2024 and 2025.

Tournament Categories

In 2024, FIP tournaments were classified into five main categories:

  • FIP Platinum
  • FIP Gold
  • IFJ Star
  • FIP Rise
  • Fip Promotion
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In 2025, the categories will change structure and will be as follows:

  • FIP Platinum
  • FIP Gold
  • FIP Silver (new category)
  • FIP Bronze (new category)

The FIP Star thus becomes a FIP Silver. And the FIP Bronze is the former FIP Rise, certainly the best-known category of the FIP Tour. The FIP Promotion disappears completely.

Prize Money in 2024

The minimum prize money amounts for each category were as follows:

  • FIP Platinum : 120 000 € or €60 (men) and €000 (women)
  • FIP Gold : 50 000€ or €25 (men) and €000 (women)
  • IFJ Star : 25 000€ or €12 (men) and €500 (women)
  • FIP Rise : 15 000€ or €6 (men) and €250 (women)
  • Fip Promotion : 5000€ or €2 (men) and €500 (women)

Prize Money in 2025

Prize money is decreasing for some categories. Here are the new ranges announced:

  • FIP Platinum : Between 120 000 € et 150 000 € in total.
  • FIP Gold : Between 50 000 € et 80 000 € in total.
  • FIP Silver : Between 15 000 € et 30 000 € in total.
  • FIP Bronze : Between 7 000 € et 10 000 € in total.
Category20242025
FIP Platinum120 000 €Between € 120 and € 000
FIP Gold50 000 €Between € 50 and € 000
IFJ Star25 000 €Category deleted
FIP SilverNew categoryBetween € 15 and € 000
FIP Rise15 000 €Merged into FIP Bronze
FIP BronzeNew categoryBetween € 7 and € 000
Fip Promotion5 000 €Merged into FIP Bronze

Key points :

  • The IFJ Star, FIP Rise, and Fip Promotion disappear in favor of new categories FIP Silver et FIP Bronze.
  • Prize Money increases overall in 2025 for Platinum and Gold categories.
  • On the other hand, for the Bronze and Silver tournaments, the Prize Money is decreasing even if for the FIP Silver, some organizers will be able to offer up to €30 compared to €000 in 25.
  • For the Prize Money of a FIP Rise (€15) today, we can obtain a FIP Silver at €000.
  • The distribution of categories becomes more simplified and harmonized.

We will communicate later on the detailed changes, in particular concerning the number of points awarded for each tournament category.

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 !

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