We looked at the gains won by players from padel on the professional tournaments of World Padel Tour (WPT). We only investigated the men since the women have a professional circuit unfortunately less active than that of the men with notably fewer stages, which is also the subject of tensions between the professional players and the World Padel Tour.

But let's refocus on the original topic: Can we get rich at padel ? NO, especially when we compare the huge difference in prize money between tennis and padel.

A number that is doing well but ...

The world number one wins in 1 year what a top 120/130 tennis player earns. To give another idea of ​​the difference in prize money between tennis and padel, a world top 100 in tennis earns on average a little less than € 200.000 gross / year, a top 150 around € 75.000 / year and a top 200, around € 20.000 / year.

This means that a world top 150 in tennis equals a gain to a top 5/4 in the padel .

In passing, remember that we must deduct prize money, taxes, transport, hotels, coach, physio ...

Below is the prize money of the players during the 2015 / 2016 season:

  1. Fernando Belasteguín: € 106.665,50
  2. Pablo Lima: € 92.261,50
  3. Sanyo Gutiérrez: 80.586,50
  4. Juani Mieres: 80.390 €
  5. Paquito Navarro: € 60.057
  6. Matías Diaz: 60.057 €
  7. Maxi Sánchez: 58.813 €
  8. Juan Martín Diaz: 58.616,50 €
  9. Miguel Lamperti: 34.320 €
  10. Adrián Allemandi: 34.320 €
  11. Willy Lahoz: 32.687 €
  12. Ramiro Moyano: 31.032,50 €
  13. Maxi Grabiel: 27.582,50 €
  14. Agustín Gómez Silingo: 27.472,50 €
  15. Cristian Gutiérrez: 26.455 €
  16. Aday Santana: 22.109 €
  17. Jordi Muñoz: 17.390,50 €
  18. Federico Quiles: 16.252,50 €
  19. Sebastian Nerone: 16.230 €
  20. Gabriel Reca: 16.230 €
  21. Godo Díaz: 14.809 €

Well, by sympathy, we will give you another figure: 9 10 million euros of prize money for the 1 world number as in 2012 for the Djoker (9.7 precisely). But it is quite variable in the top 3 to a few million.

Increased income compared to the time of Padel Per tour

Le Padel Pro Tour is the former professional circuit of padel which has been supplanted for another professional circuit for 3/4 years, the World Padel Tour.

In 2010, the best players in the world had therefore won on the Padel Pro Tour:

  1. Fernando Belasteguín: 44.975 euros
  2. Juan Martín Díaz: 44.975 euros
  3. Sebastián Nerone: 34.491 euros
  4. Cristian Gutiérrez: 34.491 euros
  5. Pablo Lima: 29.323 euros
  6. Juani Mieres: 29.323 euros
  7. Matias Díaz: 27.427 euros
  8. Miguel Lamperti: 27.427 euros
  9. Hernán Auguste: 25.885 euros
  10.  Gabriel Reca: 25.885 euros

It will be noted that the revenues of the world top 10 between 2010 and 2015/2016 have almost doubled. Obviously, this is rather a good thing, but when you go down a little in the hierarchy of padel worldwide, we observe that the increase in prize money is far from having followed.

We understand better why so many Spanish tennis players so talented in padel focus their career on tennis ...

Franck Binisti - Padel Magazine

source: World Padel Tour / Point / Padel Per tour
Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.

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