The FIP world padel tour is reportedly set for big changes in 2025, with its current five-tier system (Platinum, Gold, Star, Rise and Promotion) re-structured into four renamed categories.
According to France’s Padel Magazine, the top levels of the FIP tour, Platinum and Gold, will remain unchanged, but the third tier, previously known as Star, will be renamed Silver. The biggest change comes in the Rise and Promotion categories (the current bottom two levels of the tour) which will merge to form Bronze.
There are also set to be changes to the prize money in some categories – but not necessarily a rise. Instead of a set minimum prize money per tier, each of the new four tiers will be set a prize money bracket.
The current minimum prize money per tournament (for both males and females) across the five tiers is:
FIP Platinum: €120,000
FIP Gold: €50,000
FIP Star: €25,000
FIP Rise: €15,000
FIP Promotion: €5,000
Prize money in 2025 will be is as follows (per draw):
FIP Platinum: €120,000 – €150,000
FIP Gold: €50,000 – €80,000
FIP Silver: €15,000 – €30,000
FIP Bronze: €7,000 – €10,000
So, the new Bronze level, which is a combination of the previous Rise and Promotion tiers, will reportedly have a minimum of €7,000 and a ceiling of €10,000 on the total prize pot per tournament. Previously, there was theoretically no ceiling, only a minimum prize pot of €15,000 for Rise and €5,000 for Promotion.
This readjustment seems to be good news for players who up until now have mainly focused on the FIP Promotion tournaments, but not necessarily for players in FIP Rise events, which currently have a minimum prize purse of €15,000 but which will now be capped at €10,000.
That could make tournaments at the Bronze level less attractive to some players who were at the top of the previous Rise category. It could also produce inequalities if two Bronze level tournaments are staged simultaneously and offer equal points but unequal prize money.
Several British players have accumulated most of their current points totals by competing at FIP Rise level. GB women’s No.1 Aimee Gibson, for example, has won 119 of her 189 points in 2024 at FIP Rise events. GB men’s No.1 Christian Medina Murphy varies the tournaments he plays much more, but has still earned 130 of his 368 tour points so far this year at FIP Rises.
It is not yet known how the structural changes will affect the allocation of points on the new Bronze level, in comparison to the points awarded for current Rise and Promotion competitions.
