World Padel Tour to equal prize money between men and women WPT becomes the first global competition to have equal prize money at all its events. 08/03/2022 En Español Champions and debutants: Every player's history at the Estrella Damm Master Final Marta Marrero announces temporary retirement from professional padel Breakdown: How the rankings can change at the Master Final Mendez and Martinez beat number ones to win first-ever Challenger Final Las Heras and Virseda crowned inaugural Tau Ceramica Menorca Challenger Final champions LIVE: Follow the Menorca Challenger Final here! The Race 2022 is over: Who has qualified for the Estrella Damm Barcelona Master Final? Mexico Open: Navarro and Tello best Lima and Stupaczuk to win first title together Salazar and Triay win fourth straight tournament, push title fight to Master Final Mexico Open semi-finals: Tello pips Chingotto in emotional first encounter since split Josemaria and Sanchez dispatch Riera and Llaguno for ninth consecutive final Lima and Stupaczuk return to final after two-month absence with dominant Mexico display WPT becomes the first global competition to have equal prize money at all its events.This entails women’s prize money will increase by 270%.World Padel Tour has taken a big step forward in equality between men and women in sport. With immediate effect, World Padel Tour has decided to level all prize money handed out at every event.This measure, which has no precedent in worldwide sport, completes Setpoint Events’ mission on which it embarked when taking over both competitions in 2013.This is the latest and most significant leap forward to close the broach between genders in professional padel. In the recently started 2022 season, this progress had already been marked by way of having more international women’s events than ever before.Prize money at women’s tournaments will increase 250% at Challenger events, 178% at Open and Master events and 160% at the Master Final, unprecedented increases on a global scale.With this, World Padel Tour tries to recognise women’s incredible professional level and compensate them duly for their many sacrifices to compete in unequal conditions up until this point.
