€110 for a FIP Bronze quarter-final
Prize money is not the core of Julien Seurin’s annual budget. The French professional padel player and content creator, ranked world No. 176 by the FIP on 24 August 2026, explains in the Alpha Padel Podcast that he treats tournament earnings as unpredictable income, well behind the contracts that fund his season. At his level, he says he does not live off prize money. His income comes first from sponsors and his YouTube channel.
“I don’t even count prize money.”
He gives a concrete example: a FIP Bronze quarter-final earned him €110. The 2026 CUPRA FIP Tour rulebook sets combined FIP Bronze prize money between €8,500 and €12,000. The distribution is concentrated on winners, finalists, semi-finalists and quarter-finalists, with no share listed for the round of 16 or round of 32.
In Brussels, Seurin also says he received about €800 after reaching the final qualifying round of the P2 with Thomas Vanbauce. The men’s Premier Padel prize table sets €828 per player for the last qualifying round of a P2. Seurin’s FIP profile confirms that he reached Q3 in Brussels.
What income does Julien Seurin earn from pro padel?
Seurin does not give a monthly or annual income figure in the interview. He does say that he lives from his sponsors and his YouTube channel, while prize money remains a bonus. The interview therefore does not support a precise “salary” figure without extrapolation.
His channel, he says, is not a machine that turns every video into profit. Advertising revenue first pays for his graphic designer and editor. When a videographer travels with him, some videos cost him more than they directly bring in.
The economic value lies elsewhere. His audience allows him to negotiate sponsorship deals above what his ranking alone would command and to include commercial integrations in his content. He explains that without this activity, staying in Spain and devoting his daily life to padel would be out of reach.
This dual activity also forces choices. Seurin describes days when morning training is followed by several hours of editing, preparation or coordination with his team. He sometimes skips a second training session to prepare a video. Content funds part of the sporting project, but it also takes time away from that project.
Julien Seurin, pro player and content creator
At the start of the episode, Seurin challenges an overly simple definition of a professional player. Being inside the world top 200 is not enough, in his view, to guarantee that a player lives from results. He describes himself instead as “a pro player who documents his life”.
His official FIP profile lists a career-high ranking of No. 149. His path offers a useful reference point: a player in this ranking range can compete internationally while still depending heavily on income outside prize money.
The interview does not reduce professional padel to money. It shows where the model is fragile for some players: ranking points are won at tournaments, while the continuity of a season is often funded by sponsors, content creation and other outside income.
