China Smash 2026 prize money
A $2,050,000 week in Shougang Park, 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-11. The champion takes $135,000, 6.6% of the pot on one cheque.
The tour publishes what each place is worth and what the week is worth in total. It has never published who collected any of it. The ladder as published is below, then the draw read round by round so every rung on it has the names that stood on it.
The 2026 China Smash at a glance
What the week is, and where it sits on the tour
- Tier
- Grand Smash
- Venue
- Shougang Park
- Played
- 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-11
- Prize pot
- $2,050,000
- Champion's cheque
- $135,000
- Editions of this event
- 3
The prize ladder
What each place is worth, as published
| Place | Draws it applies to | Ranking points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion the cheque every draw is played for | Singles | 2,000 | $135,000 |
| Finalist | Singles | 1,400 | $68,000 |
| Semifinals | Singles | 900 | $34,000 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 580 | $20,250 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 380 | $14,000 |
| Champion | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 2,000 | $12,000 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 100 | $9,000 |
| Finalist | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 1,400 | $6,833 |
| Semifinals | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 900 | $5,000 |
| Round of 64 | Singles | 20 | $5,000 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 580 | $3,750 |
| Round of 16 | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 150 | $2,500 |
| Round of 24 | Doubles / Mixed Doubles | 10 | $1,500 |
A place on this ladder is the deepest round a player reached, not the deepest one they won. Losing a quarter-final is a quarter-finalist's cheque, which is why the money stops dead at the round a player went out in and does not accumulate on the way up.
How steeply the ladder falls
Each rung against the one above it
The table is a lookup and the chart is the argument. Table tennis pays its champion several times what the beaten finalist takes, and the drop from there to the quarter-finals is steeper again: the money is concentrated at the end of a week rather than spread across it.
Every other China Smash
The same event in the years either side
| Year | Edition | Venue | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | China Smash 2025 Presented by Beijing Shijingshan Culture & Tourism Group | Shougang Park | 161 | $2,050,000$2.0m |
| 2024 | China Smash 2024 Presented by Zhonghui Life | Shougang Park | 163 | $2,000,000$2.0m |
The weeks around this one on the calendar
What the tour was paying immediately before and after
| Year | Event | Tier | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II | WTT Feeder | 28 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Singapore Smash | Grand Smash | 212 | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2022 | WTT Star Contender European Summer Series | WTT Star Contender | 122 | $250,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Champions European Summer Series | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder European Summer Series | WTT Feeder | 137 | - |
| 2022 | WTT Contender Tunis | WTT Contender | 99 | $75,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Olomouc | WTT Feeder | 147 | $40,000 |
| 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden | Grand Smash | 181 | $1,550,000$1.5m |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Berlin | WTT Feeder | 65 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty | WTT Contender | 91 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Macao | WTT Champions | 64 | $800,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte | WTT Contender | 94 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Puerto Princesa | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Bangkok | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Star Contender Astana | WTT Star Contender | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Linz | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier | WTT Champions | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Chennai | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | WTT Champions | 0 | $500,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the China Smash 2026 winner get?
$135,000, out of a $2,050,000 pot. That is 6.6% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the China Smash 2026?
$2,050,000 across 1 draws, played in Shougang Park between 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-11.
How far down the draw does the money go at the China Smash?
To round of 24, which pays $1,500. The ladder has 13 rungs on it, and $135,000 at the top is 90 times the bottom one.
What kind of event is the China Smash?
Grand Smash. The four Grand Smash weeks are the richest events in the sport, and one of them pays more than a whole season of Feeders.
Where to next
The players this week paid, and the rest of the tour