Romania table tennis prize money
21 players, $890,912 on the WTT tour between 2022 to 2026, and 2 titles. Bernadette Szocs has taken $330,375 of it.
Everything the tour has paid to players entered under this flag, from the draw sheet of every event since 2022. It is prize money rather than salary: a table tennis player's tour income is the rounds they reach, and nothing else is written down.
Every Romania player the tour has paid
Ranked by career WTT prize money
| # | Player | Titles | Paid results | Span | World rank | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bernadette Szocs | 94 | 2022 to 2026 | 29 | $330,375 | |
| 02 | Elizabeta Samara | 82 | 2022 to 2026 | 49 | $239,212 | |
| 03 | Adina Diaconu | 1 | 75 | 2022 to 2026 | 147 | $64,220 |
| 04 | Eduard Ionescu | 43 | 2022 to 2026 | 157 | $57,873 | |
| 05 | Ovidiu Ionescu | 44 | 2022 to 2026 | 160 | $56,817 | |
| 06 | Andreea Dragoman | 55 | 2022 to 2026 | 175 | $48,522 | |
| 07 | Iulian Chirita | 22 | 2022 to 2026 | 223 | $26,038 | |
| 08 | Elena Zaharia | 1 | 23 | 2023 to 2026 | 277 | $17,672 |
| 09 | Darius Movileanu | 31 | 2022 to 2026 | 336 | $11,508 | |
| 10 | Andrei Istrate | 32 | 2022 to 2026 | 386 | $8,498 | |
| 11 | Rares Sipos | 27 | 2022 to 2026 | 394 | $8,083 | |
| 12 | Cristian Pletea | 19 | 2022 to 2026 | 443 | $5,928 | |
| 13 | Ioana Singeorzan | 19 | 2023 to 2026 | 457 | $5,580 | |
| 14 | Tania Plaian | 16 | 2022 to 2026 | 575 | $3,028 | |
| 15 | Irina Ciobanu | 4 | 2022 to 2023 | 627 | $2,355 | |
| 16 | Hunor Szocs | 3 | 2022 to 2024 | 737 | $1,525 | |
| 17 | Daniela Monteiro Dodean | 1 | 2022 | 782 | $1,300 | |
| 18 | Horia Stefan Ursut | 3 | 2025 to 2026 | 813 | $1,220 | |
| 19 | Bianca Mei-Rosu | 4 | 2023 to 2026 | 898 | $970 | |
| 20 | Luciana Mitrofan | 2 | 2023 | 1732 | $120 | |
| 21 | Alexandru Cazacu | 1 | 2023 | 1802 | $70 |
Where Romania's money is concentrated
The biggest career hauls under the flag
Romania prize money by season
Every paid result folded into its year
season running total
Which tier of the tour pays Romania
The same money split by the kind of event
A federation that travels to the Grand Smashes and one that fills the Feeder draws can send the same number of players to the same number of events and come home with figures an order of magnitude apart. This is which of the two Romania is.
The events that pay Romania
Every stop on the calendar, by what it has paid out under this flag
The biggest weeks a Romania player has had
Single events, ranked by what they paid
| Player | Event | Draw | Round | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 | Women's Singles | Semifinals | $25,500 |
| Elizabeta Samara | Singapore Smash 2023 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | $15,000 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Champions Macao 2023 | Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | $14,500 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Champions Macao 2022 | Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | $14,500 |
| Eduard Ionescu | China Smash 2025 | Men's Singles | Round of 16 | $14,000 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Champions Macao 2026 | Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | $12,500 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Finals Women Nagoya 2023 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | $12,000 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | $11,000 |
| Ovidiu Ionescu | Saudi Smash 2024 | Men's Singles | Round of 32 | $11,000 |
| Bernadette Szocs | WTT Champions Chongqing 2026 | Women's Singles | Round of 16 | $10,000 |
Where Romania sits among the federations
Ranked 11 of 112 on prize money won
| # | Federation | Players | Titles | Span | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | China | 123 | 337 | 2022 to 2026 | $10,478,824$10.5m |
| 02 | Japan | 93 | 255 | 2022 to 2026 | $5,551,003$5.6m |
| 03 | South Korea | 99 | 127 | 2022 to 2026 | $3,321,238$3.3m |
| 04 | Germany | 40 | 27 | 2022 to 2026 | $2,758,293$2.8m |
| 05 | France | 65 | 57 | 2022 to 2026 | $2,564,824$2.6m |
| 06 | Chinese Taipei | 64 | 45 | 2022 to 2026 | $2,220,595$2.2m |
| 07 | Sweden | 29 | 18 | 2022 to 2026 | $1,605,135$1.6m |
| 08 | India | 96 | 38 | 2022 to 2026 | $1,153,840 |
| 09 | Brazil | 46 | 16 | 2022 to 2026 | $1,012,152 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 27 | 25 | 2022 to 2026 | $906,573 |
| 12 | Egypt | 16 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $733,227 |
| 13 | Australia | 18 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $649,548 |
| 14 | United States | 55 | 5 | 2022 to 2026 | $606,030 |
| 15 | Singapore | 33 | 10 | 2022 to 2026 | $564,019 |
| 16 | Portugal | 19 | 4 | 2022 to 2026 | $534,630 |
| 17 | Denmark | 11 | 6 | 2022 to 2026 | $486,495 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 15 | 2 | 2022 to 2026 | $462,715 |
| 19 | Poland | 33 | 5 | 2022 to 2026 | $413,672 |
| 20 | Croatia | 19 | 7 | 2022 to 2026 | $373,772 |
| 21 | Puerto Rico | 14 | 2022 to 2026 | $372,625 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money have Romania's table tennis players won?
$890,912 between 2022 to 2026, across 21 players. That is 2.1% of everything the WTT tour has paid out and ranks Romania 11 of 112 federations.
Who is Romania's highest paid table tennis player?
Bernadette Szocs, $330,375 from 94 paid results.
How many WTT titles has Romania won?
2, across 2 different events.
What was Romania's best season on the tour?
2025, worth $246,507 from 125 paid results.
Which event pays Romania the most?
Singapore Smash, $167,188 across 56 paid results.
What is the biggest single payday a Romania player has had?
$25,500, to Bernadette Szocs at the WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024, where they lost in the semi-finals in the women's singles.
Where to next
The players, the events and the federations around this one
Romania players
Events that pay Romania
- Singapore Smash
- WTT Champions Macao
- WTT Champions Chongqing
- United States Smash
- China Smash
- Europe Smash - Sweden
- Saudi Smash
- WTT Champions Frankfurt
- WTT Finals Fukuoka
- WTT Champions Montpellier
- WTT Champions Incheon
- WTT Champions Yokohama
- WTT Star Contender Ljubljana
- WTT Champions Xinxiang
- WTT Star Contender Doha
- WTT Contender Almaty
- WTT Star Contender Bangkok
- WTT Star Contender Chennai
- WTT Finals Women Nagoya
- WTT Star Contender Muscat
- WTT Champions European Summer Series
- WTT Champions Doha
- WTT Contender Skopje
- WTT Star Contender London
- WTT Contender Antalya
- WTT Contender Muscat
- WTT Contender Lima
- WTT Contender Tunis
- WTT Star Contender Goa
- WTT Feeder Cappadocia
- WTT Contender Zagreb
- WTT Contender Nova Gorica
- WTT Feeder Otocec
- WTT Contender Lagos
- WTT Star Contender European Summer Series
- WTT Feeder Panagyurishte
- WTT Contender Amman
- WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro
- WTT Contender Doha
- WTT Feeder Olomouc