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WTT TOUR · 42 EVENTS

WTT Contender prize money

42 events between 2022 to 2026 , with $5,000 to the champion at the richest of them. The working week of the tour: a full draw, qualifying, and a champion who takes about a twentieth of what a Smash pays.

The tour is a ladder, and this is one rung of it. What separates the rungs is not the format or the field: it is the cheque, and the gap between one tier and the next is wider than the gap between winning and losing a final at either of them.

TO THE CHAMPION $5k
PUT UP IN ALL $3.6m
EVENTS 42
PLAYERS PAID 927
SHARE OF THE TOUR 7.5%

The WTT Contender money list

Everyone the tier has paid, across every event in it

927 players

# Player Federation Titles Paid results Won at this tier
001 Satsuki Odo Japan 13 28 $45,937
002 Miwa Harimoto Japan 10 27 $45,262
003 Hina Hayata Japan 9 19 $38,925
004 Yubin Shin South Korea 13 38 $36,000
005 Hugo Calderano Brazil 7 13 $34,425
006 Shidong Lin China 16 34 $33,725
007 Jonghoon Lim South Korea 13 47 $31,875
008 Xunyao Shi China 4 29 $31,487
009 Miyu Nagasaki Japan 3 34 $28,525
010 Man Kuai China 14 32 $26,850
011 Shunsuke Togami Japan 3 20 $25,425
012 Miu Hirano Japan 5 22 $25,113
013 Honoka Hashimoto Japan 5 10 $24,550
014 Sakura Yokoi Japan 5 26 $24,150
015 Jaehyun An South Korea 3 38 $23,800
016 Benedikt Duda Germany 3 22 $23,800
017 Darko Jorgic Slovenia 2 17 $23,437
018 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan 9 19 $23,363
019 Nayeong Kim South Korea 3 36 $22,963
020 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan 2 21 $22,063
021 Junsung Oh South Korea 4 33 $21,700
022 Ruibo Wen China 3 16 $21,525
023 Miyuu Kihara Japan 3 27 $21,288
024 Sora Matsushima Japan 4 23 $21,075
025 Hitomi Sato Japan 3 18 $21,025
026 Tianyi Qian China 3 27 $20,587
027 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany 2 14 $20,475
028 Manav Thakkar India 2 44 $20,337
029 Peng Xiang China 3 29 $20,187
030 Kristian Karlsson Sweden 1 34 $18,450
031 Anders Lind Denmark 2 16 $18,337
032 Qihao Zhou China 1 20 $18,075
033 Jihee Jeon South Korea 6 27 $18,012
034 Yuanyu Chen China 2 24 $17,775
035 Alvaro Robles Spain 1 31 $17,575
036 Woojin Jang South Korea 3 21 $16,813
037 Manika Batra India 32 $16,512
038 Prithika Pavade France 1 30 $16,125
039 Christina Kallberg Sweden 1 32 $16,050
040 Tomislav Pucar Croatia 17 $16,050
041 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong 1 28 $15,988
042 Cheonhui Joo South Korea 2 23 $15,925
043 Sreeja Akula India 2 26 $15,900
044 Simon Gauzy France 1 20 $15,800
045 Patrick Franziska Germany 1 15 $15,450
046 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong 1 35 $15,425
047 Mattias Karlsson Sweden 1 19 $15,325
048 Manush Shah India 1 35 $15,313
049 Anton Kallberg Sweden 1 15 $15,225
050 Yi Chen China 2 22 $15,025
051 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei 26 $14,988
052 Diya Chitale India 40 $14,675
053 Harmeet Desai India 1 31 $14,475
054 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei 3 28 $14,437
055 Jian Zeng Singapore 28 $14,150
056 Jules Rolland France 1 28 $14,012
057 Mizuki Oikawa Japan 1 20 $13,750
058 Felix Lebrun France 2 15 $13,650
059 Yuta Tanaka Japan 1 20 $13,612
060 Yuxuan Qin China 1 18 $13,550
061 Alexis Lebrun France 2 11 $13,275
062 Xingtong Chen China 5 8 $13,063
063 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei 5 12 $13,063
064 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei 25 $13,012
065 Siqi Fan China 1 13 $12,712
066 Licen Yuan China 3 29 $12,687
067 Tiago Apolonia Portugal 20 $12,425
068 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei 21 $12,413
069 Sang Su Lee South Korea 1 26 $12,400
070 Yukiya Uda Japan 14 $12,388
071 Yingbin Xu China 5 20 $12,388
072 Jingkun Liang China 2 9 $12,275
073 Barbora Varady Slovakia 41 $12,262
074 Yashaswini Ghorpade India 26 $12,138
075 Weishan Liu China 2 24 $12,088
076 Gaoyuan Lin China 3 12 $12,088
077 Marcos Freitas Portugal 1 12 $12,050
078 Bruna Takahashi Brazil 1 21 $12,037
079 Ricardo Walther Germany 16 $12,000
080 Zion Lee South Korea 25 $11,913
081 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei 25 $11,913
082 Eunhye Lee South Korea 22 $11,875
083 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco 10 $11,850
084 Bernadette Szocs Romania 22 $11,813
085 Jia Nan Yuan France 1 15 $11,750
086 Youzheng Huang China 1 17 $11,687
087 Ayhika Mukherjee India 1 24 $11,525
088 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong 1 30 $11,437
089 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran India 1 29 $11,437
090 Elizabeta Samara Romania 22 $11,313
091 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong 2 29 $11,250
092 Florian Bourrassaud France 3 19 $11,225
093 Zhuojia He China 1 19 $11,175
094 Joao Geraldo Portugal 14 $11,150
095 Thibault Poret France 17 $10,825
096 Maria Xiao Spain 1 30 $10,750
097 Rui Zhang China 4 6 $10,500
098 Fu Yu Portugal 15 $10,400
099 Yanning Liang China 18 $10,250
100 Andrej Gacina Croatia 16 $10,175
101 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico 15 $10,175
102 Ha Eun Yang South Korea 21 $10,037
103 Linda Bergstrom Sweden 18 $9,988
104 Geman Zong China 1 19 $9,950
105 Camille Lutz France 25 $9,800
106 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei 1 14 $9,787
107 Hyojoo Choi South Korea 18 $9,738
108 Esteban Dorr France 3 18 $9,700
109 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey 21 $9,663
110 Ruwen Filus Germany 1 8 $9,625
111 Jieni Shao Portugal 16 $9,600
112 Yang Wang Slovakia 19 $9,287
113 Maharu Yoshimura Japan 10 $9,250
114 Dina Meshref Egypt 15 $9,163
115 Elizabet Abraamian Russia 2 7 $9,100
116 Sakura Mori Japan 2 9 $8,988
117 Xiaona Shan Germany 16 $8,937
118 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei 1 19 $8,862
119 Adina Diaconu Romania 23 $8,850
120 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan 13 $8,625
121 Nina Mittelham Germany 14 $8,550
122 Sutirtha Mukherjee India 1 19 $8,513
123 Fei Xue China 18 $8,513
124 Flavien Coton France 1 7 $8,250
125 Jonathan Groth Denmark 9 $7,975
126 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong 1 23 $7,938
127 Seungmin Cho South Korea 19 $7,875
128 Mima Ito Japan 1 4 $7,850
129 Daeseong Cho South Korea 1 22 $7,763
130 Xiaotong Wang China 13 $7,700
131 Izabela Lupulesku Serbia 17 $7,688
132 Yi Xu China 13 $7,475
133 Eduard Ionescu Romania 16 $7,438
134 Yuan Wan Germany 23 $7,325
135 Yake Li China 11 $7,325
136 Lilian Bardet France 11 $7,250
137 Koen Pang Singapore 22 $7,238
138 Fanbo Meng Germany 12 $7,200
139 Kazuki Hamada Japan 1 10 $7,150
140 Tung-Chuan Chien Chinese Taipei 13 $7,150
141 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia 31 $7,125
142 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand 1 16 $7,112
143 Annett Kaufmann Germany 12 $7,050
144 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan 14 $7,025
145 Hana Goda Egypt 11 $7,000
146 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong 22 $6,925
147 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei 16 $6,913
148 Shuhan Fan China 10 $6,875
149 Charlotte Lutz France 18 $6,675
150 Feier Han China 1 13 $6,600
151 Lily Zhang United States 16 $6,588
152 Liam Pitchford England 14 $6,475
153 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei 11 $6,425
154 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia 24 $6,375
155 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania 16 $6,362
156 Swastika Ghosh India 16 $6,338
157 Orawan Paranang Thailand 1 13 $6,312
158 Yidi Wang China 6 $6,263
159 Izaac Quek Singapore 17 $6,200
160 Siwoo Yoo South Korea 14 $6,188
161 Hanna Ryu South Korea 3 10 $6,050
162 Sabine Winter Germany 13 $5,938
163 Archana Girish Kamath India 1 19 $5,938
164 Giorgia Piccolin Italy 13 $5,900
165 Dang Qiu Germany 9 $5,875
166 Asuka Sasao Japan 10 $5,875
167 Manyu Wang China 1 4 $5,875
168 Elias Ranefur Sweden 1 2 $5,825
169 Steffen Mengel Germany 6 $5,700
170 Hana Arapovic Croatia 11 $5,650
171 Sofia Polcanova Austria 12 $5,625
172 Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei 12 $5,588
173 Joe Seyfried France 8 $5,475
174 Hana Matelova Czechia 13 $5,475
175 Vitor Ishiy Brazil 19 $5,462
176 Audrey Zarif France 16 $5,438
177 Can Akkuzu France 11 $5,387
178 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea 13 $5,375
179 Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong 21 $5,375
180 Natalia Bajor Poland 14 $5,362
181 Martin Allegro Belgium 16 $5,325
182 Quadri Aruna Nigeria 8 $5,325
183 Ganghyeon Park South Korea 1 9 $5,275
184 Ankur Bhattacharjee India 11 $5,250
185 Haidong Xu China 13 $5,238
186 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei 1 14 $5,200
187 Yuhi Sakai Japan 10 $5,175
188 Andreea Dragoman Romania 13 $5,137
189 Akash Pal India 1 10 $5,112
190 Debora Vivarelli Italy 13 $5,100
191 Sharath Kamal Achanta India 11 $5,088
192 Andre Bertelsmeier Germany 1 6 $5,075
193 Leo De Nodrest France 8 $5,050
194 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei 10 $5,025
195 Yuling Zhu Macao 2 $5,000
196 Timo Boll Germany 1 1 $5,000
197 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg 11 $4,988
198 Giulia Takahashi Brazil 1 14 $4,950
199 Noshad Alamiyan Iran 11 $4,913
200 Cedric Nuytinck Belgium 10 $4,900
201 Hyo Won Suh South Korea 8 $4,875
202 Kaho Akae Japan 6 $4,825
203 Payas Jain India 13 $4,800
204 Jinbao Ma United States 12 $4,787
205 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong 21 $4,775
206 Snehit Suravajjula India 15 $4,737
207 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei 8 $4,725
208 Kanak Jha United States 3 $4,700
209 Vincent Picard France 12 $4,625
210 Paulina Vega Chile 14 $4,625
211 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium 15 $4,625
212 Yangzi Liu Australia 9 $4,550
213 Yiyun Yang China 1 7 $4,525
214 Hechen Li China 1 6 $4,425
215 Cedric Meissner Germany 11 $4,375
216 Yaroslav Zhmudenko Ukraine 5 $4,375
217 Hsien-Tzu Cheng Chinese Taipei 8 $4,325
218 Omar Assar Egypt 8 $4,200
219 Saki Shibata Japan 7 $4,175
220 Anna Hursey Wales 12 $4,150
221 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan 14 $4,125
222 Lubomir Jancarik Czechia 6 $4,075
223 Deni Kozul Slovenia 8 $4,062
224 Franziska Schreiner Germany 10 $4,062
225 Yingsha Sun China 2 5 $4,062
226 Edward Ly Canada 8 $3,987
227 Minhyung Jee Australia 9 $3,975
228 Yijie Ding China 5 $3,962
229 Abdullah Yigenler Turkey 10 $3,950
230 Gaia Monfardini Italy 9 $3,925
231 Ece Harac Turkey 13 $3,875
232 Kay Stumper Germany 5 $3,875
233 Alan Kurmangaliyev Kazakhstan 14 $3,825
234 Ho Ching Lee Hong Kong 10 $3,825
235 Angel Naranjo Puerto Rico 10 $3,800
236 Zauresh Akasheva Kazakhstan 14 $3,800
237 Robert Gardos Austria 10 $3,737
238 Maria Panfilova Russia 1 5 $3,725
239 Lea Rakovac Croatia 9 $3,725
240 Margaryta Pesotska Ukraine 4 $3,700
241 Laura Watanabe Brazil 11 $3,688
242 Horacio Cifuentes Argentina 1 9 $3,688
243 Junsong Chen China 5 $3,675
244 Navid Shams Iran 8 $3,675
245 Iulian Chirita Romania 6 $3,637
246 Daniela Ortega Chile 8 $3,625
247 Fatimo Bello Nigeria 9 $3,625
248 Yuna Ojio Japan 7 $3,575
249 Dora Madarasz Hungary 14 $3,500
250 Anne Uesawa Japan 6 $3,450
251 Ajoke Ojomu Nigeria 10 $3,425
252 Brian Afanador Puerto Rico 9 $3,400
253 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan 7 $3,375
254 Olajide Omotayo Nigeria 10 $3,363
255 Yu-An Chang Chinese Taipei 8 $3,338
256 Milosz Redzimski Poland 5 $3,325
257 Wen Sun China 5 $3,300
258 Mudit Dani India 9 $3,275
259 Mo Zhang Canada 6 $3,275
260 Andrei Istrate Romania 7 $3,263
261 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong 4 $3,225
262 Truls Moregard Sweden 4 $3,212
263 Lev Katsman Russia 1 4 $3,200
264 Tin-Tin Ho England 12 $3,175
265 Matthew Kuti Nigeria 8 $3,175
266 Hwan Bae Australia 7 $3,175
267 Syndrela Das India 5 $3,150
268 Filip Zeljko Croatia 7 $3,150
269 Santiago Lorenzo Argentina 1 7 $3,137
270 Vladimir Sidorenko Neutral Athletes 5 $3,125
271 Taiwo Mati Nigeria 9 $3,125
272 Evgeny Tikhonov Russia 5 $3,025
273 Sibing Zhu China 1 5 $3,025
274 Yangchen Wu China 7 $3,025
275 Man Ho Kwan Hong Kong 10 $2,938
276 Niagol Stoyanov Italy 6 $2,925
277 Guilherme Teodoro Brazil 10 $2,887
278 Hyobin Yoon South Korea 12 $2,875
279 Iskender Kharki Kazakhstan 10 $2,850
280 Ioana Singeorzan Romania 6 $2,850
281 Beixun Zeng China 4 $2,850
282 Yee Lok Lam Hong Kong 10 $2,838
283 Ivana Malobabic Croatia 7 $2,825
284 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg 12 $2,763
285 Chuqin Wang China 2 7 $2,750
286 Rogelio Castro Mexico 8 $2,737
287 Aidos Kenzhigulov Kazakhstan 11 $2,700
288 Misuzu Takeya Japan 4 $2,700
289 Hugo Deschamps France 9 $2,688
290 Ziyu Zhu China 3 $2,675
291 Nandor Ecseki Hungary 17 $2,675
292 Hoi Man Lee Hong Kong 11 $2,663
293 Arantxa Cossio Mexico 8 $2,613
294 Sofia-Xuan Zhang Spain 6 $2,588
295 Wassim Essid Tunisia 8 $2,575
296 Dingshuo Liu China 7 $2,562
297 Reina Aso Japan 1 3 $2,550
298 John Oyebode Italy 8 $2,525
299 Muizz Adegoke Nigeria 5 $2,525
300 Luka Mladenovic Luxembourg 3 $2,525

The table stops at 300 names. The other 627 players the tier has paid are on the full money list and on the event pages that paid them.

What a WTT Contender pays, round by round

The ladder at the WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026, the richest edition in the set

11 rungs

Place Draws it applies to Ranking points Prize
Champion Singles 400 $5,000
Champion Doubles 400 $2,500
Finalist Singles 280 $2,500
Finalist Doubles 280 $1,500
Semifinals Singles 180 $1,275
Quarterfinals Singles 120 $1,025
Semifinals Doubles 180 $950
Round of 16 Singles 30 $825
Round of 32 Singles 4 $650
Quarterfinals Doubles 45 $550
Round of 16 Doubles 4 $350
Champion $5,000
Champion $2,500
Finalist $2,500
Finalist $1,500
Semifinals $1,275
Quarterfinals $1,025
Semifinals $950
Round of 16 $825
Round of 32 $650
Quarterfinals $550
Round of 16 $350

The WTT Contender against every other tier

What a champion takes at each rung of the tour

5x a WTT Feeder champion

Grand Smash $100k WTT Finals $40k WTT Cup Finals $55k WTT Champions $40k WTT Star Contender $10k
WTT Contender $5,000
WTT Feeder $1,000 Youth Smash $2,000

This is the fact that decides a table tennis career. Two players can win the same number of titles in the same year and finish the season with figures an order of magnitude apart, because one of them was winning them here and the other was winning them a rung or two down.

Every WTT Contender event

Richest week first

42 events

Year Event Venue Draws Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Contender Panagyurishte Arena Asarel 4 94 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Almaty Table Tennis Centre ADD 4 91 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Zagreb Arena Zagreb 4 95 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Skopje Sports Center Jane Sandanski 4 96 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Lagos Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 4 89 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Taiyuan Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 4 78 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Tunis Palais des Sports el Menzah 4 87 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 4 97 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Almaty Table Tennis Centre ADD 4 92 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Buenos Aires Parque Olímpico - America Pavillion 5 87 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Lagos Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 5 95 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Zagreb Arena Zagreb 5 108 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Skopje Sports Center Jane Sandanski 5 103 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Tunis Salle Omnisport de Rades 4 96 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 4 76 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 4 90 $85,000
2024 WTT Contender Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 5 84 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Almaty Table Tennis Centre ADD 5 94 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Lima Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) 5 66 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Tunis Salle Omnisport de Rades 5 86 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Lagos Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 5 80 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Zagreb Dom Sportova 5 106 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Mendoza Aconcagua Arena 5 95 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 5 82 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Arena Carioca 1 5 103 $80,000
2024 WTT Contender Doha Lusail Sports Arena 5 105 $80,000
2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 5 70 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Antalya Gloria Sports Arena 5 88 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 5 103 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Almaty Table Tennis Centre ADD 5 97 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro Arena Carioca 1 5 100 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Lima Villa Deportiva Nacional (VIDENA) 5 97 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Zagreb Dom Sportova 5 111 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Tunis Salle Omnisport de Rades 5 102 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Lagos Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 5 102 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Amman Sport Palace Hall 5 104 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Doha Lusail Sports Arena 5 103 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Durban Olive Convention Centre Durban 5 75 $75,000
2022 WTT Contender Nova Gorica Primary School Milojka Strukelj 5 107 $75,000
2022 WTT Contender Almaty Table Tennis Centre ADD 5 91 $75,000
2022 WTT Contender Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 5 85 $75,000
2022 WTT Contender Tunis Salle Omnisport de Rades 5 99 $75,000

Who wins the WTT Contender money

Every cheque at this tier, by federation

76 federations

Japan $511k China $509k South Korea $312k India $198k France $197k Germany $168k Chinese Taipei $163k Hong Kong $98k Sweden $89k Brazil $77k Nigeria $66k Romania $66k Portugal $58k Croatia $47k Kazakhstan $40k

Frequently asked questions

How much does a WTT Contender winner get?

$5,000 at the richest edition, which is 5 times what a WTT Feeder champion takes.

What is a WTT Contender event?

The working week of the tour: a full draw, qualifying, and a champion who takes about a twentieth of what a Smash pays.

How many WTT Contender events are there?

42 between 2022 to 2026, putting up $3,585,000 between them, which is 7.5% of everything the tour has put up.

Who has won the most WTT Contender prize money?

Satsuki Odo of Japan, $45,937 across 28 paid results and 13 titles.

What sits above the WTT Contender on the tour?

WTT Star Contender, where the champion takes $10,000. The tier where the world top ten start appearing in numbers, and where the doubles draws pay properly.

Which country wins the WTT Contender money?

Japan, $510,575 of it, out of 76 federations paid at this tier.

Where to next

The events at this tier, and the rungs either side

WTT Contender events

The weeks themselves

Players paid at this tier

The rest of the tour