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WTT CHAMPIONS · 2023

WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023 prize money

A $500,000 week in Süwag Energie Arena, 2023-10-29 to 2023-11-05. The champion takes $30,000, 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.

PRIZE POT $500k
TO THE CHAMPION $30k
DRAWS 2
PLAYERS PAID 64
FEDERATIONS 20

The 2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt at a glance

What the week is, and where it sits on the tour

Tier
WTT Champions
Venue
Süwag Energie Arena
Played
2023-10-29 to 2023-11-05
Prize pot
$500,000
Champion's cheque
$30,000
Editions of this event
4

The prize ladder

What each place is worth, as published

6 rungs

Place Draws it applies to Ranking points Prize
Winner the cheque every draw is played for Singles 1,000 $30,000
Finalist Singles 700 $20,000
Semifinalist Singles 350 $15,000
Quarterfinalist Singles 175 $9,375
Round of 16 Singles 90 $6,500
Round of 32 Singles 15 $4,250

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

Top rung 7x the bottom

Winner $30k
Finalist $20k
Semifinalist $15k
Quarterfinalist $9,375
Round of 16 $6,500
Round of 32 $4,250

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.

Where the money actually went

Each rung times the number of players who stood on it

6 rungs paid

Round of 32 (32) $136k
Round of 16 (16) $104k
Quarterfinals (8) $75k
Champion (2) $60k
Semifinals (4) $60k
Finalist (2) $40k

This is the fact the ladder cannot state. A first-round cheque is the smallest figure on the table, and there are more players collecting one than every other rung put together, so the bottom of the draw is often worth more in total than the semi-finals are.

Who collected it

Every rung of every draw, with the players on it

2 draws

The draw read round by round against the ladder above. A doubles rung pays a pair, so the figure beside a doubles row is the rung itself and the two names share it.

Men's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei $30,000
Finalist Long Ma China $20,000
Semifinals Felix Lebrun France $15,000
Semifinals Chuqin Wang China $15,000
Quarterfinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $9,375
Quarterfinals Sang Su Lee South Korea $9,375
Quarterfinals Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $9,375
Quarterfinals Jonghoon Lim South Korea $9,375
Round of 16 Dang Qiu Germany $6,500
Round of 16 Omar Assar Egypt $6,500
Round of 16 Benedikt Duda Germany $6,500
Round of 16 Jonathan Groth Denmark $6,500
Round of 16 Mattias Falck Sweden $6,500
Round of 16 Liam Pitchford England $6,500
Round of 16 Zhendong Fan China $6,500
Round of 16 Jingkun Liang China $6,500
Round of 32 Patrick Franziska Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Anton Kallberg Sweden $4,250
Round of 32 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $4,250
Round of 32 Quadri Aruna Nigeria $4,250
Round of 32 Woojin Jang South Korea $4,250
Round of 32 Anders Lind Denmark $4,250
Round of 32 Darko Jorgic Slovenia $4,250
Round of 32 Simon Gauzy France $4,250
Round of 32 Ruwen Filus Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $4,250
Round of 32 Truls Moregard Sweden $4,250
Round of 32 Marcos Freitas Portugal $4,250
Round of 32 Alexis Lebrun France $4,250
Round of 32 Nicholas Lum Australia $4,250
Round of 32 Timo Boll Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $4,250

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yidi Wang China $30,000
Finalist Manyu Wang China $20,000
Semifinals Yingsha Sun China $15,000
Semifinals Hina Hayata Japan $15,000
Quarterfinals Cheonhui Joo South Korea $9,375
Quarterfinals Mima Ito Japan $9,375
Quarterfinals Yubin Shin South Korea $9,375
Quarterfinals Bernadette Szocs Romania $9,375
Round of 16 Meng Chen China $6,500
Round of 16 Jia Nan Yuan France $6,500
Round of 16 Nina Mittelham Germany $6,500
Round of 16 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco $6,500
Round of 16 Manika Batra India $6,500
Round of 16 Sabine Winter Germany $6,500
Round of 16 Prithika Pavade France $6,500
Round of 16 Miwa Harimoto Japan $6,500
Round of 32 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand $4,250
Round of 32 Ying Han Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Sofia Polcanova Austria $4,250
Round of 32 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong $4,250
Round of 32 Minhyung Jee Australia $4,250
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $4,250
Round of 32 Hana Goda Egypt $4,250
Round of 32 Elizabeta Samara Romania $4,250
Round of 32 Jihee Jeon South Korea $4,250
Round of 32 Miu Hirano Japan $4,250
Round of 32 Xiaona Shan Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Yangzi Liu Australia $4,250
Round of 32 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $4,250
Round of 32 Annett Kaufmann Germany $4,250
Round of 32 Fu Yu Portugal $4,250
Round of 32 Linda Bergstrom Sweden $4,250

The 2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

64 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei Men's Singles champion $30,000
02 Yidi Wang China Women's Singles champion $30,000
03 Long Ma China Men's Singles finalist $20,000
04 Manyu Wang China Women's Singles finalist $20,000
05 Felix Lebrun France Men's Singles semifinals $15,000
06 Chuqin Wang China Men's Singles semifinals $15,000
07 Yingsha Sun China Women's Singles semifinals $15,000
08 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles semifinals $15,000
09 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
10 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
11 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
12 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
13 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
14 Mima Ito Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
15 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
16 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Singles quarterfinals $9,375
17 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
18 Omar Assar Egypt Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
19 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
20 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
21 Mattias Falck Sweden Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
22 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
23 Zhendong Fan China Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
24 Jingkun Liang China Men's Singles round of 16 $6,500
25 Meng Chen China Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
26 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
27 Nina Mittelham Germany Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
28 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
29 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
30 Sabine Winter Germany Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
31 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
32 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $6,500
33 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
34 Anton Kallberg Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
35 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
36 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
37 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
38 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
39 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
40 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
41 Ruwen Filus Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
42 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
43 Truls Moregard Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
44 Marcos Freitas Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
45 Alexis Lebrun France Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
46 Nicholas Lum Australia Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
47 Timo Boll Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
48 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $4,250
49 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
50 Ying Han Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
51 Sofia Polcanova Austria Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
52 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
53 Minhyung Jee Australia Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
54 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
55 Hana Goda Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
56 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
57 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
58 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
59 Xiaona Shan Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
60 Yangzi Liu Australia Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
61 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
62 Annett Kaufmann Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
63 Fu Yu Portugal Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250
64 Linda Bergstrom Sweden Women's Singles round of 32 $4,250

Which federations took the money home

The week's cheques added up by the flag on the entry

20 federations paid

China $119k Germany $61k Japan $49k South Korea $46k Chinese Taipei $43k France $37k Sweden $19k Egypt $15k Romania $14k Australia $13k Denmark $11k Portugal $8,500 England $6,500
Monaco $6,500
India $6,500

Every other WTT Champions Frankfurt

The same event in the years either side

3 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Champions Frankfurt 2026 Süwag Energie Arena 0 $500,000
2025 WTT Champions Frankfurt 2025 Süwag Energie Arena 64 $500,000
2024 WTT Champions Frankfurt 2024 Süwag Energie Arena 64 $500,000

The weeks around this one on the calendar

What the tour was paying immediately before and after

20 events

Year Event Tier Players paid Prize pot
2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro WTT Contender 100 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Olomouc WTT Feeder 139 $40,000
2023 WTT Contender Almaty WTT Contender 97 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte WTT Feeder 129 $40,000
2023 WTT Feeder Bangkok WTT Feeder 102 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Stockholm WTT Feeder 137 $20,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Lanzhou WTT Star Contender 107 $250,000
2023 WTT Contender Muscat WTT Contender 103 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Antalya WTT Contender 88 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Doha II WTT Feeder 95 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 143 $20,000
2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan WTT Contender 70 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 145 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III WTT Feeder 124 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Biella WTT Feeder 142 $20,000
2023 WTT Finals Women Nagoya WTT Finals 27 $340,000
2024 WTT Finals Men Doha WTT Finals 26 $340,000
2024 WTT Star Contender Doha WTT Star Contender 118 $250,000
2024 WTT Contender Doha WTT Contender 105 $80,000
2024 WTT Feeder Corpus Christi WTT Feeder 78 $22,500

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023 winner get?

$30,000, out of a $500,000 pot. That is 6% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

What is the total prize money at the WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023?

$500,000 across 2 draws, played in Süwag Energie Arena between 2023-10-29 to 2023-11-05.

Who won the WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023?

Yun-Ju Lin took the men's singles and $30,000. Yidi Wang took the women's singles and $30,000.

How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Champions Frankfurt?

To round of 32, which pays $4,250. The ladder has 6 rungs on it, and $30,000 at the top is 7 times the bottom one.

How many players got paid at the WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023?

64, from 20 federations. The richest week of a career is usually a Grand Smash, and the money thins out fast below the quarter-finals.

What kind of event is the WTT Champions Frankfurt?

WTT Champions. A 32-player draw with no doubles and no qualifying, which is why the singles cheque runs so far ahead of the Contender below it.

Where to next

The players this week paid, and the rest of the tour

Players paid at the 2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt

Every WTT Champions Frankfurt

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