WTT Champions Incheon 2024 prize money
A $300,000 week in INSPIRE Arena, 2024-03-27 to 2024-03-31. The champion takes $15,000, 5% 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 2024 WTT Champions Incheon at a glance
What the week is, and where it sits on the tour
- Tier
- WTT Champions
- Venue
- INSPIRE Arena
- Played
- 2024-03-27 to 2024-03-31
- Prize pot
- $300,000
- Champion's cheque
- $15,000
- Editions of this event
- 2
The prize ladder
What each place is worth, as published
| Place | Draws it applies to | Ranking points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winner the cheque every draw is played for | Singles | 1,000 | $15,000 |
| Finalist | Singles | 700 | $10,000 |
| Semifinalist | Singles | 350 | $7,500 |
| Quarterfinalist | Singles | 175 | $5,250 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 90 | $4,125 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 15 | $3,500 |
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.
Where the money actually went
Each rung times the number of players who stood on it
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
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 | Jingkun Liang | China | $15,000 |
| Finalist | Hugo Calderano | Brazil | $10,000 |
| Semifinals | Long Ma | China | $7,500 |
| Semifinals | Zhendong Fan | China | $7,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Yun-Ju Lin | Chinese Taipei | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Tomokazu Harimoto | Japan | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Simon Gauzy | France | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Felix Lebrun | France | $5,250 |
| Round of 16 | Jonghoon Lim | South Korea | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Woojin Jang | South Korea | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Junsung Oh | South Korea | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Patrick Franziska | Germany | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Sang Su Lee | South Korea | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Germany | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Darko Jorgic | Slovenia | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Alexis Lebrun | France | $4,125 |
| Round of 32 | Dang Qiu | Germany | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Jaehyun An | South Korea | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Cheng-Jui Kao | Chinese Taipei | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Chih-Yuan Chuang | Chinese Taipei | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Anders Lind | Denmark | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Jonathan Groth | Denmark | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Marcos Freitas | Portugal | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Truls Moregard | Sweden | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Edward Ly | Canada | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Omar Assar | Egypt | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Anton Kallberg | Sweden | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Liam Pitchford | England | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Shunsuke Togami | Japan | $3,500 |
Women's Singles32 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Yingsha Sun | China | $15,000 |
| Finalist | Manyu Wang | China | $10,000 |
| Semifinals | Meng Chen | China | $7,500 |
| Semifinals | Yidi Wang | China | $7,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Jihee Jeon | South Korea | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Hina Hayata | Japan | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Bernadette Szocs | Romania | $5,250 |
| Quarterfinals | Sofia Polcanova | Austria | $5,250 |
| Round of 16 | I-Ching Cheng | Chinese Taipei | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Miwa Harimoto | Japan | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Mima Ito | Japan | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Adriana Diaz | Puerto Rico | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Elizabeta Samara | Romania | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Linda Bergstrom | Sweden | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil | $4,125 |
| Round of 16 | Dina Meshref | Egypt | $4,125 |
| Round of 32 | Nina Mittelham | Germany | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Prithika Pavade | France | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Cheonhui Joo | South Korea | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Nayeong Kim | South Korea | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Miu Hirano | Japan | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Manika Batra | India | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Lily Zhang | United States | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Amy Wang | United States | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Hana Goda | Egypt | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Zion Lee | South Korea | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Yubin Shin | South Korea | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Orawan Paranang | Thailand | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Yangzi Liu | Australia | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Xiaona Shan | Germany | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Xiaoxin Yang | Monaco | $3,500 |
| Round of 32 | Jia Nan Yuan | France | $3,500 |
The 2024 WTT Champions Incheon money list
Every player the week paid, richest first
| # | Player | Federation | How far they got | Won here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Jingkun Liang | China | Men's Singles champion | $15,000 |
| 02 | Yingsha Sun | China | Women's Singles champion | $15,000 |
| 03 | Hugo Calderano | Brazil | Men's Singles finalist | $10,000 |
| 04 | Manyu Wang | China | Women's Singles finalist | $10,000 |
| 05 | Long Ma | China | Men's Singles semifinals | $7,500 |
| 06 | Zhendong Fan | China | Men's Singles semifinals | $7,500 |
| 07 | Meng Chen | China | Women's Singles semifinals | $7,500 |
| 08 | Yidi Wang | China | Women's Singles semifinals | $7,500 |
| 09 | Yun-Ju Lin | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 10 | Tomokazu Harimoto | Japan | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 11 | Simon Gauzy | France | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 12 | Felix Lebrun | France | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 13 | Jihee Jeon | South Korea | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 14 | Hina Hayata | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 15 | Bernadette Szocs | Romania | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 16 | Sofia Polcanova | Austria | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $5,250 |
| 17 | Jonghoon Lim | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 18 | Woojin Jang | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 19 | Junsung Oh | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 20 | Patrick Franziska | Germany | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 21 | Sang Su Lee | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 22 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Germany | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 23 | Darko Jorgic | Slovenia | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 24 | Alexis Lebrun | France | Men's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 25 | I-Ching Cheng | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 26 | Miwa Harimoto | Japan | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 27 | Mima Ito | Japan | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 28 | Adriana Diaz | Puerto Rico | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 29 | Elizabeta Samara | Romania | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 30 | Linda Bergstrom | Sweden | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 31 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 32 | Dina Meshref | Egypt | Women's Singles round of 16 | $4,125 |
| 33 | Dang Qiu | Germany | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 34 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 35 | Jaehyun An | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 36 | Cheng-Jui Kao | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 37 | Chih-Yuan Chuang | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 38 | Anders Lind | Denmark | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 39 | Jonathan Groth | Denmark | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 40 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 41 | Marcos Freitas | Portugal | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 42 | Truls Moregard | Sweden | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 43 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 44 | Edward Ly | Canada | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 45 | Omar Assar | Egypt | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 46 | Anton Kallberg | Sweden | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 47 | Liam Pitchford | England | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 48 | Shunsuke Togami | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 49 | Nina Mittelham | Germany | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 50 | Prithika Pavade | France | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 51 | Cheonhui Joo | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 52 | Nayeong Kim | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 53 | Miu Hirano | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 54 | Manika Batra | India | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 55 | Lily Zhang | United States | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 56 | Amy Wang | United States | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 57 | Hana Goda | Egypt | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 58 | Zion Lee | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 59 | Yubin Shin | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 60 | Orawan Paranang | Thailand | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 61 | Yangzi Liu | Australia | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 62 | Xiaona Shan | Germany | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 63 | Xiaoxin Yang | Monaco | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
| 64 | Jia Nan Yuan | France | Women's Singles round of 32 | $3,500 |
Which federations took the money home
The week's cheques added up by the flag on the entry
Every other WTT Champions Incheon
The same event in the years either side
| Year | Edition | Venue | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon 2025 | INSPIRE Arena | 64 | $500,000 |
The weeks around this one on the calendar
What the tour was paying immediately before and after
| Year | Event | Tier | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2024 | WTT Star Contender Goa | WTT Star Contender | 113 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Manchester | WTT Feeder | 79 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | Singapore Smash | Grand Smash | 169 | $1,500,000$1.5m |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Beirut | WTT Feeder | 107 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Beirut II | WTT Feeder | 105 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Otocec | WTT Feeder | 142 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Varazdin | WTT Feeder | 147 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf | WTT Feeder | 119 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Havirov | WTT Feeder | 115 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | Saudi Smash | Grand Smash | 159 | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia | WTT Feeder | 101 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro | WTT Contender | 103 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Taiyuan | WTT Contender | 82 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Mendoza | WTT Contender | 95 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Chongqing | WTT Champions | 63 | $800,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Zagreb | WTT Contender | 106 | $80,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Champions Incheon 2024 winner get?
$15,000, out of a $300,000 pot. That is 5% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the WTT Champions Incheon 2024?
$300,000 across 2 draws, played in INSPIRE Arena between 2024-03-27 to 2024-03-31.
Who won the WTT Champions Incheon 2024?
Jingkun Liang took the men's singles and $15,000. Yingsha Sun took the women's singles and $15,000.
How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Champions Incheon?
To round of 32, which pays $3,500. The ladder has 6 rungs on it, and $15,000 at the top is 4 times the bottom one.
How many players got paid at the WTT Champions Incheon 2024?
64, from 24 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 Incheon?
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 2024 WTT Champions Incheon
- Jingkun Liang
- Yingsha Sun
- Hugo Calderano
- Manyu Wang
- Long Ma
- Zhendong Fan
- Meng Chen
- Yidi Wang
- Yun-Ju Lin
- Tomokazu Harimoto
- Simon Gauzy
- Felix Lebrun
- Jihee Jeon
- Hina Hayata
- Bernadette Szocs
- Sofia Polcanova
- Jonghoon Lim
- Woojin Jang
- Junsung Oh
- Patrick Franziska
- Sang Su Lee
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Darko Jorgic
- Alexis Lebrun
- I-Ching Cheng
- Miwa Harimoto
- Mima Ito
- Adriana Diaz
- Elizabeta Samara
- Linda Bergstrom
- Bruna Takahashi
- Dina Meshref
- Dang Qiu
- Sora Matsushima
- Jaehyun An
- Cheng-Jui Kao
- Chih-Yuan Chuang
- Anders Lind
- Jonathan Groth
- Izaac Quek
- Marcos Freitas
- Truls Moregard
- Chun Ting Wong
- Edward Ly
- Omar Assar
- Anton Kallberg
- Liam Pitchford
- Shunsuke Togami