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WTT CHAMPIONS · 2023

WTT Champions Macao 2023 prize money

A $800,000 week in Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion, 2023-04-17 to 2023-04-23. The champion takes $35,000, 4.4% 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 $800k
TO THE CHAMPION $35k
DRAWS 2
PLAYERS PAID 64
FEDERATIONS 25

The 2023 WTT Champions Macao at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Champions
Venue
Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion
Played
2023-04-17 to 2023-04-23
Prize pot
$800,000
Champion's cheque
$35,000
Editions of this event
5

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 $35,000
Finalist Singles 700 $27,000
Semi-Finalist Singles 350 $18,000
Quarter-Finalist Singles 175 $14,500
Round of 16 Singles 90 $11,000
Round of 32 Singles 15 $8,500

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

Top rung 4x the bottom

Winner $35k
Finalist $27k
Semi-Finalist $18k
Quarter-Finalist $15k
Round of 16 $11k
Round of 32 $8,500

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) $272k
Round of 16 (16) $176k
Quarterfinals (8) $116k
Semifinals (4) $72k
Champion (2) $70k
Finalist (2) $54k

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 Chuqin Wang China $35,000
Finalist Long Ma China $27,000
Semifinals Alexis Lebrun France $18,000
Semifinals Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $18,000
Quarterfinals Zhendong Fan China $14,500
Quarterfinals Hugo Calderano Brazil $14,500
Quarterfinals Woojin Jang South Korea $14,500
Quarterfinals Darko Jorgic Slovenia $14,500
Round of 16 Sang Su Lee South Korea $11,000
Round of 16 Mattias Falck Sweden $11,000
Round of 16 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $11,000
Round of 16 Jingkun Liang China $11,000
Round of 16 Anton Kallberg Sweden $11,000
Round of 16 Liam Pitchford England $11,000
Round of 16 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $11,000
Round of 16 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei $11,000
Round of 32 Patrick Franziska Germany $8,500
Round of 32 Marcos Freitas Portugal $8,500
Round of 32 Andrej Gacina Croatia $8,500
Round of 32 Quadri Aruna Nigeria $8,500
Round of 32 Shidong Lin China $8,500
Round of 32 Benedikt Duda Germany $8,500
Round of 32 Jonghoon Lim South Korea $8,500
Round of 32 Dang Qiu Germany $8,500
Round of 32 Shunsuke Togami Japan $8,500
Round of 32 Omar Assar Egypt $8,500
Round of 32 Truls Moregard Sweden $8,500
Round of 32 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $8,500
Round of 32 Simon Gauzy France $8,500
Round of 32 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan $8,500
Round of 32 Yukiya Uda Japan $8,500
Round of 32 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $8,500

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Manyu Wang China $35,000
Finalist Meng Chen China $27,000
Semifinals Yingsha Sun China $18,000
Semifinals Yidi Wang China $18,000
Quarterfinals Bernadette Szocs Romania $14,500
Quarterfinals Hina Hayata Japan $14,500
Quarterfinals I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $14,500
Quarterfinals Tianyi Qian China $14,500
Round of 16 Ying Han Germany $11,000
Round of 16 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $11,000
Round of 16 Jia Nan Yuan France $11,000
Round of 16 Yangzi Liu Australia $11,000
Round of 16 Yubin Shin South Korea $11,000
Round of 16 Kasumi Ishikawa Japan $11,000
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon South Korea $11,000
Round of 16 Mima Ito Japan $11,000
Round of 32 Xiaona Shan Germany $8,500
Round of 32 Hana Matelova Czechia $8,500
Round of 32 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong $8,500
Round of 32 Miyuu Kihara Japan $8,500
Round of 32 Xingtong Chen China $8,500
Round of 32 Sofia Polcanova Austria $8,500
Round of 32 Bruna Takahashi Brazil $8,500
Round of 32 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco $8,500
Round of 32 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand $8,500
Round of 32 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei $8,500
Round of 32 Elizabeta Samara Romania $8,500
Round of 32 Nina Mittelham Germany $8,500
Round of 32 Manika Batra India $8,500
Round of 32 Lily Zhang United States $8,500
Round of 32 Fu Yu Portugal $8,500
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $8,500

The 2023 WTT Champions Macao money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

64 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Chuqin Wang China Men's Singles champion $35,000
02 Manyu Wang China Women's Singles champion $35,000
03 Long Ma China Men's Singles finalist $27,000
04 Meng Chen China Women's Singles finalist $27,000
05 Alexis Lebrun France Men's Singles semifinals $18,000
06 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Singles semifinals $18,000
07 Yingsha Sun China Women's Singles semifinals $18,000
08 Yidi Wang China Women's Singles semifinals $18,000
09 Zhendong Fan China Men's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
10 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
11 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
12 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
13 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
14 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
15 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
16 Tianyi Qian China Women's Singles quarterfinals $14,500
17 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
18 Mattias Falck Sweden Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
19 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
20 Jingkun Liang China Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
21 Anton Kallberg Sweden Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
22 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
23 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
24 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16 $11,000
25 Ying Han Germany Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
26 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
27 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
28 Yangzi Liu Australia Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
29 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
30 Kasumi Ishikawa Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
31 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
32 Mima Ito Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $11,000
33 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
34 Marcos Freitas Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
35 Andrej Gacina Croatia Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
36 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
37 Shidong Lin China Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
38 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
39 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
40 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
41 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
42 Omar Assar Egypt Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
43 Truls Moregard Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
44 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
45 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
46 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
47 Yukiya Uda Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
48 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $8,500
49 Xiaona Shan Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
50 Hana Matelova Czechia Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
51 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
52 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
53 Xingtong Chen China Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
54 Sofia Polcanova Austria Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
55 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
56 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
57 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
58 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
59 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
60 Nina Mittelham Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
61 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
62 Lily Zhang United States Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
63 Fu Yu Portugal Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500
64 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $8,500

Which federations took the money home

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

25 federations paid

China $217k Japan $88k Germany $64k South Korea $56k Sweden $39k France $38k Chinese Taipei $34k Brazil $23k Romania $23k Hong Kong $19k Portugal $17k Egypt $17k Slovenia $15k England $11k Puerto Rico $11k

Every other WTT Champions Macao

The same event in the years either side

4 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Champions Macao 2026 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group Macao East Asian Games Dome 64 $800,000
2025 WTT Champions Macao 2025 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group Macao East Asian Games Dome 64 $800,000
2024 WTT Champions Macao 2024 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group Macao East Asian Games Dome 64 $800,000
2022 WTT Champions Macao 2022 Presented by Galaxy Entertainment Group Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion 64 $800,000

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
2022 WTT Feeder Fort Lauderdale WTT Feeder 63 $20,000
2023 WTT Contender Durban WTT Contender 75 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Doha WTT Contender 103 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Amman WTT Contender 104 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf WTT Feeder 127 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II WTT Feeder 124 $20,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Goa WTT Star Contender 124 $250,000
2023 Singapore Smash Grand Smash 242 $2,000,000$2.0m
2023 WTT Feeder Antalya WTT Feeder 135 $20,000
2023 WTT Champions Xinxiang WTT Champions 64 $800,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok WTT Star Contender 121 $250,000
2023 WTT Contender Lagos WTT Contender 102 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Tunis WTT Contender 102 $75,000
2023 WTT Contender Zagreb WTT Contender 111 $75,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana WTT Star Contender 133 $250,000
2023 WTT Feeder Havirov WTT Feeder 104 $20,000
2023 WTT Contender Lima WTT Contender 97 $75,000
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

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Champions Macao 2023 winner get?

$35,000, out of a $800,000 pot. That is 4.4% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

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

$800,000 across 2 draws, played in Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion between 2023-04-17 to 2023-04-23.

Who won the WTT Champions Macao 2023?

Chuqin Wang took the men's singles and $35,000. Manyu Wang took the women's singles and $35,000.

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

To round of 32, which pays $8,500. The ladder has 6 rungs on it, and $35,000 at the top is 4 times the bottom one.

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

64, from 25 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 Macao?

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 Macao

Every WTT Champions Macao

Federations paid here

Elsewhere in table tennis