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WTT CONTENDER · 2026

WTT Contender Almaty 2026 prize money

A $100,000 week in Table Tennis Centre ADD, 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-06. The champion takes $5,000, 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.

PRIZE POT $100k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 91
FEDERATIONS 15

The 2026 WTT Contender Almaty at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Contender
Venue
Table Tennis Centre ADD
Played
2026-09-01 to 2026-09-06
Prize pot
$100,000
Champion's cheque
$5,000
Editions of this event
5

The prize ladder

What each place is worth, as published

11 rungs

Place Draws it applies to Ranking points Prize
Champion the cheque every draw is played for 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

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 14x the bottom

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 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) $21k
Round of 16 (32) $19k
Champion (4) $15k
Quarterfinals (16) $13k
Semifinals (8) $8,900
Finalist (4) $8,000

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

4 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 Shunsuke Togami Japan $5,000
Finalist Simon Gauzy France $2,500
Semifinals Kazuki Hamada Japan $1,275
Semifinals Evgeny Tikhonov Russia $1,275
Quarterfinals Alvaro Robles Spain $1,025
Quarterfinals Bo Fang Kazakhstan $1,025
Quarterfinals Denis Ivonin Russia $1,025
Quarterfinals Alexis Kouraichi France $1,025
Round of 16 Yuta Tanaka Japan $825
Round of 16 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan $825
Round of 16 Florian Bourrassaud France $825
Round of 16 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $825
Round of 16 Manush Shah India $825
Round of 16 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan $825
Round of 16 Vincent Picard France $825
Round of 16 Mattias Karlsson Sweden $825
Round of 32 Kirill Skachkov Russia $650
Round of 32 Mizuki Oikawa Japan $650
Round of 32 Kazuki Yoshiyama Japan $650
Round of 32 Lev Katsman Russia $650
Round of 32 Alan Kurmangaliyev Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Angel Naranjo Puerto Rico $650
Round of 32 Nikita Artemenko Russia $650
Round of 32 Sanzhar Zhubanov Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Payas Jain India $650
Round of 32 Irisbek Artukmetov Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Lev Volin Russia $650
Round of 32 Fanbo Meng Germany $650
Round of 32 Iskender Kharki Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Ricardo Walther Germany $650
Round of 32 Esteban Dorr France $650
Round of 32 Alberto Mino Ecuador $650

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Miu Hirano Japan $5,000
Finalist Hina Hayata Japan $2,500
Semifinals Miyu Nagasaki Japan $1,275
Semifinals Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $1,275
Quarterfinals Annett Kaufmann Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Elizabet Abraamian Russia $1,025
Quarterfinals Kaho Akae Japan $1,025
Quarterfinals Vlada Voronina Russia $1,025
Round of 16 Swastika Ghosh India $825
Round of 16 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $825
Round of 16 Syndrela Das India $825
Round of 16 Tung-Chuan Chien Chinese Taipei $825
Round of 16 Christina Kallberg Sweden $825
Round of 16 Maria Panfilova Russia $825
Round of 16 Debora Vivarelli Italy $825
Round of 16 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $825
Round of 32 Miyuu Kihara Japan $650
Round of 32 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg $650
Round of 32 Zauresh Akasheva Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Diya Chitale India $650
Round of 32 Valeriia Shcherbatykh Russia $650
Round of 32 Valeriia Kotsiur Russia $650
Round of 32 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $650
Round of 32 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei $650
Round of 32 Olga Vorobeva Russia $650
Round of 32 Zion Lee South Korea $650
Round of 32 Yuna Ojio Japan $650
Round of 32 Angelina Romanovskaya Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Zhanerke Koshkumbayeva Kazakhstan $650
Round of 32 Olga Vishniakova Russia $650
Round of 32 Sutirtha Mukherjee India $650

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev Russia $2,500
Finalist Mattias Karlsson & Kristian Karlsson Sweden $1,500
Semifinals Ryoichi Yoshiyama & Kazuki Yoshiyama Japan $950
Semifinals Kazuki Hamada & Hayate Suzuki Japan $950
Quarterfinals Florian Bourrassaud & Esteban Dorr France $550
Quarterfinals Aidos Kenzhigulov & Sanzhar Zhubanov Kazakhstan $550
Quarterfinals Kirill Gerassimenko & Alan Kurmangaliyev Kazakhstan $550
Quarterfinals Evgeny Tikhonov & Dmitrii Vinogradov Russia $550
Round of 16 Alexis Kouraichi & Vincent Picard France $350
Round of 16 Ricardo Walther & Fanbo Meng Germany $350
Round of 16 Ali Alkhadrawi & Abdulaziz Shulaybi Bu Saudi Arabia $350
Round of 16 Irisbek Artukmetov & Sagantay Kurmambayev Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Iskender Kharki & Bo Fang Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Vladislav Zakharov & Bakdaulet Akimali Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Nikita Artemenko & Denis Ivonin Russia $350
Round of 16 Dastan Kenzhigulov & Temirlan Jiyenbayev Kazakhstan $350

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Miu Hirano & Miyuu Kihara Japan $2,500
Finalist Syndrela Das & Sutirtha Mukherjee India $1,500
Semifinals Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade India $950
Semifinals Mariia Tailakova & Ekaterina Zironova Russia $950
Quarterfinals Arina Slautina & Alina Zavarykina Russia $550
Quarterfinals Darya Fu & Mariya Lukyanova Kazakhstan $550
Quarterfinals Guzel Torshayeva & Zhanerke Koshkumbayeva Kazakhstan $550
Quarterfinals Tung-Chuan Chien & Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $550
Round of 16 Aray Ashkeyeva & Nursaya Nurman Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Darya Gamova & Noila Khaniyazova Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Yekaterina Okhmak & Akniyet Amangeldi Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Angelina Romanovskaya & Albina Zhaxylykova Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Valeriia Shcherbatykh & Maria Panfilova Russia $350
Round of 16 Elizabet Abraamian & Vlada Voronina Russia $350
Round of 16 Zauresh Akasheva & Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan $350
Round of 16 Shakhzoda Akhmadaliyeva & Nazym Serikbay Kazakhstan $350

The 2026 WTT Contender Almaty money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

91 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles champion $6,250
02 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles champion $5,000
03 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles finalist $2,500
04 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles finalist $2,500
05 Lev Katsman Russia Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,900
06 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,900
07 Kazuki Hamada Japan Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles semifinals $1,750
08 Mattias Karlsson Sweden Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,575
09 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,575
10 Syndrela Das India Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 16 $1,575
11 Evgeny Tikhonov Russia Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,550
12 Sutirtha Mukherjee India Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,400
13 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,300
14 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $1,300
15 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles semifinals $1,275
16 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles semifinals $1,275
17 Maksim Grebnev Russia Men's Doubles champion $1,250
18 Bo Fang Kazakhstan Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,200
19 Denis Ivonin Russia Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,200
20 Alexis Kouraichi France Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,200
21 Elizabet Abraamian Russia Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,200
22 Vlada Voronina Russia Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,200
23 Kazuki Yoshiyama Japan Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,125
24 Diya Chitale India Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,125
25 Florian Bourrassaud France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,100
26 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,100
27 Tung-Chuan Chien Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,100
28 Alvaro Robles Spain Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
29 Annett Kaufmann Germany Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
30 Kaho Akae Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
31 Vincent Picard France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,000
32 Maria Panfilova Russia Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,000
33 Alan Kurmangaliyev Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $925
34 Sanzhar Zhubanov Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $925
35 Esteban Dorr France Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $925
36 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $925
37 Zhanerke Koshkumbayeva Kazakhstan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $925
38 Yuta Tanaka Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $825
39 Manush Shah India Men's Singles round of 16 $825
40 Swastika Ghosh India Women's Singles round of 16 $825
41 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $825
42 Christina Kallberg Sweden Women's Singles round of 16 $825
43 Debora Vivarelli Italy Women's Singles round of 16 $825
44 Nikita Artemenko Russia Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $825
45 Irisbek Artukmetov Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $825
46 Fanbo Meng Germany Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $825
47 Iskender Kharki Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $825
48 Ricardo Walther Germany Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $825
49 Zauresh Akasheva Kazakhstan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $825
50 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $825
51 Valeriia Shcherbatykh Russia Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $825
52 Angelina Romanovskaya Kazakhstan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $825
53 Kirill Skachkov Russia Men's Singles round of 32 $650
54 Mizuki Oikawa Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $650
55 Angel Naranjo Puerto Rico Men's Singles round of 32 $650
56 Payas Jain India Men's Singles round of 32 $650
57 Lev Volin Russia Men's Singles round of 32 $650
58 Alberto Mino Ecuador Men's Singles round of 32 $650
59 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg Women's Singles round of 32 $650
60 Valeriia Kotsiur Russia Women's Singles round of 32 $650
61 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $650
62 Olga Vorobeva Russia Women's Singles round of 32 $650
63 Zion Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $650
64 Yuna Ojio Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $650
65 Olga Vishniakova Russia Women's Singles round of 32 $650
66 Hayate Suzuki Japan Men's Doubles semifinals $475
67 Mariia Tailakova Russia Women's Doubles semifinals $475
68 Ekaterina Zironova Russia Women's Doubles semifinals $475
69 Aidos Kenzhigulov Kazakhstan Men's Doubles quarterfinals $275
70 Dmitrii Vinogradov Russia Men's Doubles quarterfinals $275
71 Arina Slautina Russia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $275
72 Alina Zavarykina Russia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $275
73 Darya Fu Kazakhstan Women's Doubles quarterfinals $275
74 Mariya Lukyanova Kazakhstan Women's Doubles quarterfinals $275
75 Guzel Torshayeva Kazakhstan Women's Doubles quarterfinals $275
76 Ali Alkhadrawi Saudi Arabia Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
77 Abdulaziz Shulaybi Bu Saudi Arabia Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
78 Sagantay Kurmambayev Kazakhstan Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
79 Vladislav Zakharov Kazakhstan Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
80 Bakdaulet Akimali Kazakhstan Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
81 Dastan Kenzhigulov Kazakhstan Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
82 Temirlan Jiyenbayev Kazakhstan Men's Doubles round of 16 $175
83 Aray Ashkeyeva Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
84 Nursaya Nurman Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
85 Darya Gamova Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
86 Noila Khaniyazova Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
87 Yekaterina Okhmak Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
88 Akniyet Amangeldi Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
89 Albina Zhaxylykova Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
90 Shakhzoda Akhmadaliyeva Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175
91 Nazym Serikbay Kazakhstan Women's Doubles round of 16 $175

Which federations took the money home

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

15 federations paid

Japan $25k Russia $16k Kazakhstan $13k India $7,700 France $6,725 Sweden $3,975 Chinese Taipei $2,675 Germany $2,675 Puerto Rico $1,925 South Korea $1,475 Spain $1,025 Italy $825 Ecuador $650 Luxembourg $650 Saudi Arabia $350

Every other WTT Contender Almaty

The same event in the years either side

4 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2025 WTT Contender Almaty 2025 Table Tennis Centre ADD 92 $100,000
2024 WTT Contender Almaty 2024 Table Tennis Centre ADD 94 $80,000
2023 WTT Contender Almaty 2023 Table Tennis Centre ADD 97 $75,000
2022 WTT Contender Almaty 2022 Table Tennis Centre ADD 91 $75,000

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
2026 WTT Feeder Istanbul II WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Asunción WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Ulaanbaatar WTT Feeder 66 $30,000
2026 WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos WTT Star Contender 102 $300,000
2026 WTT Feeder Tashkent WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Champions Yokohama WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2026 WTT Feeder Vientiane WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 Europe Smash - Sweden Grand Smash 181 $1,550,000$1.5m
2026 WTT Feeder Berlin WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Olomouc WTT Feeder 96 $30,000
2026 WTT Champions Macao WTT Champions 64 $800,000
2026 WTT Contender Panagyurishte WTT Contender 94 $100,000
2026 WTT Feeder Puerto Princesa WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Bangkok WTT Feeder 0 $30,000
2026 WTT Star Contender Astana WTT Star Contender 0 $300,000
2026 WTT Feeder Linz WTT Feeder 0 $30,000
2026 China Smash Grand Smash 0 $2,050,000$2.0m
2026 WTT Champions Montpellier WTT Champions 0 $500,000
2026 WTT Feeder Chennai WTT Feeder 0 $30,000
2026 WTT Champions Frankfurt WTT Champions 0 $500,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Almaty 2026 winner get?

$5,000, out of a $100,000 pot. That is 5% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

What is the total prize money at the WTT Contender Almaty 2026?

$100,000 across 4 draws, played in Table Tennis Centre ADD between 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-06.

Who won the WTT Contender Almaty 2026?

Shunsuke Togami took the men's singles and $5,000. Miu Hirano took the women's singles and $5,000. Lev Katsman and Maksim Grebnev took the men's doubles and $2,500. Miu Hirano and Miyuu Kihara took the women's doubles and $2,500.

How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Contender Almaty?

To round of 16, which pays $350. The ladder has 11 rungs on it, and $5,000 at the top is 14 times the bottom one.

How many players got paid at the WTT Contender Almaty 2026?

91, from 15 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 Contender Almaty?

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

Where to next

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

Players paid at the 2026 WTT Contender Almaty

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