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WTT CONTENDER · DURBAN

WTT Contender Durban prize money

1 edition between 2023 , with $5,000 to the champion at the richest of them. 75 players have been paid here.

Every edition of this event, what it put up, and the money list underneath it: who has collected the most at this one week of the calendar, across however many times they have played it.

BIGGEST POT $75k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
EDITIONS 1
PLAYERS PAID 75
FIRST AND LAST 2023

The WTT Contender Durban money list

Everyone the event has paid, across every edition

75 players

# Player Federation Editions Titles Won here
01 Tianyi Qian China 3 1 $5,763
02 Hugo Calderano Brazil 1 1 $5,000
03 Siqi Fan China 2 $2,650
04 Yaroslav Zhmudenko Ukraine 1 $2,500
05 Shidong Lin China 3 2 $2,025
06 Rui Zhang China 2 1 $2,000
07 Man Kuai China 3 2 $1,700
08 Simon Gauzy France 2 $1,650
09 Anton Kallberg Sweden 2 $1,600
10 Tung-Chuan Chien Chinese Taipei 1 $1,500
11 Xiaona Shan Germany 3 $1,375
12 Patrick Franziska Germany 2 $1,275
13 Nina Mittelham Germany 3 $1,225
14 Dina Meshref Egypt 2 $1,175
15 Weishan Liu China 2 $1,175
16 Dang Qiu Germany 2 $1,125
17 Felix Lebrun France 3 $1,100
18 Fei Xue China 3 $1,075
19 Yingbin Xu China 2 $1,062
20 Quadri Aruna Nigeria 1 $1,025
21 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia 3 $1,000
22 Yuanyu Chen China 2 1 $950
23 Manav Vikash Thakkar India 3 $950
24 Tom Jarvis England 2 $925
25 Sabine Winter Germany 2 $925
26 Natalia Bajor Poland 2 $925
27 Camille Lutz France 2 $925
28 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei 3 $900
29 Jules Rolland France 2 $850
30 Rachel Moret Switzerland 2 $850
31 Prithika Pavade France 3 $850
32 Barbora Balazova Slovakia 3 $825
33 Snehit Suravajjula India 2 $800
34 Hsin Huang Chinese Taipei 2 $800
35 Yu-Chiao Huang Chinese Taipei 2 $800
36 Jakub Zelinka Slovakia 3 $750
37 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia 3 $750
38 Yi Chen China 1 $700
39 Theo Cogill South Africa 3 $700
40 Zodwa Maphanga South Africa 3 $700
41 Yanning Liang China 2 $675
42 Paul Drinkhall England 2 $675
43 Tzu-Yi Yang Chinese Taipei 3 $650
44 Chetan Nathoo South Africa 3 $650
45 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei 3 $650
46 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg 3 $650
47 Musfiquh Kalam South Africa 3 $650
48 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei 3 $650
49 Danisha Patel South Africa 3 $650
50 Vincent Picard France 2 $600
51 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey 2 $600
52 Archana Girish Kamath India 2 $600
53 Charlotte Lutz France 2 $600
54 Eric Glod Luxembourg 2 $550
55 Tevia Sapire South Africa 2 $550
56 Yuan Wan Germany 2 $550
57 Tessy Gonderinger Luxembourg 2 $550
58 Ozge Yilmaz Turkey 2 $550
59 Kilian Ort Germany 1 $450
60 Wen Sun China 1 $450
61 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei 1 $450
62 Santiago Lorenzo Argentina 1 $450
63 Ndelu Mooketsi Botswana 1 $450
64 Sarah Hanffou Cameroon 1 $450
65 Haidong Xu China 1 $363
66 Xunyao Shi China 1 $363
67 Luke Abrahams South Africa 2 $250
68 Kurt Lingeveldt South Africa 2 $250
69 Lailaa Edwards South Africa 2 $200
70 Dean Levy South Africa 1 $100
71 Liam Beukes South Africa 1 $100
72 Ruan Scholtz South Africa 1 $100
73 Ece Harac Turkey 1 $100
74 Jesse Nomdo South Africa 1 $100
75 Simeen Mookrey South Africa 1 $100

A doubles rung pays a pair and the two players share it here, so a doubles specialist's figure is half of what the ladder prices the round at. It is the only way a money list adds up to the same total the event paid out.

Who owns this week

The biggest career hauls at the WTT Contender Durban

56 paid at more than one edition

Tianyi Qian $5,763 Hugo Calderano $5,000 Siqi Fan $2,650 Yaroslav Zhmudenko $2,500 Shidong Lin $2,025 Rui Zhang $2,000 Man Kuai $1,700 Simon Gauzy $1,650 Anton Kallberg $1,600 Tung-Chuan Chien $1,500 Xiaona Shan $1,375 Patrick Franziska $1,275 Nina Mittelham $1,225 Dina Meshref $1,175 Weishan Liu $1,175

Every WTT Contender Durban

Newest first, with what each week put up

1 edition

Year Edition Venue Draws Players paid Prize pot
2023 WTT Contender Durban 2023 Olive Convention Centre Durban 5 75 $75,000

A pot is what the week puts up in total, shared down every draw it runs. It is not the champion's cheque, and on an event with five draws it is not far off five champions' cheques plus everything underneath them.

WTT Contender Durban champions

Every draw of every edition, and what winning it paid

5 titles

Year Draw Champion Federation Prize
2023 Men's Singles Hugo Calderano Brazil $5,000
2023 Women's Singles Tianyi Qian China $5,000
2023 Men's Doubles Yuanyu Chen & Shidong Lin China $1,000
2023 Women's Doubles Rui Zhang & Man Kuai China $1,000
2023 Mixed Doubles Shidong Lin & Man Kuai China $1,000

Where the WTT Contender Durban money ends up

Every cheque the event has written, by federation

20 federations

China $21k Germany $6,925 France $6,575 Chinese Taipei $6,400 South Africa $5,100 Brazil $5,000 Slovakia $3,325 Ukraine $2,500 India $2,350 Luxembourg $1,750 Sweden $1,600 England $1,600 Turkey $1,250 Egypt $1,175 Nigeria $1,025

Where the WTT Contender Durban sits on the tour

Ranked 52 of 99 on prize money paid

# Event Tier Editions Span Paid out
42 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte WTT Feeder 3 2023 to 2025 $113,180
43 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf WTT Feeder 4 2023 to 2026 $98,600
44 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 4 2023 to 2026 $98,400
45 WTT Feeder Havirov WTT Feeder 4 2023 to 2026 $97,605
46 WTT Contender Buenos Aires WTT Contender 1 2025 $95,000
47 WTT Contender Panagyurishte WTT Contender 1 2026 $84,100
48 WTT Feeder Cappadocia WTT Feeder 3 2024 to 2026 $77,390
49 WTT Contender Mendoza WTT Contender 1 2024 $74,725
50 WTT Feeder Doha WTT Feeder 3 2024 to 2026 $72,975
51 WTT Contender Nova Gorica WTT Contender 1 2022 $71,250
53 WTT Contender Amman WTT Contender 1 2023 $70,125
54 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 3 2023 to 2025 $69,700
55 WTT Contender Antalya WTT Contender 1 2023 $68,450
56 WTT Feeder Istanbul WTT Feeder 2 2025 to 2026 $58,400
57 WTT Feeder Vientiane WTT Feeder 2 2025 to 2026 $58,000
58 WTT Feeder Cappadocia II WTT Feeder 2 2025 to 2026 $56,400
59 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II WTT Feeder 3 2022 to 2024 $50,490
60 WTT Feeder Varazdin WTT Feeder 2 2024 to 2026 $49,700
61 WTT Feeder Manchester WTT Feeder 2 2024 to 2025 $48,660
62 WTT Feeder Prishtina WTT Feeder 2 2024 to 2026 $47,045

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Durban winner get?

$5,000 at the richest edition on this site, out of a $75,000 pot. 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.

How many times has the WTT Contender Durban been played?

1 edition on this site, 2023, in Durban.

Who has won the most money at the WTT Contender Durban?

Tianyi Qian of China, $5,763 across 3 editions and 1 title.

Do the same players keep coming back to the WTT Contender Durban?

56 of the 75 players the event has paid have been paid at more than one edition of it.

Which country does the WTT Contender Durban money go to?

China takes the most of it, $20,950 across 1 edition, out of 20 federations paid here.

What is the WTT Contender Durban worth in total?

$75,000 across 1 edition that publish a pot.

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