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WTT CONTENDER · 2023

WTT Contender Lagos 2023 prize money

A $75,000 week in Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall, 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-18. The champion takes $5,000, 6.7% 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 $75k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
DRAWS 5
PLAYERS PAID 102
FEDERATIONS 22

The 2023 WTT Contender Lagos at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Contender
Venue
Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall
Played
2023-06-12 to 2023-06-18
Prize pot
$75,000
Champion's cheque
$5,000
Editions of this event
4

The prize ladder

What each place is worth, as published

13 rungs

Place Draws it applies to Ranking points Prize
Winner the cheque every draw is played for Singles 400 $5,000
Finalist Singles 280 $2,500
Semi-Finalist Singles 140 $1,500
Quarter-Finalist Singles 70 $1,025
Winner Doubles, Mixed Doubles 400 $1,000
Finalist Mixed Doubles 280 $800
Finalist Doubles 280 $725
Round of 16 Singles 35 $700
Semi-Finalist Mixed Doubles 140 $500
Semi-Finalist Doubles 140 $450
Round of 32 Singles 4 $450
Quarter-Finalist Doubles, Mixed Doubles 70 $300
Round of 16 Doubles, Mixed Doubles 4 $200

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 25x the bottom

Winner $5,000
Finalist $2,500
Semi-Finalist $1,500
Quarter-Finalist $1,025
Winner $1,000
Finalist $800
Finalist $725
Round of 16 $700
Semi-Finalist $500
Semi-Finalist $450
Round of 32 $450
Quarter-Finalist $300

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 16 (40) $16k
Round of 32 (32) $14k
Champion (5) $13k
Quarterfinals (20) $12k
Semifinals (10) $8,800
Finalist (5) $7,250

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

5 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 Qihao Zhou China $5,000
Finalist Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $2,500
Semifinals Jonathan Groth Denmark $1,500
Semifinals Harmeet Desai India $1,500
Quarterfinals Wen Sun China $1,025
Quarterfinals Patrick Franziska Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $1,025
Quarterfinals Peng Xiang China $1,025
Round of 16 Junsung Oh South Korea $700
Round of 16 Manav Vikash Thakkar India $700
Round of 16 Benedikt Duda Germany $700
Round of 16 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $700
Round of 16 Yanning Liang China $700
Round of 16 Woojin Jang South Korea $700
Round of 16 Cedric Nuytinck Belgium $700
Round of 16 Licen Yuan China $700
Round of 32 Darko Jorgic Slovenia $450
Round of 32 Anders Lind Denmark $450
Round of 32 Olajide Omotayo Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Vincent Picard France $450
Round of 32 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $450
Round of 32 Bastien Rembert France $450
Round of 32 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea $450
Round of 32 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Joao Monteiro Portugal $450
Round of 32 Tiago Apolonia Portugal $450
Round of 32 Taiwo Mati Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Mehdi Bouloussa Algeria $450
Round of 32 Hugo Deschamps France $450
Round of 32 Yaroslav Zhmudenko Ukraine $450
Round of 32 Dongsoo Kang South Korea $450

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yubin Shin South Korea $5,000
Finalist Yake Li China $2,500
Semifinals Xiaotong Wang China $1,500
Semifinals Nayeong Kim South Korea $1,500
Quarterfinals Barbora Balazova Slovakia $1,025
Quarterfinals Yuhan Guo China $1,025
Quarterfinals Linda Bergstrom Sweden $1,025
Quarterfinals Prithika Pavade France $1,025
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon South Korea $700
Round of 16 Hana Goda Egypt $700
Round of 16 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey $700
Round of 16 Dina Meshref Egypt $700
Round of 16 Archana Girish Kamath India $700
Round of 16 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $700
Round of 16 Christina Kallberg Sweden $700
Round of 16 Eunhye Lee South Korea $700
Round of 32 Esther Oribamise Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Diya Parag Chitale India $450
Round of 32 Sreeja Akula India $450
Round of 32 Yu-Wen Huang Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Ajoke Ojomu Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Hyo Won Suh South Korea $450
Round of 32 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $450
Round of 32 Reeth Tennison India $450
Round of 32 Hanna Ryu South Korea $450
Round of 32 Offiong Edem Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Fatimo Bello Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Natalia Bajor Poland $450
Round of 32 Sarah Hanffou Cameroon $450
Round of 32 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $450

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Woojin Jang & Jonghoon Lim South Korea $1,000
Finalist Licen Yuan & Peng Xiang China $725
Semifinals Yingbin Xu & Shidong Lin China $450
Semifinals Zihao Zhao & Dingshuo Liu China $450
Quarterfinals Jeet Chandra & Snehit Suravajjula India $300
Quarterfinals Junsung Oh & Ganghyeon Park South Korea $300
Quarterfinals Qihao Zhou & Yanning Liang China $300
Quarterfinals Amadi Omeh & Azeez Solanke Nigeria $300
Round of 16 Seongil Jang & Hyeonggyu Woo South Korea $200
Round of 16 Manush Utpalbhai Shah & Manav Vikash Thakkar India $200
Round of 16 Hugo Deschamps & Thibault Poret France $200
Round of 16 Akinwale Fagbamila & Joshua Oladiran Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Yan-Cheng Huang & Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Anders Lind & Martin Buch Andersen Denmark $200
Round of 16 Taiwo Mati & Olajide Omotayo Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Wang-Wei Peng & Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $200

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Jihee Jeon & Yubin Shin South Korea $1,000
Finalist Siqi Fan & Weishan Liu China $725
Semifinals Zhuojia He & Xiaotong Wang China $450
Semifinals Yiyun Yang & Xiaotong Zang China $450
Quarterfinals Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu South Korea $300
Quarterfinals Natalia Bajor & Barbora Balazova Poland $300
Quarterfinals Yuhan Guo & Yake Li China $300
Quarterfinals Sutirtha Mukherjee & Reeth Tennison India $300
Round of 16 Eunhye Lee & Ha Eun Yang South Korea $200
Round of 16 Filippa Bergand & Christina Kallberg Sweden $200
Round of 16 Cecilia Akpan & Offiong Edem Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Tatiana Kukulkova & Ema Labosova Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Charlotte Carey & Tin-Tin Ho Wales $200
Round of 16 Diya Parag Chitale & Sreeja Akula India $200
Round of 16 Seoyun Kim & Hyobin Yoon South Korea $200
Round of 16 Ajoke Ojomu & Esther Oribamise Nigeria $200

Mixed Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Peng Xiang & Weishan Liu China $1,000
Finalist Woojin Jang & Jihee Jeon South Korea $800
Semifinals Jonghoon Lim & Yubin Shin South Korea $500
Semifinals Manav Vikash Thakkar & Archana Girish Kamath India $500
Quarterfinals Kai Zhou & Zhuojia He China $300
Quarterfinals Yebo Liu & Siqi Fan China $300
Quarterfinals Lubomir Pistej & Barbora Balazova Slovakia $300
Quarterfinals Snehit Suravajjula & Diya Parag Chitale India $300
Round of 16 Samuel Walker & Tin-Tin Ho England $200
Round of 16 Olajide Omotayo & Offiong Edem Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Amadi Omeh & Esther Oribamise Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Taiwo Mati & Ajoke Ojomu Nigeria $200
Round of 16 Hyeonggyu Woo & Seoyun Kim South Korea $200
Round of 16 Cheng-Ting Liao & Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Dimitrije Levajac & Izabela Lupulesku Serbia $200
Round of 16 Orok Etim & Fatimo Bello Nigeria $200

The 2023 WTT Contender Lagos money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

102 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles semifinals $5,750
02 Qihao Zhou China Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $5,150
03 Yake Li China Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,650
04 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles finalist $2,500
05 Peng Xiang China Men's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles champion, Men's Doubles finalist $1,887
06 Xiaotong Wang China Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $1,725
07 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,650
08 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
09 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
10 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles semifinals $1,500
11 Harmeet Desai India Men's Singles semifinals $1,500
12 Barbora Balazova Slovakia Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,325
13 Yuhan Guo China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
14 Licen Yuan China Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,062
15 Manav Vikash Thakkar India Men's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles semifinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,050
16 Wen Sun China Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
17 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
18 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
19 Linda Bergstrom Sweden Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
20 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
21 Archana Girish Kamath India Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles semifinals $950
22 Weishan Liu China Mixed Doubles champion, Women's Doubles finalist $863
23 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $850
24 Yanning Liang China Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $850
25 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $800
26 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $800
27 Christina Kallberg Sweden Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $800
28 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $800
29 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles semifinals $750
30 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $700
31 Cedric Nuytinck Belgium Men's Singles round of 16 $700
32 Hana Goda Egypt Women's Singles round of 16 $700
33 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey Women's Singles round of 16 $700
34 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 16 $700
35 Diya Parag Chitale India Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $700
36 Olajide Omotayo Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $650
37 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $650
38 Taiwo Mati Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $650
39 Esther Oribamise Nigeria Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $650
40 Ajoke Ojomu Nigeria Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $650
41 Offiong Edem Nigeria Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $650
42 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $600
43 Reeth Tennison India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
44 Hanna Ryu South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
45 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
46 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
47 Hugo Deschamps France Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
48 Sreeja Akula India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $550
49 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $550
50 Fatimo Bello Nigeria Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $550
51 Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $550
52 Siqi Fan China Women's Doubles finalist, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $513
53 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles round of 32 $450
54 Vincent Picard France Men's Singles round of 32 $450
55 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
56 Bastien Rembert France Men's Singles round of 32 $450
57 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
58 Joao Monteiro Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
59 Tiago Apolonia Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
60 Mehdi Bouloussa Algeria Men's Singles round of 32 $450
61 Yaroslav Zhmudenko Ukraine Men's Singles round of 32 $450
62 Dongsoo Kang South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
63 Yu-Wen Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $450
64 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $450
65 Hyo Won Suh South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $450
66 Sarah Hanffou Cameroon Women's Singles round of 32 $450
67 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $450
68 Zhuojia He China Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $375
69 Snehit Suravajjula India Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $300
70 Amadi Omeh Nigeria Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
71 Yingbin Xu China Men's Doubles semifinals $225
72 Shidong Lin China Men's Doubles semifinals $225
73 Zihao Zhao China Men's Doubles semifinals $225
74 Dingshuo Liu China Men's Doubles semifinals $225
75 Yiyun Yang China Women's Doubles semifinals $225
76 Xiaotong Zang China Women's Doubles semifinals $225
77 Hyeonggyu Woo South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $200
78 Tin-Tin Ho England Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
79 Seoyun Kim South Korea Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
80 Jeet Chandra India Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
81 Ganghyeon Park South Korea Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
82 Azeez Solanke Nigeria Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
83 Kai Zhou China Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $150
84 Yebo Liu China Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $150
85 Sutirtha Mukherjee India Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
86 Seongil Jang South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
87 Manush Utpalbhai Shah India Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
88 Thibault Poret France Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
89 Akinwale Fagbamila Nigeria Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
90 Joshua Oladiran Nigeria Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
91 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
92 Martin Buch Andersen Denmark Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
93 Wang-Wei Peng Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
94 Samuel Walker England Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
95 Dimitrije Levajac Serbia Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
96 Izabela Lupulesku Serbia Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
97 Orok Etim Nigeria Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
98 Filippa Bergand Sweden Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
99 Cecilia Akpan Nigeria Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
100 Ema Labosova Slovakia Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
101 Charlotte Carey Wales Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
102 Hyobin Yoon South Korea Women's Doubles round of 16 $100

Which federations took the money home

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

22 federations paid

China $19k South Korea $17k India $6,050 Nigeria $4,600 Chinese Taipei $4,575 Germany $4,225 Slovakia $2,825 France $2,575 Denmark $2,150 Sweden $1,925 Egypt $1,400 Portugal $900 Belgium $700 Turkey $700 Poland $600

Every other WTT Contender Lagos

The same event in the years either side

3 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Contender Lagos 2026 Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 89 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Lagos 2025 Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 95 $100,000
2024 WTT Contender Lagos 2024 Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall 80 $80,000

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 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 Champions Macao WTT Champions 64 $800,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Bangkok WTT Star Contender 121 $250,000
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
2023 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte WTT Feeder 129 $40,000
2023 WTT Feeder Bangkok WTT Feeder 102 $20,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Lagos 2023 winner get?

$5,000, out of a $75,000 pot. That is 6.7% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

What is the total prize money at the WTT Contender Lagos 2023?

$75,000 across 5 draws, played in Sir Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor Sports Hall between 2023-06-12 to 2023-06-18.

Who won the WTT Contender Lagos 2023?

Qihao Zhou took the men's singles and $5,000. Yubin Shin took the women's singles and $5,000. Woojin Jang and Jonghoon Lim took the men's doubles and $1,000. Jihee Jeon and Yubin Shin took the women's doubles and $1,000. Peng Xiang and Weishan Liu took the mixed doubles and $1,000.

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

To round of 16, which pays $200. The ladder has 13 rungs on it, and $5,000 at the top is 25 times the bottom one.

How many players got paid at the WTT Contender Lagos 2023?

102, from 22 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 Lagos?

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 2023 WTT Contender Lagos

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