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WTT CONTENDER · 2023

WTT Contender Muscat 2023 prize money

A $75,000 week in Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex, 2023-10-08 to 2023-10-14. 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 103
FEDERATIONS 33

The 2023 WTT Contender Muscat at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Contender
Venue
Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex
Played
2023-10-08 to 2023-10-14
Prize pot
$75,000
Champion's cheque
$5,000
Editions of this event
5

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
Final Singles 280 $2,500
Semifinals Singles 140 $1,500
Quarterfinals Singles 70 $1,025
Winner Doubles, Mixed Doubles 400 $1,000
Final Mixed Doubles 280 $800
Final Doubles 280 $725
Round of 16 Singles 35 $700
Semifinals Mixed Doubles 140 $500
Semifinals Doubles 140 $450
Round of 32 Singles 4 $450
Quarterfinals 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
Final $2,500
Semifinals $1,500
Quarterfinals $1,025
Winner $1,000
Final $800
Final $725
Round of 16 $700
Semifinals $500
Semifinals $450
Round of 32 $450
Quarterfinals $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 (38) $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 Hugo Calderano Brazil $5,000
Finalist Liam Pitchford England $2,500
Semifinals Anton Kallberg Sweden $1,500
Semifinals Simon Gauzy France $1,500
Quarterfinals Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $1,025
Quarterfinals Junsung Oh South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Joao Geraldo Portugal $1,025
Quarterfinals Sora Matsushima Japan $1,025
Round of 16 Jules Rolland France $700
Round of 16 Shunsuke Togami Japan $700
Round of 16 Alvaro Robles Spain $700
Round of 16 Benedikt Duda Germany $700
Round of 16 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei $700
Round of 16 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $700
Round of 16 Anders Lind Denmark $700
Round of 16 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $700
Round of 32 Cedric Meissner Germany $450
Round of 32 Tiago Apolonia Portugal $450
Round of 32 Martin Allegro Belgium $450
Round of 32 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Yang Wang Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Dang Qiu Germany $450
Round of 32 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium $450
Round of 32 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $450
Round of 32 Patrick Franziska Germany $450
Round of 32 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $450
Round of 32 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $450
Round of 32 Seungmin Cho South Korea $450
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $450
Round of 32 Quadri Aruna Nigeria $450
Round of 32 Sang Su Lee South Korea $450

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Hina Hayata Japan $5,000
Finalist Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $2,500
Semifinals Miyu Nagasaki Japan $1,500
Semifinals Miwa Harimoto Japan $1,500
Quarterfinals Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei $1,025
Quarterfinals Zion Lee South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Nina Mittelham Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Jihee Jeon South Korea $1,025
Round of 16 Sreeja Akula India $700
Round of 16 Giorgia Piccolin Italy $700
Round of 16 Nayeong Kim South Korea $700
Round of 16 Hana Matelova Czechia $700
Round of 16 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $700
Round of 16 Jia Nan Yuan France $700
Round of 16 Natalia Bajor Poland $700
Round of 16 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $700
Round of 32 Jian Zeng Singapore $450
Round of 32 Rachel Moret Switzerland $450
Round of 32 Dora Madarasz Hungary $450
Round of 32 Archana Girish Kamath India $450
Round of 32 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $450
Round of 32 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey $450
Round of 32 Maria Xiao Spain $450
Round of 32 Sofia-Xuan Zhang Spain $450
Round of 32 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $450
Round of 32 Minhyung Jee Australia $450
Round of 32 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Prithika Pavade France $450
Round of 32 Hyo Won Suh South Korea $450
Round of 32 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg $450
Round of 32 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $450

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Patrick Franziska & Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $1,000
Finalist Kristian Karlsson & Anton Kallberg Sweden $725
Semifinals Chun Ting Wong & Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong $450
Semifinals Tom Jarvis & Liam Pitchford England $450
Quarterfinals Martin Allegro & Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium $300
Quarterfinals Nandor Ecseki & Bence Majoros Hungary $300
Quarterfinals Kwan To Yiu & Baldwin Chan Hong Kong $300
Quarterfinals Dang Qiu & Benedikt Duda Germany $300
Round of 16 Bader Al Jassasi & Luqman Farsi Al Oman $200
Round of 16 Yun-Ju Lin & Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Hugo Calderano & Vitor Ishiy Brazil $200
Round of 16 Pak Nam Ng & Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong $200
Round of 16 Muhannad Al Balushi & Asad Alraisi Oman $200
Round of 16 Hamid Shams & Navid Shams Iran $200
Round of 16 Jaehyun An & Jonghoon Lim South Korea $200
Round of 16 Ludovic Gombos & Hon Ming Li United States $200

Women's Doubles14 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Wing Lam Ng & Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $1,000
Finalist Sibel Altinkaya & Andrea Todorovic Turkey $725
Semifinals Barbora Balazova & Hana Matelova Slovakia $450
Semifinals Szu-Yu Chen & Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $450
Quarterfinals Tatiana Kukulkova & Ema Labosova Slovakia $300
Quarterfinals Minhyung Jee & Anna Hursey Australia $300
Quarterfinals Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade France $300
Quarterfinals Sarah De Nutte & Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg $300
Round of 16 Sreeja Akula & Diya Parag Chitale India $200
Round of 16 Matilda Hansson & Filippa Bergand Sweden $200
Round of 16 Rui Xuan Goi & Xin Ru Wong Singapore $200
Round of 16 Oceane Guisnel & Stephanie Loeuillette France $200
Round of 16 Yee Lok Lam & Hoi Man Karen Lee Hong Kong $200
Round of 16 Sutirtha Mukherjee & Ayhika Mukherjee India $200

Mixed Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yun-Ju Lin & Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei $1,000
Finalist Sora Matsushima & Miwa Harimoto Japan $800
Semifinals Dang Qiu & Nina Mittelham Germany $500
Semifinals Yew En Koen Pang & Xin Ru Wong Singapore $500
Quarterfinals Lubomir Pistej & Barbora Balazova Slovakia $300
Quarterfinals Alvaro Robles & Maria Xiao Spain $300
Quarterfinals Tomokazu Harimoto & Hina Hayata Japan $300
Quarterfinals Manush Utpalbhai Shah & Diya Parag Chitale India $300
Round of 16 Nandor Ecseki & Dora Madarasz Hungary $200
Round of 16 Liam Pitchford & Anna Hursey England $200
Round of 16 Harmeet Desai & Archana Girish Kamath India $200
Round of 16 Daniel Gonzalez & Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $200
Round of 16 Yang Wang & Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Chun Ting Wong & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $200
Round of 16 Siu Hang Lam & Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $200
Round of 16 Baldwin Chan & Hoi Man Karen Lee Hong Kong $200

The 2023 WTT Contender Muscat money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

103 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles champion, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $5,150
02 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles round of 16 $5,100
03 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $2,825
04 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles finalist, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $2,600
05 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Singles semifinals, Mixed Doubles finalist $1,900
06 Anton Kallberg Sweden Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles finalist $1,863
07 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles champion, Women's Doubles semifinals $1,750
08 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles semifinals $1,500
09 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles semifinals $1,500
10 Sora Matsushima Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles finalist $1,425
11 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei Mixed Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
12 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $1,300
13 Nina Mittelham Germany Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles semifinals $1,275
14 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
15 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,062
16 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $1,050
17 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
18 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
19 Zion Lee South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
20 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
21 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 32 $950
22 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 32 $950
23 Hana Matelova Czechia Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles semifinals $925
24 Alvaro Robles Spain Men's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $850
25 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $850
26 Dang Qiu Germany Mixed Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $850
27 Sibel Altinkaya Turkey Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $812
28 Sreeja Akula India Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $800
29 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $775
30 Jules Rolland France Men's Singles round of 16 $700
31 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $700
32 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 16 $700
33 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $700
34 Giorgia Piccolin Italy Women's Singles round of 16 $700
35 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $700
36 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 16 $700
37 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Singles round of 16 $700
38 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $700
39 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $700
40 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $675
41 Martin Allegro Belgium Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
42 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $600
43 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
44 Maria Xiao Spain Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $600
45 Minhyung Jee Australia Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
46 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
47 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
48 Yang Wang Slovakia Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $550
49 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
50 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
51 Dora Madarasz Hungary Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $550
52 Archana Girish Kamath India Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $550
53 Cedric Meissner Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $450
54 Tiago Apolonia Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
55 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 32 $450
56 Seungmin Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
57 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32 $450
58 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
59 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 32 $450
60 Rachel Moret Switzerland Women's Singles round of 32 $450
61 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Singles round of 32 $450
62 Sofia-Xuan Zhang Spain Women's Singles round of 32 $450
63 Hyo Won Suh South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $450
64 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $450
65 Barbora Balazova Slovakia Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $375
66 Andrea Todorovic Serbia Women's Doubles finalist $363
67 Xin Ru Wong Singapore Mixed Doubles semifinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $350
68 Yew En Koen Pang Singapore Mixed Doubles semifinals $250
69 Nandor Ecseki Hungary Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
70 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
71 Diya Parag Chitale India Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $250
72 Anna Hursey Wales Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
73 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong Men's Doubles semifinals $225
74 Tom Jarvis England Men's Doubles semifinals $225
75 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $200
76 Hoi Man Karen Lee Hong Kong Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
77 Bence Majoros Hungary Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
78 Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
79 Manush Utpalbhai Shah India Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $150
80 Ema Labosova Slovakia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
81 Camille Lutz France Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
82 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
83 Bader Al Jassasi Oman Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
84 Luqman Farsi Al Oman Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
85 Vitor Ishiy Brazil Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
86 Pak Nam Ng Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
87 Muhannad Al Balushi Oman Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
88 Asad Alraisi Oman Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
89 Hamid Shams Iran Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
90 Navid Shams Iran Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
91 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
92 Ludovic Gombos United States Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
93 Hon Ming Li Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
94 Harmeet Desai India Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
95 Daniel Gonzalez Puerto Rico Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
96 Matilda Hansson Sweden Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
97 Filippa Bergand Sweden Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
98 Rui Xuan Goi Singapore Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
99 Oceane Guisnel France Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
100 Stephanie Loeuillette France Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
101 Yee Lok Lam Hong Kong Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
102 Sutirtha Mukherjee India Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
103 Ayhika Mukherjee India 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

33 federations paid

Japan $13k South Korea $6,475 Germany $5,325 Brazil $5,200 Hong Kong $4,450 Chinese Taipei $4,275 France $3,850 Sweden $3,125 England $3,050 Puerto Rico $2,700 India $2,500 Slovakia $2,375 Spain $1,900 Portugal $1,475 Belgium $1,200

Every other WTT Contender Muscat

The same event in the years either side

4 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Contender Muscat 2026 Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 97 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Muscat 2025 Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 90 $85,000
2024 WTT Contender Muscat 2024 Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 84 $80,000
2022 WTT Contender Muscat 2022 Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex 85 $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
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
2023 WTT Feeder Stockholm WTT Feeder 137 $20,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Lanzhou WTT Star Contender 107 $250,000
2023 WTT Contender Antalya WTT Contender 88 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Doha II WTT Feeder 95 $20,000
2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2023 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 143 $20,000
2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan WTT Contender 70 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 145 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III WTT Feeder 124 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Biella WTT Feeder 142 $20,000
2023 WTT Finals Women Nagoya WTT Finals 27 $340,000
2024 WTT Finals Men Doha WTT Finals 26 $340,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Muscat 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 Muscat 2023?

$75,000 across 5 draws, played in Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex between 2023-10-08 to 2023-10-14.

Who won the WTT Contender Muscat 2023?

Hugo Calderano took the men's singles and $5,000. Hina Hayata took the women's singles and $5,000. Patrick Franziska and Dimitrij Ovtcharov took the men's doubles and $1,000. Wing Lam Ng and Chengzhu Zhu took the women's doubles and $1,000. Yun-Ju Lin and Szu-Yu Chen took the mixed doubles and $1,000.

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

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 Muscat 2023?

103, from 33 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 Muscat?

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 Muscat

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