WTT CONTENDER · 2025
WTT Contender Muscat 2025 prize money
A $85,000 week in Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex, 2025-01-11 to 2025-01-17. The champion takes $4,500, 5.3% 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 $85k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 90
FEDERATIONS 26
The 2025 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
- 2025-01-11 to 2025-01-17
- Prize pot
- $85,000
- Champion's cheque
- $4,500
- Editions of this event
- 5
The prize ladder
What each place is worth, as published
| Place | Draws it applies to | Ranking points | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion the cheque every draw is played for | Singles | 400 | $4,500 |
| Finalist | Singles | 280 | $2,450 |
| Semifinals | Singles | 140 | $1,550 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 70 | $1,025 |
| Champion | Doubles | 400 | $1,000 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 35 | $825 |
| Finalist | Doubles | 280 | $800 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 4 | $650 |
| Semifinals | Doubles | 140 | $475 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles | 70 | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Doubles | 4 | $250 |
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
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
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
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 | Yuanyu Chen | China | $4,500 |
| Finalist | Tomokazu Harimoto | Japan | $2,450 |
| Semifinals | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | $1,550 |
| Semifinals | Guan-Hong Kuo | Chinese Taipei | $1,550 |
| Quarterfinals | Thibault Poret | France | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Youzheng Huang | China | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Lilian Bardet | France | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Manush Shah | India | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Simon Gauzy | France | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Andrej Gacina | Croatia | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Germany | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Jinbao Ma | United States | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Yan-Cheng Huang | Chinese Taipei | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Peng Xiang | China | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Edward Ly | Canada | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yingbin Xu | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Flavien Coton | France | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Alvaro Robles | Spain | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Vincent Picard | France | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Jules Rolland | France | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Harmeet Desai | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Tiago Apolonia | Portugal | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Finn Luu | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Quadri Aruna | Nigeria | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Manav Thakkar | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Navid Shams | Iran | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Hwan Bae | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | $650 |
Women's Singles32 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Xunyao Shi | China | $4,500 |
| Finalist | Man Kuai | China | $2,450 |
| Semifinals | Yuxuan Qin | China | $1,550 |
| Semifinals | Satsuki Odo | Japan | $1,550 |
| Quarterfinals | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Yangzi Liu | Australia | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Yi Chen | China | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Prithika Pavade | France | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Sreeja Akula | India | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Miu Hirano | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Manika Batra | India | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Yi-Tian Yeh | Chinese Taipei | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Ayhika Mukherjee | India | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Hyo Won Suh | South Korea | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Xiaotong Wang | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Barbora Balazova | Slovakia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Suhana Saini | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Maria Xiao | Spain | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Charlotte Lutz | France | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Giorgia Piccolin | Italy | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Diya Chitale | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Natalia Bajor | Poland | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Swastika Ghosh | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Andrea Todorovic | Serbia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Minhyung Jee | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yi-Hua Huang | Chinese Taipei | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yu-Jie Huang | Chinese Taipei | $650 |
Men's Doubles13 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Tomokazu Harimoto & Sora Matsushima | Japan | $1,000 |
| Finalist | Yu-An Chang & Jing-Kai Hung | Chinese Taipei | $800 |
| Semifinals | Siu Hang Lam & Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | $475 |
| Semifinals | Youzheng Huang & Yuanyu Chen | China | $475 |
| Quarterfinals | Mudit Dani & Payas Jain | India | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Guan-Hong Kuo & Yan-Cheng Huang | Chinese Taipei | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar | India | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Kwan Kit Ho & Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Harmeet Desai & Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | India | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Finn Luu & Hwan Bae | Australia | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Navid Shams & Hamid Shams | Iran | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Muhannad Al Balushi & Bilal Al Rashdi | Oman | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Ghassan Al Ghassani & Mohammed Al Mutawa | Oman | $250 |
Women's Doubles16 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Satsuki Odo & Sakura Yokoi | Japan | $1,000 |
| Finalist | Chengzhu Zhu & Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $800 |
| Semifinals | Leana Hochart & Charlotte Lutz | France | $475 |
| Semifinals | Sabina Surjan & Izabela Lupulesku | Serbia | $475 |
| Quarterfinals | Yi Chen & Man Kuai | China | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuxuan Qin & Geman Zong | China | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Yangzi Liu & Minhyung Jee | Australia | $350 |
| Quarterfinals | Hoi Man Lee & Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Natalia Bajor & Tatiana Kukulkova | Poland | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Sreeja Akula & Diya Chitale | India | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Barbora Balazova & Anna Hursey | Slovakia | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Sarvinoz Mirkadirova & Andrea Todorovic | Kazakhstan | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Xunyao Shi & Xiaotong Wang | China | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Katarzyna Wegrzyn & Zuzanna Wielgos | Poland | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Maria Xiao & Adina Diaconu | Spain | $250 |
| Round of 16 | Sutirtha Mukherjee & Ayhika Mukherjee | India | $250 |
The 2025 WTT Contender Muscat money list
Every player the week paid, richest first
| # | Player | Federation | How far they got | Won here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Yuanyu Chen | China | Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles semifinals | $4,737 |
| 02 | Xunyao Shi | China | Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $4,625 |
| 03 | Tomokazu Harimoto | Japan | Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles champion | $2,950 |
| 04 | Man Kuai | China | Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $2,625 |
| 05 | Satsuki Odo | Japan | Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles champion | $2,050 |
| 06 | Guan-Hong Kuo | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,725 |
| 07 | Yuxuan Qin | China | Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,725 |
| 08 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | Men's Singles semifinals | $1,550 |
| 09 | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles champion | $1,525 |
| 10 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16 | $1,325 |
| 11 | Youzheng Huang | China | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles semifinals | $1,263 |
| 12 | Manush Shah | India | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,200 |
| 13 | Yangzi Liu | Australia | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,200 |
| 14 | Yi Chen | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,200 |
| 15 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,050 |
| 16 | Thibault Poret | France | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 17 | Lilian Bardet | France | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 18 | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 19 | Yan-Cheng Huang | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,000 |
| 20 | Sreeja Akula | India | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $950 |
| 21 | Ayhika Mukherjee | India | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $950 |
| 22 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles semifinals | $887 |
| 23 | Charlotte Lutz | France | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles semifinals | $887 |
| 24 | Simon Gauzy | France | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 25 | Andrej Gacina | Croatia | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 26 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Germany | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 27 | Jinbao Ma | United States | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 28 | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 29 | Peng Xiang | China | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 30 | Prithika Pavade | France | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 31 | Miu Hirano | Japan | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 32 | Manika Batra | India | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 33 | Bruna Takahashi | Brazil | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 34 | Yi-Tian Yeh | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 35 | Hyo Won Suh | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 36 | Manav Thakkar | India | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $825 |
| 37 | Minhyung Jee | Australia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $825 |
| 38 | Harmeet Desai | India | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 39 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | India | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 40 | Finn Luu | Australia | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 41 | Navid Shams | Iran | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 42 | Hwan Bae | Australia | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 43 | Xiaotong Wang | China | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 44 | Barbora Balazova | Slovakia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 45 | Maria Xiao | Spain | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 46 | Diya Chitale | India | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 47 | Natalia Bajor | Poland | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 48 | Andrea Todorovic | Serbia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $775 |
| 49 | Edward Ly | Canada | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 50 | Yingbin Xu | China | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 51 | Flavien Coton | France | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 52 | Alvaro Robles | Spain | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 53 | Vincent Picard | France | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 54 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 55 | Jules Rolland | France | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 56 | Tiago Apolonia | Portugal | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 57 | Quadri Aruna | Nigeria | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 58 | Suhana Saini | India | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 59 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 60 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 61 | Giorgia Piccolin | Italy | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 62 | Swastika Ghosh | India | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 63 | Yi-Hua Huang | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 64 | Yu-Jie Huang | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 65 | Yu-An Chang | Chinese Taipei | Men's Doubles finalist | $400 |
| 66 | Jing-Kai Hung | Chinese Taipei | Men's Doubles finalist | $400 |
| 67 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles finalist | $400 |
| 68 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles semifinals | $237 |
| 69 | Leana Hochart | France | Women's Doubles semifinals | $237 |
| 70 | Sabina Surjan | Serbia | Women's Doubles semifinals | $237 |
| 71 | Izabela Lupulesku | Serbia | Women's Doubles semifinals | $237 |
| 72 | Mudit Dani | India | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 73 | Payas Jain | India | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 74 | Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 75 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 76 | Geman Zong | China | Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 77 | Hoi Man Lee | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 78 | Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $175 |
| 79 | Hamid Shams | Iran | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 80 | Muhannad Al Balushi | Oman | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 81 | Bilal Al Rashdi | Oman | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 82 | Ghassan Al Ghassani | Oman | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 83 | Mohammed Al Mutawa | Oman | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 84 | Tatiana Kukulkova | Slovakia | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 85 | Anna Hursey | Wales | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 86 | Sarvinoz Mirkadirova | Kazakhstan | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 87 | Katarzyna Wegrzyn | Poland | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 88 | Zuzanna Wielgos | Poland | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 89 | Adina Diaconu | Romania | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
| 90 | Sutirtha Mukherjee | India | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $125 |
Which federations took the money home
The week's cheques added up by the flag on the entry
Every other WTT Contender Muscat
The same event in the years either side
| Year | Edition | Venue | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | WTT Contender Muscat 2026 | Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex | 97 | $100,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Muscat 2024 | Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex | 84 | $80,000 |
| 2023 | WTT Contender Muscat 2023 | Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex | 103 | $75,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Contender Muscat 2022 | Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex | 85 | $75,000 |
$75k 22
$75k 23
$80k 24
$85k 25
$100k 26
The weeks around this one on the calendar
What the tour was paying immediately before and after
| Year | Event | Tier | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | WTT Champions Montpellier | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Cagliari | WTT Feeder | 113 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Muscat | WTT Contender | 84 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Prishtina | WTT Feeder | 83 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Caracas | WTT Feeder | 93 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II | WTT Feeder | 107 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Finals Fukuoka | WTT Finals | 51 | $700,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia | WTT Feeder | 114 | $22,500 |
| 2025 | WTT Star Contender Doha | WTT Star Contender | 129 | $275,000 |
| 2025 | Singapore Smash | Grand Smash | 168 | $1,500,000$1.5m |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Doha | WTT Feeder | 83 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | Singapore Youth Smash | Youth Smash | 61 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Chongqing | WTT Champions | 64 | $800,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Otocec | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Star Contender Chennai | WTT Star Contender | 107 | $275,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Otocec II | WTT Feeder | 97 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Contender Muscat 2025 winner get?
$4,500, out of a $85,000 pot. That is 5.3% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the WTT Contender Muscat 2025?
$85,000 across 4 draws, played in Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex between 2025-01-11 to 2025-01-17.
Who won the WTT Contender Muscat 2025?
Yuanyu Chen took the men's singles and $4,500. Xunyao Shi took the women's singles and $4,500. Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima took the men's doubles and $1,000. Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi took the women's doubles and $1,000.
How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Contender Muscat?
To round of 16, which pays $250. The ladder has 11 rungs on it, and $4,500 at the top is 18 times the bottom one.
How many players got paid at the WTT Contender Muscat 2025?
90, from 26 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 2025 WTT Contender Muscat
- Yuanyu Chen
- Xunyao Shi
- Tomokazu Harimoto
- Man Kuai
- Satsuki Odo
- Guan-Hong Kuo
- Yuxuan Qin
- Chun Ting Wong
- Sakura Yokoi
- Sora Matsushima
- Youzheng Huang
- Manush Shah
- Yangzi Liu
- Yi Chen
- Chengzhu Zhu
- Thibault Poret
- Lilian Bardet
- Hoi Kem Doo
- Yan-Cheng Huang
- Sreeja Akula
- Ayhika Mukherjee
- Siu Hang Lam
- Charlotte Lutz
- Simon Gauzy
- Andrej Gacina
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Jinbao Ma
- Hiroto Shinozuka
- Peng Xiang
- Prithika Pavade
- Miu Hirano
- Manika Batra
- Bruna Takahashi
- Yi-Tian Yeh
- Hyo Won Suh
- Manav Thakkar
- Minhyung Jee
- Harmeet Desai
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Finn Luu
- Navid Shams
- Hwan Bae
- Xiaotong Wang
- Barbora Balazova
- Maria Xiao
- Diya Chitale
- Natalia Bajor
- Andrea Todorovic