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WTT CONTENDER · 2023

WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2023 prize money

A $75,000 week in Arena Carioca 1, 2023-08-07 to 2023-08-13. 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 100
FEDERATIONS 28

The 2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Contender
Venue
Arena Carioca 1
Played
2023-08-07 to 2023-08-13
Prize pot
$75,000
Champion's cheque
$5,000
Editions of this event
2

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 (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 Mattias Falck Sweden $5,000
Finalist Sora Matsushima Japan $2,500
Semifinals Seungmin Cho South Korea $1,500
Semifinals Woojin Jang South Korea $1,500
Quarterfinals Dang Qiu Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Patrick Franziska Germany $1,025
Quarterfinals Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $1,025
Round of 16 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $700
Round of 16 Mizuki Oikawa Japan $700
Round of 16 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $700
Round of 16 Vitor Ishiy Brazil $700
Round of 16 Simon Gauzy France $700
Round of 16 Yang Wang Slovakia $700
Round of 16 Sang Su Lee South Korea $700
Round of 16 Jules Rolland France $700
Round of 32 Daeseong Cho South Korea $450
Round of 32 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $450
Round of 32 Guilherme Teodoro Brazil $450
Round of 32 Hugo Calderano Brazil $450
Round of 32 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Ricardo Walther Germany $450
Round of 32 Alvaro Robles Spain $450
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $450
Round of 32 Joao Geraldo Portugal $450
Round of 32 Jonathan Groth Denmark $450
Round of 32 Tiago Apolonia Portugal $450
Round of 32 Harmeet Desai India $450
Round of 32 Anders Lind Denmark $450
Round of 32 Liam Pitchford England $450
Round of 32 Marcos Freitas Portugal $450
Round of 32 Can Akkuzu France $450

Women's Singles32 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Hina Hayata Japan $5,000
Finalist Linda Bergstrom Sweden $2,500
Semifinals Bruna Takahashi Brazil $1,500
Semifinals Bernadette Szocs Romania $1,500
Quarterfinals Eunhye Lee South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Nayeong Kim South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Prithika Pavade France $1,025
Quarterfinals Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei $1,025
Round of 16 Margaryta Pesotska Ukraine $700
Round of 16 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $700
Round of 16 Arantxa Cossio Aceves Mexico $700
Round of 16 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $700
Round of 16 Jian Zeng Singapore $700
Round of 16 Christina Kallberg Sweden $700
Round of 16 Zion Lee South Korea $700
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon South Korea $700
Round of 32 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $450
Round of 32 Maria Xiao Spain $450
Round of 32 Hana Matelova Czechia $450
Round of 32 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $450
Round of 32 Giulia Takahashi Brazil $450
Round of 32 Elizabeta Samara Romania $450
Round of 32 Bruna Alexandre Brazil $450
Round of 32 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg $450
Round of 32 Lily Zhang United States $450
Round of 32 Annett Kaufmann Germany $450
Round of 32 Solomiya Brateyko Ukraine $450
Round of 32 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Hyojoo Choi South Korea $450
Round of 32 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Laura Watanabe Brazil $450
Round of 32 Sreeja Akula India $450

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Jaehyun An & Jonghoon Lim South Korea $1,000
Finalist Sang Su Lee & Daeseong Cho South Korea $725
Semifinals Seungmin Cho & Junsung Oh South Korea $450
Semifinals Gaston Alto & Horacio Cifuentes Argentina $450
Quarterfinals Nicolas Burgos & Gustavo Gomez Chile $300
Quarterfinals Vitor Ishiy & Eric Jouti Brazil $300
Quarterfinals Liam Pitchford & Paul Drinkhall England $300
Quarterfinals Mizuki Oikawa & Sora Matsushima Japan $300
Round of 16 Wang-Wei Peng & Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Martin Allegro & Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium $200
Round of 16 Yan-Cheng Huang & Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Lubomir Pistej & Nandor Ecseki Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Kristian Karlsson & Mattias Falck Sweden $200
Round of 16 Carlos Ishida & Guilherme Teodoro Brazil $200
Round of 16 Anders Lind & Bence Majoros Denmark $200
Round of 16 Carlo Rossi & John Oyebode Italy $200

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yubin Shin & Jihee Jeon South Korea $1,000
Finalist Hyojoo Choi & Nayeong Kim South Korea $725
Semifinals Linda Bergstrom & Christina Kallberg Sweden $450
Semifinals Bernadette Szocs & Elizabeta Samara Romania $450
Quarterfinals Eunhye Lee & Ha Eun Yang South Korea $300
Quarterfinals I-Ching Cheng & Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $300
Quarterfinals Szu-Yu Chen & Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $300
Quarterfinals Hayeong Kim & Hyobin Yoon South Korea $300
Round of 16 Anna Hursey & Tatiana Kukulkova Wales $200
Round of 16 Sarah De Nutte & Tessy Gonderinger Luxembourg $200
Round of 16 Maria Xiao & Lily Zhang Spain $200
Round of 16 Adriana Diaz & Melanie Diaz Puerto Rico $200
Round of 16 Barbora Balazova & Hana Matelova Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Audrey Zarif & Sofia-Xuan Zhang France $200
Round of 16 Bruna Takahashi & Giulia Takahashi Brazil $200
Round of 16 Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade France $200

Mixed Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Jonghoon Lim & Yubin Shin South Korea $1,000
Finalist Alvaro Robles & Maria Xiao Spain $800
Semifinals Guilherme Teodoro & Giulia Takahashi Brazil $500
Semifinals Woojin Jang & Jihee Jeon South Korea $500
Quarterfinals Ovidiu Ionescu & Bernadette Szocs Romania $300
Quarterfinals Vitor Ishiy & Bruna Takahashi Brazil $300
Quarterfinals Simon Gauzy & Prithika Pavade France $300
Quarterfinals Nandor Ecseki & Dora Madarasz Hungary $300
Round of 16 Jishan Liang & Lily Zhang United States $200
Round of 16 Brian Afanador & Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $200
Round of 16 Lubomir Pistej & Barbora Balazova Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Yang Wang & Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $200
Round of 16 Nicolas Burgos & Paulina Vega Chile $200
Round of 16 Gustavo Gomez & Daniela Ortega Chile $200
Round of 16 Carlos Ishida & Victoria Strassburger Brazil $200
Round of 16 John Oyebode & Gaia Monfardini Italy $200

The 2023 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

100 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Mattias Falck Sweden Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles round of 16 $5,100
02 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles champion $5,000
03 Linda Bergstrom Sweden Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles semifinals $2,725
04 Sora Matsushima Japan Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,650
05 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,875
06 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Singles semifinals, Mixed Doubles semifinals $1,750
07 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,750
08 Seungmin Cho South Korea Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles semifinals $1,725
09 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles semifinals $1,450
10 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles finalist $1,387
11 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,275
12 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
13 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
14 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $1,062
15 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
16 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany 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 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles champion $1,000
20 Yubin Shin South Korea Mixed Doubles champion, Women's Doubles champion $1,000
21 Vitor Ishiy Brazil Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,000
22 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 32 $950
23 Maria Xiao Spain Mixed Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $950
24 Christina Kallberg Sweden Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles semifinals $925
25 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $900
26 Alvaro Robles Spain Mixed Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 $850
27 Mizuki Oikawa Japan Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $850
28 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $850
29 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $850
30 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 $812
31 Hyojoo Choi South Korea Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $812
32 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $800
33 Yang Wang Slovakia Men's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $800
34 Guilherme Teodoro Brazil Mixed Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $800
35 Giulia Takahashi Brazil Mixed Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $800
36 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 16 $700
37 Jules Rolland France Men's Singles round of 16 $700
38 Margaryta Pesotska Ukraine Women's Singles round of 16 $700
39 Arantxa Cossio Aceves Mexico Women's Singles round of 16 $700
40 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 16 $700
41 Zion Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $700
42 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $675
43 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $650
44 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $650
45 Lily Zhang United States Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $650
46 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
47 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
48 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
49 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
50 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
51 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
52 Hana Matelova Czechia Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $550
53 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $550
54 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles round of 32 $450
55 Ricardo Walther Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $450
56 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
57 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles round of 32 $450
58 Tiago Apolonia Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
59 Harmeet Desai India Men's Singles round of 32 $450
60 Marcos Freitas Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $450
61 Can Akkuzu France Men's Singles round of 32 $450
62 Bruna Alexandre Brazil Women's Singles round of 32 $450
63 Annett Kaufmann Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $450
64 Solomiya Brateyko Ukraine Women's Singles round of 32 $450
65 Laura Watanabe Brazil Women's Singles round of 32 $450
66 Sreeja Akula India Women's Singles round of 32 $450
67 Nicolas Burgos Chile Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
68 Gustavo Gomez Chile Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $250
69 Nandor Ecseki Hungary Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $250
70 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals $225
71 Gaston Alto Argentina Men's Doubles semifinals $225
72 Horacio Cifuentes Argentina Men's Doubles semifinals $225
73 Carlos Ishida Brazil Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $200
74 John Oyebode Italy Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $200
75 Barbora Balazova Slovakia Mixed Doubles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
76 Eric Jouti Brazil Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
77 Paul Drinkhall England Men's Doubles quarterfinals $150
78 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $150
79 Dora Madarasz Hungary Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $150
80 Hayeong Kim South Korea Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
81 Hyobin Yoon South Korea Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
82 Wang-Wei Peng Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
83 Martin Allegro Belgium Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
84 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
85 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
86 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
87 Bence Majoros Hungary Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
88 Carlo Rossi Italy Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
89 Jishan Liang United States Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
90 Brian Afanador Puerto Rico Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
91 Paulina Vega Chile Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
92 Daniela Ortega Chile Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
93 Victoria Strassburger Brazil Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
94 Gaia Monfardini Italy Mixed Doubles round of 16 $100
95 Anna Hursey Wales Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
96 Tessy Gonderinger Luxembourg Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
97 Melanie Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
98 Audrey Zarif France Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
99 Sofia-Xuan Zhang Spain Women's Doubles round of 16 $100
100 Camille Lutz France 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

28 federations paid

South Korea $15k Sweden $9,300 Japan $8,500 Brazil $6,150 Chinese Taipei $5,350 Germany $3,975 France $3,475 Romania $2,700 Slovakia $2,300 Spain $1,900 Portugal $1,350 Ukraine $1,150 Puerto Rico $1,100 Denmark $1,000 India $900

Every other WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro

The same event in the years either side

1 other edition

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2024 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2024 Arena Carioca 1 103 $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 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 Lagos WTT Contender 102 $75,000
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 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 Muscat WTT Contender 103 $75,000
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

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 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 Rio de Janeiro 2023?

$75,000 across 5 draws, played in Arena Carioca 1 between 2023-08-07 to 2023-08-13.

Who won the WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro 2023?

Mattias Falck took the men's singles and $5,000. Hina Hayata took the women's singles and $5,000. Jaehyun An and Jonghoon Lim took the men's doubles and $1,000. Yubin Shin and Jihee Jeon took the women's doubles and $1,000. Jonghoon Lim and Yubin Shin took the mixed doubles and $1,000.

How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro?

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 Rio de Janeiro 2023?

100, from 28 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 Rio de Janeiro?

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

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