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WTT CONTENDER · 2023

WTT Contender Taiyuan 2023 prize money

A $75,000 week in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center, 2023-11-07 to 2023-11-12. 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 70
FEDERATIONS 12

The 2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Contender
Venue
Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center
Played
2023-11-07 to 2023-11-12
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
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 32 (30) $14k
Champion (5) $13k
Quarterfinals (18) $11k
Round of 16 (19) $11k
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 Jingkun Liang China $5,000
Finalist Shunsuke Togami Japan $2,500
Semifinals Gaoyuan Lin China $1,500
Semifinals Shidong Lin China $1,500
Quarterfinals Daeseong Cho South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Peng Xiang China $1,025
Quarterfinals Junsung Oh South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $1,025
Round of 16 Yingbin Xu China $700
Round of 16 Maharu Yoshimura Japan $700
Round of 16 Joao Geraldo Portugal $700
Round of 16 Sora Matsushima Japan $700
Round of 16 Yuanyu Chen China $700
Round of 16 Yang Wang Slovakia $700
Round of 16 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $700
Round of 32 Niagol Stoyanov Italy $450
Round of 32 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong $450
Round of 32 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $450
Round of 32 Kai Zhou China $450
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $450
Round of 32 Chuqin Wang China $450
Round of 32 Haidong Xu China $450
Round of 32 Sang Su Lee South Korea $450
Round of 32 Seungmin Cho South Korea $450
Round of 32 Youzheng Huang China $450
Round of 32 Manav Vikash Thakkar India $450
Round of 32 Licen Yuan China $450
Round of 32 Hyeonggyu Woo South Korea $450
Round of 32 Jinbao Ma United States $450
Round of 32 Harmeet Desai India $450
Round of 32 Qihao Zhou China $450
Round of 32 Jonghoon Lim South Korea $450

Women's Singles28 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Manyu Wang China $5,000
Finalist Yidi Wang China $2,500
Semifinals Xiaoxin Yang Monaco $1,500
Semifinals Miyuu Kihara Japan $1,500
Quarterfinals Xingtong Chen China $1,025
Quarterfinals Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,025
Quarterfinals Yi Chen China $1,025
Quarterfinals Man Kuai China $1,025
Round of 16 Jian Zeng Singapore $700
Round of 16 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $700
Round of 16 Yake Li China $700
Round of 16 Yee Lok Lam Hong Kong $700
Round of 16 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $700
Round of 16 Tianyi Qian China $700
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon South Korea $700
Round of 32 Zhen Deng United States $450
Round of 32 Nayeong Kim South Korea $450
Round of 32 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $450
Round of 32 Zion Lee South Korea $450
Round of 32 Hayeong Kim South Korea $450
Round of 32 Ho Ching Lee Hong Kong $450
Round of 32 Yangchen Wu China $450
Round of 32 Xiaotong Wang China $450
Round of 32 Sakura Mori Japan $450
Round of 32 Yuxuan Qin China $450
Round of 32 Eunhye Lee South Korea $450
Round of 32 Yi Xu China $450
Round of 32 Weishan Liu China $450

Men's Doubles12 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Gaoyuan Lin & Shidong Lin China $1,000
Finalist Chuqin Wang & Jingkun Liang China $725
Semifinals Yingbin Xu & Wei Cao China $450
Semifinals Chun Ting Wong & Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong $450
Quarterfinals Daeseong Cho & Sang Su Lee South Korea $300
Quarterfinals Peng Xiang & Licen Yuan China $300
Quarterfinals Siu Hang Lam & Jinbao Ma Hong Kong $300
Quarterfinals Jaehyun An & Seungmin Cho South Korea $300
Round of 16 Kwan To Yiu & Baldwin Chan Hong Kong $200
Round of 16 Chih-Yuan Chuang & Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $200
Round of 16 Gyuhyeon Park & Junsung Oh South Korea $200
Round of 16 Hon Ming Li & Yik Man Pau Hong Kong $200

Women's Doubles6 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Xingtong Chen & Tianyi Qian China $1,000
Finalist Yidi Wang & Man Kuai China $725
Semifinals Chengzhu Zhu & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $450
Semifinals Hayeong Kim & Eunhye Lee South Korea $450
Quarterfinals Yee Lok Lam & Hoi Man Karen Lee Hong Kong $300
Quarterfinals Weishan Liu & Siqi Fan China $300

Mixed Doubles9 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Shidong Lin & Man Kuai China $1,000
Finalist Chuqin Wang & Yingsha Sun China $800
Semifinals Gaoyuan Lin & Manyu Wang China $500
Semifinals Jingkun Liang & Tianyi Qian China $500
Quarterfinals Kwan Kit Ho & Ho Ching Lee Hong Kong $300
Quarterfinals Chun Ting Wong & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $300
Quarterfinals Jinbao Ma & Zhen Deng United States $300
Quarterfinals Daeseong Cho & Cheonhui Joo South Korea $300
Round of 16 Siu Hang Lam & Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $200

The 2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

70 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Jingkun Liang China Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles finalist, Mixed Doubles semifinals $5,612
02 Manyu Wang China Women's Singles champion, Mixed Doubles semifinals $5,250
03 Yidi Wang China Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles finalist $2,863
04 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles finalist $2,500
05 Shidong Lin China Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles champion $2,500
06 Gaoyuan Lin China Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles semifinals $2,250
07 Man Kuai China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles champion, Women's Doubles finalist $1,887
08 Xingtong Chen China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles champion $1,525
09 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco Women's Singles semifinals $1,500
10 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles semifinals $1,500
11 Tianyi Qian China Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles semifinals $1,450
12 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,325
13 Chuqin Wang China Mixed Doubles finalist, Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,212
14 Peng Xiang China Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
15 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,175
16 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,125
17 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,125
18 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,075
19 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $1,075
20 Yi Chen China Women's Singles quarterfinals $1,025
21 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $1,025
22 Yingbin Xu China Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles semifinals $925
23 Yee Lok Lam Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $850
24 Jinbao Ma United States Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $750
25 Maharu Yoshimura Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $700
26 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles round of 16 $700
27 Sora Matsushima Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $700
28 Yuanyu Chen China Men's Singles round of 16 $700
29 Yang Wang Slovakia Men's Singles round of 16 $700
30 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 16 $700
31 Yake Li China Women's Singles round of 16 $700
32 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $700
33 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 $700
34 Hayeong Kim South Korea Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $675
35 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $675
36 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
37 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
38 Seungmin Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
39 Licen Yuan China Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
40 Zhen Deng United States Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $600
41 Ho Ching Lee Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $600
42 Weishan Liu China Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
43 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $550
44 Niagol Stoyanov Italy Men's Singles round of 32 $450
45 Kai Zhou China Men's Singles round of 32 $450
46 Haidong Xu China Men's Singles round of 32 $450
47 Youzheng Huang China Men's Singles round of 32 $450
48 Manav Vikash Thakkar India Men's Singles round of 32 $450
49 Hyeonggyu Woo South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
50 Harmeet Desai India Men's Singles round of 32 $450
51 Qihao Zhou China Men's Singles round of 32 $450
52 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $450
53 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $450
54 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $450
55 Zion Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $450
56 Yangchen Wu China Women's Singles round of 32 $450
57 Xiaotong Wang China Women's Singles round of 32 $450
58 Sakura Mori Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $450
59 Yuxuan Qin China Women's Singles round of 32 $450
60 Yi Xu China Women's Singles round of 32 $450
61 Yingsha Sun China Mixed Doubles finalist $400
62 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong Men's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals $375
63 Wei Cao China Men's Doubles semifinals $225
64 Hoi Man Karen Lee Hong Kong Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
65 Siqi Fan China Women's Doubles quarterfinals $150
66 Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
67 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
68 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
69 Hon Ming Li Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100
70 Yik Man Pau Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $100

Which federations took the money home

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

12 federations paid

China $35k South Korea $9,825 Hong Kong $6,250 Japan $5,850 Chinese Taipei $1,675
Monaco $1,500
United States $1,350 India $900 Portugal $700 Slovakia $700 Singapore $700 Italy $450

Every other WTT Contender Taiyuan

The same event in the years either side

3 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 78 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 76 $100,000
2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 82 $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 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
2023 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 143 $20,000
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
2024 WTT Star Contender Doha WTT Star Contender 118 $250,000
2024 WTT Contender Doha WTT Contender 105 $80,000
2024 WTT Feeder Corpus Christi WTT Feeder 78 $22,500
2024 WTT Star Contender Goa WTT Star Contender 113 $250,000
2024 WTT Feeder Manchester WTT Feeder 79 $22,500

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Taiyuan 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 Taiyuan 2023?

$75,000 across 5 draws, played in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center between 2023-11-07 to 2023-11-12.

Who won the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2023?

Jingkun Liang took the men's singles and $5,000. Manyu Wang took the women's singles and $5,000. Gaoyuan Lin and Shidong Lin took the men's doubles and $1,000. Xingtong Chen and Tianyi Qian took the women's doubles and $1,000. Shidong Lin and Man Kuai took the mixed doubles and $1,000.

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

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 Taiyuan 2023?

70, from 12 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 Taiyuan?

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 Taiyuan

Every WTT Contender Taiyuan

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