WTT CONTENDER · 2024
WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024 prize money
A $80,000 week in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center, 2024-05-21 to 2024-05-26. The champion takes $5,000, 6.3% 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 $80k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
DRAWS 5
PLAYERS PAID 82
FEDERATIONS 11
The 2024 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
- 2024-05-21 to 2024-05-26
- Prize pot
- $80,000
- Champion's cheque
- $5,000
- Editions of this event
- 4
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 | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Singles | 280 | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Singles | 140 | $1,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 70 | $1,050 |
| Champion | Doubles|Mixed | 400 | $1,000 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 35 | $775 |
| Finalist | Doubles|Mixed | 280 | $750 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 4 | $525 |
| Semifinals | Doubles|Mixed | 140 | $450 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles|Mixed | 70 | $325 |
| Round of 16 | Doubles|Mixed | 4 | $225 |
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 | Jingkun Liang | China | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Alexis Lebrun | France | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Qihao Zhou | China | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Sang Su Lee | South Korea | $1,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Jinbao Ma | United States | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Cheng-Jui Kao | Chinese Taipei | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Daeseong Cho | South Korea | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Chih-Yuan Chuang | Chinese Taipei | $1,050 |
| Round of 16 | Shidong Lin | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Ruibo Wen | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Youzheng Huang | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Koen Pang | Singapore | $775 |
| Round of 32 | Yingbin Xu | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Kai Zhou | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Seungmin Cho | South Korea | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Gaoyuan Lin | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Peng Xiang | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Mizuki Oikawa | Japan | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Yan-Cheng Huang | Chinese Taipei | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Licen Yuan | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Dingshuo Liu | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Jing-Kai Hung | Chinese Taipei | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Zhe Yu Clarence Chew | Singapore | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Fei Xue | China | $525 |
Women's Singles32 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Xingtong Chen | China | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Yidi Wang | China | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Miu Hirano | Japan | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | $1,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Shuhan Fan | China | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Xunyao Shi | China | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Mima Ito | Japan | $1,050 |
| Quarterfinals | Tianyi Qian | China | $1,050 |
| Round of 16 | Yiyun Yang | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Yi Xu | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Yuxuan Qin | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Yu-Jhun Li | Chinese Taipei | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Miwa Harimoto | Japan | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Yake Li | China | $775 |
| Round of 16 | Yi Chen | China | $775 |
| Round of 32 | Man Kuai | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Feier Han | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Jingyi Zhou | Singapore | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Daeun Lee | South Korea | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Yi-Ju Wang | Chinese Taipei | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Weishan Liu | China | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Xin Ru Wong | Singapore | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Karen Lyne | Malaysia | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Jihee Jeon | South Korea | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Ho Ching Lee | Hong Kong | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Yangzi Liu | Australia | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Swastika Ghosh | India | $525 |
| Round of 32 | Yee Lok Lam | Hong Kong | $525 |
Men's Doubles15 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Long Ma & Gaoyuan Lin | China | $1,000 |
| Finalist | Chuqin Wang & Jingkun Liang | China | $750 |
| Semifinals | Licen Yuan & Yingbin Xu | China | $450 |
| Semifinals | Chun Ting Wong & Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | $450 |
| Quarterfinals | Zhe Yu Clarence Chew & Josh Shao Han Chua | Singapore | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Koen Pang & Izaac Quek | Singapore | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Jing-Kai Hung & Yan Jun Li | Chinese Taipei | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Baldwin Chan & Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $325 |
| Round of 16 | Youzheng Huang & Yuanyu Chen | China | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Siu Hang Lam & Hon Ming Li | Hong Kong | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Man Ho Kwan & Chun Kit Choy | Hong Kong | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Peter Scheuer & Javen Choong | United States | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Sang Su Lee & Daeseong Cho | South Korea | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Seungmin Cho & Jinbao Ma | South Korea | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Chih-Yuan Chuang & Cheng-Jui Kao | Chinese Taipei | $225 |
Women's Doubles8 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Man Kuai & Yi Chen | China | $1,000 |
| Finalist | Yidi Wang & Xingtong Chen | China | $750 |
| Semifinals | Li Sian Alice Chang & Karen Lyne | Malaysia | $450 |
| Semifinals | Meng Chen & Manyu Wang | China | $450 |
| Quarterfinals | Jian Zeng & Xin Ru Wong | Singapore | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Tiffany Ke & Swastika Ghosh | United States | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Chengzhu Zhu & Ho Ching Lee | Hong Kong | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Yee Lok Lam & Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $325 |
Mixed Doubles15 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Shidong Lin & Man Kuai | China | $1,000 |
| Finalist | Gaoyuan Lin & Yidi Wang | China | $750 |
| Semifinals | Chun Ting Wong & Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | $450 |
| Semifinals | Fei Xue & Xunyao Shi | China | $450 |
| Quarterfinals | Dingshuo Liu & Tianyi Wang | China | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Koen Pang & Xin Ru Wong | Singapore | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Chuqin Wang & Yingsha Sun | China | $325 |
| Quarterfinals | Licen Yuan & Xingtong Chen | China | $325 |
| Round of 16 | Javen Choong & Karen Lyne | Malaysia | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Qihao Zhou & Tianyi Qian | China | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Yuanyu Chen & Yixuan Feng | China | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Sora Matsushima & Miwa Harimoto | Japan | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Baldwin Chan & Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Peter Scheuer & Tiffany Ke | United States | $225 |
| Round of 16 | Kwan To Yiu & Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $225 |
The 2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan money list
Every player the week paid, richest first
| # | Player | Federation | How far they got | Won here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Xingtong Chen | China | Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles finalist, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $5,537 |
| 02 | Jingkun Liang | China | Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles finalist | $5,375 |
| 03 | Yidi Wang | China | Women's Singles finalist, Mixed Doubles finalist, Women's Doubles finalist | $3,250 |
| 04 | Alexis Lebrun | France | Men's Singles finalist | $2,500 |
| 05 | Qihao Zhou | China | Men's Singles semifinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $1,613 |
| 06 | Sang Su Lee | South Korea | Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,613 |
| 07 | Man Kuai | China | Mixed Doubles champion, Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,525 |
| 08 | Miu Hirano | Japan | Women's Singles semifinals | $1,500 |
| 09 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | Women's Singles semifinals | $1,500 |
| 10 | Gaoyuan Lin | China | Men's Doubles champion, Mixed Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 11 | Xunyao Shi | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles semifinals | $1,275 |
| 12 | Shidong Lin | China | Mixed Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16 | $1,275 |
| 13 | Yi Chen | China | Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16 | $1,275 |
| 14 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles semifinals | $1,225 |
| 15 | Jinbao Ma | United States | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,162 |
| 16 | Cheng-Jui Kao | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,162 |
| 17 | Daeseong Cho | South Korea | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,162 |
| 18 | Chih-Yuan Chuang | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,162 |
| 19 | Tianyi Qian | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $1,162 |
| 20 | Koen Pang | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 21 | Shuhan Fan | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,050 |
| 22 | Mima Ito | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,050 |
| 23 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $1,050 |
| 24 | Licen Yuan | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $912 |
| 25 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $887 |
| 26 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | Men's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $887 |
| 27 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $887 |
| 28 | Youzheng Huang | China | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $887 |
| 29 | Miwa Harimoto | Japan | Women's Singles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $887 |
| 30 | Karen Lyne | Malaysia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles semifinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $863 |
| 31 | Xin Ru Wong | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $850 |
| 32 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $800 |
| 33 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $800 |
| 34 | Ruibo Wen | China | Men's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 35 | Yiyun Yang | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 36 | Yi Xu | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 37 | Yuxuan Qin | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 38 | Yu-Jhun Li | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 39 | Yake Li | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $775 |
| 40 | Yingbin Xu | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles semifinals | $750 |
| 41 | Fei Xue | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles semifinals | $750 |
| 42 | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles semifinals | $750 |
| 43 | Dingshuo Liu | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 44 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 45 | Jing-Kai Hung | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 46 | Zhe Yu Clarence Chew | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 47 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 48 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 49 | Ho Ching Lee | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 50 | Swastika Ghosh | India | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 51 | Yee Lok Lam | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $688 |
| 52 | Seungmin Cho | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $637 |
| 53 | Chuqin Wang | China | Men's Doubles finalist, Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $538 |
| 54 | Kai Zhou | China | Men's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 55 | Peng Xiang | China | Men's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 56 | Mizuki Oikawa | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 57 | Yan-Cheng Huang | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 58 | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 59 | Feier Han | China | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 60 | Jingyi Zhou | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 61 | Daeun Lee | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 62 | Yi-Ju Wang | Chinese Taipei | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 63 | Weishan Liu | China | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 64 | Jihee Jeon | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 65 | Yangzi Liu | Australia | Women's Singles round of 32 | $525 |
| 66 | Long Ma | China | Men's Doubles champion | $500 |
| 67 | Tiffany Ke | United States | Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $275 |
| 68 | Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles semifinals | $225 |
| 69 | Li Sian Alice Chang | Malaysia | Women's Doubles semifinals | $225 |
| 70 | Meng Chen | China | Women's Doubles semifinals | $225 |
| 71 | Manyu Wang | China | Women's Doubles semifinals | $225 |
| 72 | Yuanyu Chen | China | Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $225 |
| 73 | Peter Scheuer | United States | Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $225 |
| 74 | Javen Choong | Malaysia | Men's Doubles round of 16, Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $225 |
| 75 | Josh Shao Han Chua | Singapore | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $162 |
| 76 | Yan Jun Li | Chinese Taipei | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $162 |
| 77 | Tianyi Wang | China | Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $162 |
| 78 | Yingsha Sun | China | Mixed Doubles quarterfinals | $162 |
| 79 | Hon Ming Li | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $113 |
| 80 | Chun Kit Choy | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $113 |
| 81 | Yixuan Feng | China | Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $113 |
| 82 | Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | Mixed Doubles round of 16 | $113 |
Which federations took the money home
The week's cheques added up by the flag on the entry
Every other WTT Contender Taiyuan
The same event in the years either side
| 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 |
| 2023 | WTT Contender Taiyuan 2023 | Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center | 70 | $75,000 |
$75k 23
$80k 24
$100k 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 Feeder Beirut | WTT Feeder | 107 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Beirut II | WTT Feeder | 105 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Otocec | WTT Feeder | 142 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Incheon | WTT Champions | 64 | $300,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Varazdin | WTT Feeder | 147 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf | WTT Feeder | 119 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Havirov | WTT Feeder | 115 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | Saudi Smash | Grand Smash | 159 | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia | WTT Feeder | 101 | $22,500 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro | WTT Contender | 103 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Mendoza | WTT Contender | 95 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Chongqing | WTT Champions | 63 | $800,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Zagreb | WTT Contender | 106 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana | WTT Star Contender | 126 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Lagos | WTT Contender | 80 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Tunis | WTT Contender | 86 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Star Contender Bangkok | WTT Star Contender | 112 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Lima | WTT Contender | 66 | $80,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Olomouc | WTT Feeder | 107 | $40,000 |
| 2024 | WTT Feeder Muscat | WTT Feeder | 70 | $22,500 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024 winner get?
$5,000, out of a $80,000 pot. That is 6.3% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024?
$80,000 across 5 draws, played in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center between 2024-05-21 to 2024-05-26.
Who won the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024?
Jingkun Liang took the men's singles and $5,000. Xingtong Chen took the women's singles and $5,000. Long Ma and Gaoyuan Lin took the men's doubles and $1,000. Man Kuai and Yi Chen 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 $225. The ladder has 11 rungs on it, and $5,000 at the top is 22 times the bottom one.
How many players got paid at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024?
82, from 11 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 2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan
- Xingtong Chen
- Jingkun Liang
- Yidi Wang
- Alexis Lebrun
- Qihao Zhou
- Sang Su Lee
- Man Kuai
- Miu Hirano
- Miyuu Kihara
- Gaoyuan Lin
- Xunyao Shi
- Shidong Lin
- Yi Chen
- Chun Ting Wong
- Jinbao Ma
- Cheng-Jui Kao
- Daeseong Cho
- Chih-Yuan Chuang
- Tianyi Qian
- Koen Pang
- Shuhan Fan
- Mima Ito
- Wing Lam Ng
- Licen Yuan
- Siu Hang Lam
- Sora Matsushima
- Man Ho Kwan
- Youzheng Huang
- Miwa Harimoto
- Karen Lyne
- Xin Ru Wong
- Kwan To Yiu
- Baldwin Chan
- Ruibo Wen
- Yiyun Yang
- Yi Xu
- Yuxuan Qin
- Yu-Jhun Li
- Yake Li
- Yingbin Xu
- Fei Xue
- Hoi Kem Doo
- Dingshuo Liu
- Izaac Quek
- Jing-Kai Hung
- Zhe Yu Clarence Chew
- Chengzhu Zhu
- Jian Zeng