WTT CONTENDER · 2025
WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025 prize money
A $100,000 week in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center, 2025-04-08 to 2025-04-13. The champion takes $5,000, 5% 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 $100k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 76
FEDERATIONS 15
The 2025 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
- 2025-04-08 to 2025-04-13
- Prize pot
- $100,000
- 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 |
| Champion | Doubles | 400 | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Singles | 280 | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Doubles | 280 | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Singles | 140 | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 70 | $1,025 |
| Semifinals | Doubles | 140 | $950 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 35 | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 4 | $650 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles | 70 | $550 |
| Round of 16 | Doubles | 4 | $350 |
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 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Jaehyun An | South Korea | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Peng Xiang | China | $1,275 |
| Semifinals | Yuanyu Chen | China | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Jonghoon Lim | South Korea | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Qihao Zhou | China | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Yi-Hsin Feng | Chinese Taipei | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Ganghyeon Park | South Korea | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Yingbin Xu | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Kristian Karlsson | Sweden | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Ruibo Wen | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Mizuki Oikawa | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Beixun Zeng | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Kazuki Hamada | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Haidong Xu | China | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Yuta Tanaka | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Esteban Dorr | France | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Koen Pang | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Luka Mladenovic | Luxembourg | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yang Sun | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Licen Yuan | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Harmeet Desai | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Gyuhyeon Park | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Fei Xue | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yang Wang | Slovakia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Kaiyuan Quan | China | $650 |
Women's Singles32 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Honoka Hashimoto | Japan | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Yuling Zhu | Macao | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Yi Chen | China | $1,275 |
| Semifinals | Yuxuan Qin | China | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Miyu Nagasaki | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Geman Zong | China | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Weishan Liu | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Tianyi Qian | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Ziyu Zhu | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Ha Eun Yang | South Korea | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Gahyeon Park | South Korea | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Xunyao Shi | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Shuhan Fan | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Jie Li | Netherlands | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Jieni Shao | Portugal | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Asuka Sasao | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Anne Uesawa | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Eunhye Lee | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Zhen Deng | United States | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Nayeong Kim | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Siwoo Yoo | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yi Xu | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Swastika Ghosh | India | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yutong Yan | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Fu Yu | Portugal | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Daeun Lee | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Zion Lee | South Korea | $650 |
Men's Doubles14 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Yingbin Xu & Peng Xiang | China | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Chun Ting Wong & Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Licen Yuan & Qihao Zhou | China | $950 |
| Semifinals | Jaehyun An & Jonghoon Lim | South Korea | $950 |
| Quarterfinals | Ruibo Wen & Kaiyuan Quan | China | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Siu Hang Lam & Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Kwan Kit Ho & Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Izaac Quek & Koen Pang | Singapore | $550 |
| Round of 16 | Yanning Liang & Haidong Xu | China | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Ganghyeon Park & Gyuhyeon Park | South Korea | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Kazuki Hamada & Mizuki Oikawa | Japan | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Fei Xue & Yuanyu Chen | China | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Clarence Chew & Josh Chua | Singapore | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Sora Matsushima & Kazuhiro Yoshimura | Japan | $350 |
Women's Doubles12 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu | South Korea | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Yi Chen & Yi Xu | China | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Wing Lam Ng & Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | $950 |
| Semifinals | Yuxuan Qin & Geman Zong | China | $950 |
| Quarterfinals | Xunyao Shi & Weishan Liu | China | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuan Ito & Siwoo Yoo | Japan | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Asuka Sasao & Anne Uesawa | Japan | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Shuhan Fan & Yutong Yan | China | $550 |
| Round of 16 | Eunhye Lee & Gahyeon Park | South Korea | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Haeun Kim & Ha Eun Yang | South Korea | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Jian Zeng & Lin Qian Ser | Singapore | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Tsz Lam Kong & Hoi Man Lee | Hong Kong | $350 |
The 2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan money list
Every player the week paid, richest first
| # | Player | Federation | How far they got | Won here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Sora Matsushima | Japan | Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $5,175 |
| 02 | Honoka Hashimoto | Japan | Women's Singles champion | $5,000 |
| 03 | Jaehyun An | South Korea | Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles semifinals | $2,975 |
| 04 | Peng Xiang | China | Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles semifinals | $2,525 |
| 05 | Yuling Zhu | Macao | Women's Singles finalist | $2,500 |
| 06 | Yingbin Xu | China | Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16 | $2,075 |
| 07 | Yi Chen | China | Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles semifinals | $2,025 |
| 08 | Nayeong Kim | South Korea | Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,900 |
| 09 | Yuxuan Qin | China | Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles semifinals | $1,750 |
| 10 | Jonghoon Lim | South Korea | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles semifinals | $1,500 |
| 11 | Qihao Zhou | China | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles semifinals | $1,500 |
| 12 | Geman Zong | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals | $1,500 |
| 13 | Yuanyu Chen | China | Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,450 |
| 14 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 15 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 16 | Yi Xu | China | Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 17 | Hanna Ryu | South Korea | Women's Doubles champion | $1,250 |
| 18 | Ganghyeon Park | South Korea | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,200 |
| 19 | Licen Yuan | China | Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 20 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 21 | Chengzhu Zhu | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 22 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 23 | Ruibo Wen | China | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 24 | Weishan Liu | China | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 25 | Xunyao Shi | China | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 26 | Shuhan Fan | China | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 27 | Yi-Hsin Feng | Chinese Taipei | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 28 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 29 | Miyu Nagasaki | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 30 | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 31 | Mizuki Oikawa | Japan | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 32 | Kazuki Hamada | Japan | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 33 | Haidong Xu | China | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 34 | Ha Eun Yang | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 35 | Gahyeon Park | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 36 | Koen Pang | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 37 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 38 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 39 | Kaiyuan Quan | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 40 | Asuka Sasao | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 41 | Anne Uesawa | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 42 | Siwoo Yoo | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 43 | Yutong Yan | China | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 44 | Kristian Karlsson | Sweden | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 45 | Beixun Zeng | China | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 46 | Tianyi Qian | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 47 | Ziyu Zhu | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 48 | Jie Li | Netherlands | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 49 | Gyuhyeon Park | South Korea | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 50 | Fei Xue | China | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 51 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 52 | Eunhye Lee | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 53 | Yuta Tanaka | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 54 | Esteban Dorr | France | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 55 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 56 | Luka Mladenovic | Luxembourg | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 57 | Yang Sun | China | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 58 | Harmeet Desai | India | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 59 | Yang Wang | Slovakia | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 60 | Jieni Shao | Portugal | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 61 | Zhen Deng | United States | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 62 | Swastika Ghosh | India | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 63 | Fu Yu | Portugal | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 64 | Daeun Lee | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 65 | Zion Lee | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 66 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $275 |
| 67 | Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $275 |
| 68 | Yuan Ito | Japan | Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $275 |
| 69 | Yanning Liang | China | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 70 | Clarence Chew | Singapore | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 71 | Josh Chua | Singapore | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 72 | Kazuhiro Yoshimura | Japan | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 73 | Haeun Kim | South Korea | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 74 | Lin Qian Ser | Singapore | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 75 | Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 76 | Hoi Man Lee | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
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 |
| 2024 | WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024 | Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center | 82 | $80,000 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Havirov | WTT Feeder | 97 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Contender Tunis | WTT Contender | 96 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Manchester | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Contender Skopje | WTT Contender | 103 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Star Contender Ljubljana | WTT Star Contender | 126 | $300,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Contender Zagreb | WTT Contender | 108 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | United States Smash | Grand Smash | 170 | $1,550,000$1.5m |
| 2025 | WTT Contender Buenos Aires | WTT Contender | 87 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Contender Lagos | WTT Contender | 95 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu | WTT Star Contender | 95 | $300,000 |
| 2025 | WTT Feeder Spokane | WTT Feeder | 83 | $30,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025 winner get?
$5,000, out of a $100,000 pot. That is 5% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025?
$100,000 across 4 draws, played in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center between 2025-04-08 to 2025-04-13.
Who won the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025?
Sora Matsushima took the men's singles and $5,000. Honoka Hashimoto took the women's singles and $5,000. Yingbin Xu and Peng Xiang took the men's doubles and $2,500. Nayeong Kim and Hanna Ryu took the women's doubles and $2,500.
How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Contender Taiyuan?
To round of 16, which pays $350. The ladder has 11 rungs on it, and $5,000 at the top is 14 times the bottom one.
How many players got paid at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025?
76, from 15 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 2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan
- Sora Matsushima
- Honoka Hashimoto
- Jaehyun An
- Peng Xiang
- Yuling Zhu
- Yingbin Xu
- Yi Chen
- Nayeong Kim
- Yuxuan Qin
- Jonghoon Lim
- Qihao Zhou
- Geman Zong
- Yuanyu Chen
- Chun Ting Wong
- Baldwin Chan
- Yi Xu
- Hanna Ryu
- Ganghyeon Park
- Licen Yuan
- Wing Lam Ng
- Chengzhu Zhu
- Siu Hang Lam
- Ruibo Wen
- Weishan Liu
- Xunyao Shi
- Shuhan Fan
- Yi-Hsin Feng
- Miyuu Kihara
- Miyu Nagasaki
- Sakura Yokoi
- Mizuki Oikawa
- Kazuki Hamada
- Haidong Xu
- Ha Eun Yang
- Gahyeon Park
- Koen Pang
- Izaac Quek
- Kwan To Yiu
- Kaiyuan Quan
- Asuka Sasao
- Anne Uesawa
- Siwoo Yoo
- Yutong Yan
- Kristian Karlsson
- Beixun Zeng
- Tianyi Qian
- Ziyu Zhu
- Jie Li