WTT CONTENDER · 2026
WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 prize money
A $100,000 week in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center, 2026-04-07 to 2026-04-12. 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 78
FEDERATIONS 17
The 2026 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
- 2026-04-07 to 2026-04-12
- 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 | 180 | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 120 | $1,025 |
| Semifinals | Doubles | 180 | $950 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 30 | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 4 | $650 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles | 45 | $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 | Ruibo Wen | China | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Tianyang Li | China | $1,275 |
| Semifinals | Tomislav Pucar | Croatia | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuhi Sakai | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Kristian Karlsson | Sweden | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Yukiya Uda | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Luka Mladenovic | Luxembourg | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Yuta Tanaka | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Jinbao Ma | United States | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Yuanyu Chen | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Youzheng Huang | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Yang Sun | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Hechen Li | China | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Nicholas Lum | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Qi Shen Wong | Malaysia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Josh Chua | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Kazuhiro Yoshimura | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Peng Xiang | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Cedric Meissner | Germany | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Satoshi Aida | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Hwan Bae | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Ryoichi Yoshiyama | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Koen Pang | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | $650 |
Women's Singles32 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Satsuki Odo | Japan | $5,000 |
| Finalist | Hitomi Sato | Japan | $2,500 |
| Semifinals | Honoka Hashimoto | Japan | $1,275 |
| Semifinals | Xunyao Shi | China | $1,275 |
| Quarterfinals | Miu Hirano | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuxuan Qin | China | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | $1,025 |
| Quarterfinals | Ziyu Zhu | China | $1,025 |
| Round of 16 | Tsz Tung Su | Hong Kong | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Manika Batra | India | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Saki Shibata | Japan | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Geman Zong | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Feier Han | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Huize Yang | China | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Jie Li | Netherlands | $825 |
| Round of 16 | Ruixuan Yao | China | $825 |
| Round of 32 | Eunseo Kim | South Korea | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yixuan Feng | China | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Lin Qian Ser | Singapore | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Miyu Nagasaki | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Ai Xin Tee | Malaysia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Xia Lian Ni | Luxembourg | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Yee Lok Lam | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Hoi Man Lee | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Mao Takamori | Japan | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Shuohan Men | Netherlands | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Jiamuwa Wu | Australia | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Fu Yu | Portugal | $650 |
| Round of 32 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | $650 |
Men's Doubles16 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Hechen Li & Ruibo Wen | China | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Shidong Lin & Youzheng Huang | China | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Yuanyu Chen & Peng Xiang | China | $950 |
| Semifinals | Maharu Yoshimura & Kazuhiro Yoshimura | Japan | $950 |
| Quarterfinals | Chun Ting Wong & Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuhi Sakai & Satoshi Aida | Japan | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Kwan Kit Ho & Hon Ming Li | Hong Kong | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Qi Shen Wong & Javen Choong | Malaysia | $550 |
| Round of 16 | Yang Sun & Tianyang Li | China | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Izaac Quek & Koen Pang | Singapore | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Hyeonggyu Woo & Jiwook Choi | South Korea | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Cedric Meissner & Jinbao Ma | Germany | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Kwan To Yiu & Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Romain Ruiz & Josh Chua | France | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Nicholas Lum & Hwan Bae | Australia | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Nawin Mekamporn & Puripong Saelee | Thailand | $350 |
Women's Doubles14 paid places
| Place | Player | Federation | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Xunyao Shi & Feier Han | China | $2,500 |
| Finalist | Hoi Kem Doo & Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | $1,500 |
| Semifinals | Saki Shibata & Mao Takamori | Japan | $950 |
| Semifinals | Tsz Tung Su & Hoi Tung Wong | Hong Kong | $950 |
| Quarterfinals | Satsuki Odo & Sakura Yokoi | Japan | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Jian Zeng & Lin Qian Ser | Singapore | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Miyuu Kihara & Miu Hirano | Japan | $550 |
| Quarterfinals | Yuxuan Qin & Geman Zong | China | $550 |
| Round of 16 | Jie Li & Shuohan Men | Netherlands | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Ruixuan Yao & Yiyi Jiang | China | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Hoi Man Lee & Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Li Sian Chang & Im Li Ying | Malaysia | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Jiamuwa Wu & Eunseo Kim | Australia | $350 |
| Round of 16 | Karen Lyne & Ai Xin Tee | Malaysia | $350 |
The 2026 WTT Contender Taiyuan money list
Every player the week paid, richest first
| # | Player | Federation | How far they got | Won here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ruibo Wen | China | Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles champion | $6,250 |
| 02 | Satsuki Odo | Japan | Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $5,275 |
| 03 | Maharu Yoshimura | Japan | Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles semifinals | $2,975 |
| 04 | Xunyao Shi | China | Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles semifinals | $2,525 |
| 05 | Hitomi Sato | Japan | Women's Singles finalist | $2,500 |
| 06 | Hechen Li | China | Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16 | $2,075 |
| 07 | Feier Han | China | Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16 | $2,075 |
| 08 | Youzheng Huang | China | Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 | $1,575 |
| 09 | Tianyang Li | China | Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,450 |
| 10 | Hoi Kem Doo | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 11 | Wing Lam Ng | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,400 |
| 12 | Yuhi Sakai | Japan | Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,300 |
| 13 | Miu Hirano | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,300 |
| 14 | Yuxuan Qin | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,300 |
| 15 | Sakura Yokoi | Japan | Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,300 |
| 16 | Yuanyu Chen | China | Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 16 | $1,300 |
| 17 | Saki Shibata | Japan | Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 | $1,300 |
| 18 | Tsz Tung Su | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 | $1,300 |
| 19 | Tomislav Pucar | Croatia | Men's Singles semifinals | $1,275 |
| 20 | Honoka Hashimoto | Japan | Women's Singles semifinals | $1,275 |
| 21 | Peng Xiang | China | Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 22 | Kazuhiro Yoshimura | Japan | Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 23 | Mao Takamori | Japan | Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 | $1,125 |
| 24 | Geman Zong | China | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $1,100 |
| 25 | Kristian Karlsson | Sweden | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 26 | Yukiya Uda | Japan | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 27 | Hiroto Shinozuka | Japan | Men's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 28 | Ziyu Zhu | China | Women's Singles quarterfinals | $1,025 |
| 29 | Jinbao Ma | United States | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 30 | Izaac Quek | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 31 | Yang Sun | China | Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 32 | Jie Li | Netherlands | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 33 | Ruixuan Yao | China | Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $1,000 |
| 34 | Chun Ting Wong | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 35 | Qi Shen Wong | Malaysia | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 36 | Satoshi Aida | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 37 | Kwan Kit Ho | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 38 | Baldwin Chan | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 39 | Jian Zeng | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 40 | Lin Qian Ser | Singapore | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 41 | Miyuu Kihara | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals | $925 |
| 42 | Luka Mladenovic | Luxembourg | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 43 | Yuta Tanaka | Japan | Men's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 44 | Manika Batra | India | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 45 | Huize Yang | China | Women's Singles round of 16 | $825 |
| 46 | Kwan To Yiu | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 47 | Nicholas Lum | Australia | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 48 | Josh Chua | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 49 | Cedric Meissner | Germany | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 50 | Hwan Bae | Australia | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 51 | Koen Pang | Singapore | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 52 | Siu Hang Lam | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 53 | Eunseo Kim | South Korea | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 54 | Ai Xin Tee | Malaysia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 55 | Hoi Man Lee | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 56 | Shuohan Men | Netherlands | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 57 | Jiamuwa Wu | Australia | Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 | $825 |
| 58 | Shidong Lin | China | Men's Doubles finalist | $750 |
| 59 | Man Ho Kwan | Hong Kong | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 60 | Ryoichi Yoshiyama | Japan | Men's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 61 | Yixuan Feng | China | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 62 | Miyu Nagasaki | Japan | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 63 | Xia Lian Ni | Luxembourg | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 64 | Yee Lok Lam | Hong Kong | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 65 | Fu Yu | Portugal | Women's Singles round of 32 | $650 |
| 66 | Hoi Tung Wong | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles semifinals | $475 |
| 67 | Hon Ming Li | Hong Kong | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $275 |
| 68 | Javen Choong | Malaysia | Men's Doubles quarterfinals | $275 |
| 69 | Hyeonggyu Woo | South Korea | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 70 | Jiwook Choi | South Korea | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 71 | Romain Ruiz | France | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 72 | Nawin Mekamporn | Thailand | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 73 | Puripong Saelee | Thailand | Men's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 74 | Yiyi Jiang | China | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 75 | Tsz Lam Kong | Hong Kong | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 76 | Li Sian Chang | Malaysia | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 77 | Im Li Ying | Malaysia | Women's Doubles round of 16 | $175 |
| 78 | Karen Lyne | Malaysia | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025 | Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center | 76 | $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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Doha | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Lille | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Star Contender Chennai | WTT Star Contender | 109 | $300,000 |
| 2026 | Singapore Smash | Grand Smash | 182 | $1,550,000$1.5m |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf | WTT Feeder | 97 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Otocec | WTT Feeder | 94 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Chongqing | WTT Champions | 64 | $800,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Varazdin | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Tunis | WTT Contender | 87 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Cappadocia II | WTT Feeder | 56 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Havirov | WTT Feeder | 98 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Senec | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Istanbul | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Lagos | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Lagos | WTT Contender | 89 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Hennebont | WTT Feeder | 65 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Prishtina | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Skopje | WTT Contender | 96 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Zagreb | WTT Contender | 95 | $100,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 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 2026?
$100,000 across 4 draws, played in Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center between 2026-04-07 to 2026-04-12.
Who won the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026?
Ruibo Wen took the men's singles and $5,000. Satsuki Odo took the women's singles and $5,000. Hechen Li and Ruibo Wen took the men's doubles and $2,500. Xunyao Shi and Feier Han 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 2026?
78, from 17 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 2026 WTT Contender Taiyuan
- Ruibo Wen
- Satsuki Odo
- Maharu Yoshimura
- Xunyao Shi
- Hitomi Sato
- Hechen Li
- Feier Han
- Youzheng Huang
- Hoi Kem Doo
- Wing Lam Ng
- Yuhi Sakai
- Miu Hirano
- Yuxuan Qin
- Sakura Yokoi
- Yuanyu Chen
- Saki Shibata
- Tsz Tung Su
- Tomislav Pucar
- Honoka Hashimoto
- Peng Xiang
- Kazuhiro Yoshimura
- Mao Takamori
- Geman Zong
- Kristian Karlsson
- Yukiya Uda
- Hiroto Shinozuka
- Ziyu Zhu
- Jinbao Ma
- Izaac Quek
- Yang Sun
- Jie Li
- Ruixuan Yao
- Chun Ting Wong
- Qi Shen Wong
- Satoshi Aida
- Kwan Kit Ho
- Baldwin Chan
- Jian Zeng
- Lin Qian Ser
- Miyuu Kihara
- Luka Mladenovic
- Yuta Tanaka
- Manika Batra
- Huize Yang
- Kwan To Yiu
- Nicholas Lum
- Josh Chua
- Cedric Meissner