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WTT CONTENDER · TAIYUAN

WTT Contender Taiyuan prize money

4 editions between 2023 to 2026 , with $5,000 to the champion at the richest of them. 171 players have been paid here.

Every edition of this event, what it put up, and the money list underneath it: who has collected the most at this one week of the calendar, across however many times they have played it.

BIGGEST POT $100k
TO THE CHAMPION $5k
EDITIONS 4
PLAYERS PAID 171
FIRST AND LAST 2023 to 2026

The WTT Contender Taiyuan money list

Everyone the event has paid, across every edition

171 players

# Player Federation Editions Titles Won here
01 Jingkun Liang China 5 2 $10,988
02 Ruibo Wen China 5 2 $8,125
03 Xingtong Chen China 5 2 $7,062
04 Sora Matsushima Japan 5 1 $6,763
05 Honoka Hashimoto Japan 2 1 $6,275
06 Yidi Wang China 5 $6,112
07 Manyu Wang China 3 1 $5,475
08 Peng Xiang China 7 1 $5,350
09 Satsuki Odo Japan 2 1 $5,275
10 Miyuu Kihara Japan 5 $4,950
11 Xunyao Shi China 6 1 $4,900
12 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong 10 $4,650
13 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong 10 $4,625
14 Shidong Lin China 6 3 $4,525
15 Maharu Yoshimura Japan 4 $4,325
16 Yi Chen China 5 1 $4,325
17 Yuxuan Qin China 6 $4,275
18 Yingbin Xu China 6 1 $3,750
19 Yuanyu Chen China 7 $3,675
20 Gaoyuan Lin China 6 2 $3,650
21 Jaehyun An South Korea 4 $3,575
22 Qihao Zhou China 5 $3,562
23 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong 9 $3,513
24 Tianyi Qian China 6 1 $3,438
25 Man Kuai China 6 3 $3,413
26 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong 8 $3,225
27 Jian Zeng Singapore 7 $3,137
28 Youzheng Huang China 5 $2,913
29 Jinbao Ma United States 7 $2,913
30 Koen Pang Singapore 7 $2,850
31 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong 7 $2,838
32 Miu Hirano Japan 3 $2,800
33 Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong 8 $2,650
34 Licen Yuan China 7 $2,637
35 Yi Xu China 4 $2,625
36 Izaac Quek Singapore 6 $2,613
37 Feier Han China 3 1 $2,600
38 Geman Zong China 4 $2,600
39 Hitomi Sato Japan 1 $2,500
40 Yuling Zhu Macao 1 $2,500
41 Alexis Lebrun France 1 $2,500
42 Shunsuke Togami Japan 1 $2,500
43 Daeseong Cho South Korea 5 $2,487
44 Nayeong Kim South Korea 3 1 $2,350
45 Sakura Yokoi Japan 3 $2,325
46 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei 4 $2,287
47 Weishan Liu China 5 $2,225
48 Sang Su Lee South Korea 4 $2,212
49 Yee Lok Lam Hong Kong 5 $2,188
50 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong 4 $2,150
51 Shuhan Fan China 3 $2,150
52 Hechen Li China 2 1 $2,075
53 Jonghoon Lim South Korea 3 $1,950
54 Kristian Karlsson Sweden 2 $1,850
55 Ziyu Zhu China 2 $1,850
56 Jie Li Netherlands 3 $1,825
57 Man Ho Kwan Hong Kong 4 $1,812
58 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong 6 $1,800
59 Chuqin Wang China 5 $1,750
60 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei 4 $1,712
61 Miyu Nagasaki Japan 2 $1,675
62 Yang Sun China 3 $1,650
63 Fei Xue China 4 $1,575
64 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan 2 $1,550
65 Mizuki Oikawa Japan 3 $1,525
66 Eunhye Lee South Korea 4 $1,500
67 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco 1 $1,500
68 Luka Mladenovic Luxembourg 2 $1,475
69 Yuta Tanaka Japan 2 $1,475
70 Yake Li China 2 $1,475
71 Tianyang Li China 2 $1,450
72 Haidong Xu China 3 $1,450
73 Ha Eun Yang South Korea 3 $1,450
74 Yang Wang Slovakia 2 $1,350
75 Swastika Ghosh India 3 $1,338
76 Yuhi Sakai Japan 2 $1,300
77 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan 3 $1,300
78 Saki Shibata Japan 2 $1,300
79 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong 2 $1,300
80 Fu Yu Portugal 2 $1,300
81 Ho Ching Lee Hong Kong 4 $1,288
82 Tomislav Pucar Croatia 1 $1,275
83 Hanna Ryu South Korea 1 1 $1,250
84 Zhen Deng United States 3 $1,250
85 Seungmin Cho South Korea 4 $1,237
86 Jihee Jeon South Korea 2 $1,225
87 Ganghyeon Park South Korea 2 $1,200
88 Daeun Lee South Korea 2 $1,175
89 Cheonhui Joo South Korea 2 $1,175
90 Josh Chua Singapore 4 $1,162
91 Hoi Man Lee Hong Kong 4 $1,150
92 Mao Takamori Japan 2 $1,125
93 Junsung Oh South Korea 2 $1,125
94 Lin Qian Ser Singapore 3 $1,100
95 Harmeet Desai India 2 $1,100
96 Zion Lee South Korea 2 $1,100
97 Mima Ito Japan 1 $1,050
98 Karen Lyne Malaysia 4 $1,038
99 Yukiya Uda Japan 1 $1,025
100 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei 1 $1,025
101 Ruixuan Yao China 2 $1,000
102 Kazuki Hamada Japan 2 $1,000
103 Gahyeon Park South Korea 2 $1,000
104 Kai Zhou China 2 $975
105 Qi Shen Wong Malaysia 2 $925
106 Satoshi Aida Japan 2 $925
107 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea 3 $925
108 Kaiyuan Quan China 2 $925
109 Asuka Sasao Japan 2 $925
110 Anne Uesawa Japan 2 $925
111 Siwoo Yoo South Korea 2 $925
112 Yutong Yan China 2 $925
113 Miwa Harimoto Japan 2 $887
114 Clarence Chew Singapore 3 $863
115 Xin Ru Wong Singapore 3 $850
116 Manika Batra India 1 $825
117 Huize Yang China 1 $825
118 Nicholas Lum Australia 2 $825
119 Cedric Meissner Germany 2 $825
120 Hwan Bae Australia 2 $825
121 Eunseo Kim South Korea 2 $825
122 Ai Xin Tee Malaysia 2 $825
123 Shuohan Men Netherlands 2 $825
124 Jiamuwa Wu Australia 2 $825
125 Beixun Zeng China 1 $825
126 Yiyun Yang China 1 $775
127 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei 1 $775
128 Yixuan Feng China 2 $763
129 Joao Geraldo Portugal 1 $700
130 Dingshuo Liu China 2 $688
131 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei 2 $688
132 Hayeong Kim South Korea 2 $675
133 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan 1 $650
134 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg 1 $650
135 Esteban Dorr France 1 $650
136 Jieni Shao Portugal 1 $650
137 Hyeonggyu Woo South Korea 2 $625
138 Yingsha Sun China 2 $562
139 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei 1 $525
140 Jingyi Zhou Singapore 1 $525
141 Yi-Ju Wang Chinese Taipei 1 $525
142 Yangzi Liu Australia 1 $525
143 Javen Choong Malaysia 3 $500
144 Long Ma China 1 1 $500
145 Hon Ming Li Hong Kong 3 $487
146 Hoi Tung Wong Hong Kong 1 $475
147 Tsz Lam Kong Hong Kong 3 $462
148 Niagol Stoyanov Italy 1 $450
149 Manav Vikash Thakkar India 1 $450
150 Yangchen Wu China 1 $450
151 Xiaotong Wang China 1 $450
152 Sakura Mori Japan 1 $450
153 Li Sian Chang Malaysia 2 $400
154 Yuan Ito Japan 1 $275
155 Tiffany Ke United States 2 $275
156 Meng Chen China 1 $225
157 Peter Scheuer United States 2 $225
158 Wei Cao China 1 $225
159 Jiwook Choi South Korea 1 $175
160 Romain Ruiz France 1 $175
161 Nawin Mekamporn Thailand 1 $175
162 Puripong Saelee Thailand 1 $175
163 Yiyi Jiang China 1 $175
164 Im Li Ying Malaysia 1 $175
165 Yanning Liang China 1 $175
166 Haeun Kim South Korea 1 $175
167 Yan Jun Li Chinese Taipei 1 $162
168 Tianyi Wang China 1 $162
169 Siqi Fan China 1 $150
170 Chun Kit Choy Hong Kong 1 $113
171 Yik Man Pau Hong Kong 1 $100

A doubles rung pays a pair and the two players share it here, so a doubles specialist's figure is half of what the ladder prices the round at. It is the only way a money list adds up to the same total the event paid out.

Who owns this week

The biggest career hauls at the WTT Contender Taiyuan

124 paid at more than one edition

Jingkun Liang $11k Ruibo Wen $8,125 Xingtong Chen $7,062 Sora Matsushima $6,763 Honoka Hashimoto $6,275 Yidi Wang $6,112 Manyu Wang $5,475 Peng Xiang $5,350 Satsuki Odo $5,275 Miyuu Kihara $4,950 Xunyao Shi $4,900 Wing Lam Ng $4,650 Chun Ting Wong $4,625 Shidong Lin $4,525 Maharu Yoshimura $4,325

Every WTT Contender Taiyuan

Newest first, with what each week put up

4 editions

Year Edition Venue Draws Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2026 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 4 78 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2025 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 4 76 $100,000
2024 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 5 82 $80,000
2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan 2023 Taiyuan Binhe Sports Center 5 70 $75,000

A pot is what the week puts up in total, shared down every draw it runs. It is not the champion's cheque, and on an event with five draws it is not far off five champions' cheques plus everything underneath them.

WTT Contender Taiyuan champions

Every draw of every edition, and what winning it paid

18 titles

Year Draw Champion Federation Prize
2026 Men's Singles Ruibo Wen China $5,000
2026 Women's Singles Satsuki Odo Japan $5,000
2026 Men's Doubles Hechen Li & Ruibo Wen China $2,500
2026 Women's Doubles Xunyao Shi & Feier Han China $2,500
2025 Men's Singles Sora Matsushima Japan $5,000
2025 Women's Singles Honoka Hashimoto Japan $5,000
2025 Men's Doubles Yingbin Xu & Peng Xiang China $2,500
2025 Women's Doubles Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu South Korea $2,500
2024 Men's Singles Jingkun Liang China $5,000
2024 Women's Singles Xingtong Chen China $5,000
2024 Men's Doubles Long Ma & Gaoyuan Lin China $1,000
2024 Women's Doubles Man Kuai & Yi Chen China $1,000
2024 Mixed Doubles Shidong Lin & Man Kuai China $1,000
2023 Men's Singles Jingkun Liang China $5,000
2023 Women's Singles Manyu Wang China $5,000
2023 Men's Doubles Gaoyuan Lin & Shidong Lin China $1,000
2023 Women's Doubles Xingtong Chen & Tianyi Qian China $1,000
2023 Mixed Doubles Shidong Lin & Man Kuai China $1,000

Where the WTT Contender Taiyuan money ends up

Every cheque the event has written, by federation

22 federations

China $124k Japan $57k Hong Kong $35k South Korea $30k Singapore $13k Chinese Taipei $7,700 United States $4,663 Malaysia $3,863 India $3,712 France $3,325 Australia $3,000 Netherlands $2,650 Portugal $2,650 Macao $2,500 Luxembourg $2,125

Where the WTT Contender Taiyuan sits on the tour

Ranked 30 of 99 on prize money paid

# Event Tier Editions Span Paid out
20 WTT Star Contender Chennai WTT Star Contender 2 2025 to 2026 $427,534
21 WTT Star Contender Bangkok WTT Star Contender 2 2023 to 2024 $419,900
22 WTT Star Contender Goa WTT Star Contender 2 2023 to 2024 $402,500
23 WTT Contender Almaty WTT Contender 5 2022 to 2026 $386,025
24 WTT Contender Tunis WTT Contender 5 2022 to 2026 $382,900
25 WTT Contender Muscat WTT Contender 5 2022 to 2026 $373,800
26 WTT Contender Lagos WTT Contender 4 2023 to 2026 $326,200
27 WTT Contender Zagreb WTT Contender 4 2023 to 2026 $326,075
28 WTT Finals Men Doha WTT Finals 1 2024 $323,000
29 WTT Finals Women Nagoya WTT Finals 1 2023 $323,000
31 WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos WTT Star Contender 1 2026 $245,001
32 WTT Star Contender London WTT Star Contender 1 2025 $221,684
33 WTT Star Contender Muscat WTT Star Contender 1 2025 $219,084
34 WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu WTT Star Contender 1 2025 $217,184
35 WTT Star Contender European Summer Series WTT Star Contender 1 2022 $210,000
36 WTT Star Contender Lanzhou WTT Star Contender 1 2023 $206,600
37 WTT Contender Skopje WTT Contender 2 2025 to 2026 $176,700
38 WTT Feeder Olomouc WTT Feeder 5 2022 to 2026 $169,420
39 WTT Contender Rio de Janeiro WTT Contender 2 2023 to 2024 $147,100
40 WTT Contender Doha WTT Contender 2 2023 to 2024 $146,825

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Contender Taiyuan winner get?

$5,000 at the richest edition on this site, out of a $100,000 pot. 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.

How many times has the WTT Contender Taiyuan been played?

4 editions on this site, 2023 to 2026, in Taiyuan.

Who has won the most money at the WTT Contender Taiyuan?

Jingkun Liang of China, $10,988 across 5 editions and 2 titles.

Do the same players keep coming back to the WTT Contender Taiyuan?

124 of the 171 players the event has paid have been paid at more than one edition of it.

Which country does the WTT Contender Taiyuan money go to?

China takes the most of it, $124,425 across 4 editions, out of 22 federations paid here.

What is the WTT Contender Taiyuan worth in total?

$355,000 across 4 editions that publish a pot.

Where to next

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