WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 prize money
A $300,000 week in Martial Arts Palace, 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-20. The champion takes $17,000, 5.7% 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.
The 2026 WTT Star Contender Astana at a glance
What the week is, and where it sits on the tour
- Tier
- WTT Star Contender
- Venue
- Martial Arts Palace
- Played
- 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-20
- Prize pot
- $300,000
- Champion's cheque
- $17,000
- Editions of this event
- 1
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 | 600 | $17,000 |
| Finalist | Singles | 420 | $9,025 |
| Champion | Doubles | 600 | $5,500 |
| Semifinals | Singles | 270 | $4,250 |
| Finalist | Doubles | 420 | $3,567 |
| Quarterfinals | Singles | 175 | $2,250 |
| Semifinals | Doubles | 270 | $2,125 |
| Round of 16 | Singles | 115 | $1,500 |
| Quarterfinals | Doubles | 70 | $1,200 |
| Round of 32 | Singles | 30 | $1,100 |
| Round of 48 | Singles | 5 | $900 |
| Round of 16 | Doubles | 5 | $650 |
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.
The weeks around this one on the calendar
What the tour was paying immediately before and after
| Year | Event | Tier | Players paid | Prize pot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II | WTT Feeder | 28 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Singapore Smash | Grand Smash | 212 | $2,000,000$2.0m |
| 2022 | WTT Star Contender European Summer Series | WTT Star Contender | 122 | $250,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Champions European Summer Series | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
| 2022 | WTT Feeder European Summer Series | WTT Feeder | 137 | - |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama | WTT Champions | 64 | $500,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Vientiane | WTT Feeder | 65 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | Europe Smash - Sweden | Grand Smash | 181 | $1,550,000$1.5m |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Berlin | WTT Feeder | 65 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Olomouc | WTT Feeder | 96 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Almaty | WTT Contender | 91 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Macao | WTT Champions | 64 | $800,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Contender Panagyurishte | WTT Contender | 94 | $100,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Puerto Princesa | WTT Feeder | 64 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Bangkok | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Linz | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | China Smash | Grand Smash | 0 | $2,050,000$2.0m |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier | WTT Champions | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Feeder Chennai | WTT Feeder | 0 | $30,000 |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | WTT Champions | 0 | $500,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does the WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 winner get?
$17,000, out of a $300,000 pot. That is 5.7% of the week's prize money on one cheque.
What is the total prize money at the WTT Star Contender Astana 2026?
$300,000 across 1 draws, played in Martial Arts Palace between 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-20.
How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Star Contender Astana?
To round of 16, which pays $650. The ladder has 12 rungs on it, and $17,000 at the top is 26 times the bottom one.
What kind of event is the WTT Star Contender Astana?
WTT Star Contender. The tier where the world top ten start appearing in numbers, and where the doubles draws pay properly.
Where to next
The players this week paid, and the rest of the tour