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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2026

WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026 prize money

A $300,000 week in Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University, 2026-02-10 to 2026-02-15. 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.

PRIZE POT $300k
TO THE CHAMPION $17k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 109
FEDERATIONS 17

The 2026 WTT Star Contender Chennai at a glance

What the week is, and where it sits on the tour

Tier
WTT Star Contender
Venue
Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University
Played
2026-02-10 to 2026-02-15
Prize pot
$300,000
Champion's cheque
$17,000
Editions of this event
2

The prize ladder

What each place is worth, as published

12 rungs

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

Top rung 26x the bottom

Champion $17k
Finalist $9,025
Champion $5,500
Semifinals $4,250
Finalist $3,567
Quarterfinals $2,250
Semifinals $2,125
Round of 16 $1,500
Quarterfinals $1,200
Round of 32 $1,100
Round of 48 $900
Round of 16 $650

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

7 rungs paid

Champion (4) $45k
Round of 32 (32) $35k
Round of 16 (32) $34k
Round of 64 (32) $29k
Quarterfinals (16) $28k
Semifinals (8) $25k
Finalist (4) $25k

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

4 draws

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 Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Lubomir Jancarik Czechia $17,000
Finalist Thibault Poret France $9,025
Semifinals Ganghyeon Park South Korea $4,250
Semifinals Flavien Coton France $4,250
Quarterfinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $2,250
Quarterfinals Sathiyan Gnanasekaran India $2,250
Quarterfinals Elias Ranefur Sweden $2,250
Quarterfinals Junsung Oh South Korea $2,250
Round of 16 Wim Verdonschot Germany $1,500
Round of 16 John Oyebode Italy $1,500
Round of 16 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Manush Shah India $1,500
Round of 16 Joe Seyfried France $1,500
Round of 16 Eduard Ionescu Romania $1,500
Round of 16 Snehit Suravajjula India $1,500
Round of 32 Abhinandh Pradhivadhi India $1,100
Round of 32 Andrei Istrate Romania $1,100
Round of 32 Ankur Bhattacharjee India $1,100
Round of 32 Harmeet Desai India $1,100
Round of 32 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $1,100
Round of 32 Jonghoon Lim South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Joao Geraldo Portugal $1,100
Round of 32 Daeseong Cho South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Lilian Bardet France $1,100
Round of 32 Esteban Dorr France $1,100
Round of 32 Darius Movileanu Romania $1,100
Round of 32 Luka Mladenovic Luxembourg $1,100
Round of 32 Akash Pal India $1,100
Round of 32 Mizuki Oikawa Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Manav Thakkar India $1,100
Round of 64 Dongsoo Kang South Korea $900
Round of 64 Payas Jain India $900
Round of 64 Anirban Ghosh India $900
Round of 64 Carlo Rossi Italy $900
Round of 64 Priyanuj Bhattacharyya India $900
Round of 64 Iulian Chirita Romania $900
Round of 64 Mudit Dani India $900
Round of 64 Iskender Kharki Kazakhstan $900
Round of 64 Florian Bourrassaud France $900
Round of 64 Preyesh Suresh India $900
Round of 64 Divyansh Srivastava India $900
Round of 64 Yashansh Malik India $900
Round of 64 Punit Biswas India $900
Round of 64 Sanil Shetty India $900
Round of 64 Remi Betelu France $900
Round of 64 Jash Modi India $900

Women's Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Satsuki Odo Japan $17,000
Finalist Miu Hirano Japan $9,025
Semifinals Sakura Yokoi Japan $4,250
Semifinals I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $4,250
Quarterfinals Hitomi Sato Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Eunhye Lee South Korea $2,250
Quarterfinals Yu-Han Peng Chinese Taipei $2,250
Quarterfinals Andreea Dragoman Romania $2,250
Round of 16 Saki Shibata Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Anna Hursey Wales $1,500
Round of 16 Nayeong Kim South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Elizabeta Samara Romania $1,500
Round of 16 Miyu Nagasaki Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Nithya Mani India $1,500
Round of 32 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg $1,100
Round of 32 Bernadette Szocs Romania $1,100
Round of 32 Diya Chitale India $1,100
Round of 32 Kotomi Omoda Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Swastika Ghosh India $1,100
Round of 32 Sachi Aoki Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Yuan Wan Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Taneesha Kotecha India $1,100
Round of 32 Debora Vivarelli Italy $1,100
Round of 32 Minhyung Jee Australia $1,100
Round of 32 Seongjin Kim South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Ayhika Mukherjee India $1,100
Round of 32 Hanna Ryu South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Franziska Schreiner Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Miyuu Kihara Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Yashini Sivasankar India $1,100
Round of 64 Tanishka Kalbhairav India $900
Round of 64 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $900
Round of 64 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $900
Round of 64 Suhana Saini India $900
Round of 64 Anusha Kutumbale India $900
Round of 64 Sutirtha Mukherjee India $900
Round of 64 Shruti Amrute India $900
Round of 64 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan $900
Round of 64 Adina Diaconu Romania $900
Round of 64 Evana Thapa Nepal $900
Round of 64 Kavya Bhatt India $900
Round of 64 Neha Kumari India $900
Round of 64 Divyanshi Bhowmick India $900
Round of 64 Amrutha Pushpak India $900
Round of 64 Sayali Wani India $900
Round of 64 Satya Aspathi United States $900

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Flavien Coton & Thibault Poret France $5,500
Finalist Jonghoon Lim & Junsung Oh South Korea $3,567
Semifinals Ankur Bhattacharjee & Payas Jain India $2,125
Semifinals Sathiyan Gnanasekaran & Harmeet Desai India $2,125
Quarterfinals Kristian Karlsson & Elias Ranefur Sweden $1,200
Quarterfinals Florian Bourrassaud & Esteban Dorr France $1,200
Quarterfinals Carlo Rossi & John Oyebode Italy $1,200
Quarterfinals Joe Seyfried & Lilian Bardet France $1,200
Round of 16 Mudit Dani & Anirban Ghosh India $650
Round of 16 Harkunwar Singh & Abhilash Raval India $650
Round of 16 Eduard Ionescu & Darius Movileanu Romania $650
Round of 16 Abhinandh Pradhivadhi & Sriram Sivam India $650
Round of 16 Priyanuj Bhattacharyya & Kushal Chopda India $650
Round of 16 Akash Pal & Snehit Suravajjula India $650
Round of 16 Arjav Gupta & Jash Modi India $650
Round of 16 Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar India $650

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Sakura Yokoi & Sachi Aoki Japan $5,500
Finalist Hanna Ryu & Nayeong Kim South Korea $3,567
Semifinals Lakshita Narang & Hardee Patel India $2,125
Semifinals Sarah De Nutte & Swastika Ghosh Luxembourg $2,125
Quarterfinals Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade India $1,200
Quarterfinals Suhana Saini & Jennifer Varghese India $1,200
Quarterfinals Hitomi Sato & Saki Shibata Japan $1,200
Quarterfinals Adina Diaconu & Andreea Dragoman Romania $1,200
Round of 16 Anusha Kutumbale & Moumita Pal India $650
Round of 16 Seongjin Kim & Cheonhui Joo South Korea $650
Round of 16 Yashini Sivasankar & Selena Selvakumar India $650
Round of 16 Nithya Mani & Ananya Muralidharan India $650
Round of 16 Avani Tripathi & Kavya Bhatt India $650
Round of 16 Syndrela Das & Divyanshi Bhowmick India $650
Round of 16 Ayhika Mukherjee & Sutirtha Mukherjee India $650
Round of 16 Taneesha Kotecha & Sayali Wani India $650

The 2026 WTT Star Contender Chennai money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

109 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Lubomir Jancarik Czechia Men's Singles champion $17,000
02 Satsuki Odo Japan Women's Singles champion $17,000
03 Thibault Poret France Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles champion $11,775
04 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles finalist $9,025
05 Flavien Coton France Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles semifinals $7,000
06 Sakura Yokoi Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles semifinals $7,000
07 Ganghyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
08 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles semifinals $4,250
09 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles quarterfinals $4,034
10 Sachi Aoki Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 $3,850
11 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran India Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles semifinals $3,312
12 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 16 $3,284
13 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,884
14 Hanna Ryu South Korea Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,884
15 Elias Ranefur Sweden Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
16 Hitomi Sato Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
17 Andreea Dragoman Romania Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
18 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
19 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
20 Yu-Han Peng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
21 Ankur Bhattacharjee India Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,163
22 Harmeet Desai India Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,163
23 Sarah De Nutte Luxembourg Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,163
24 Swastika Ghosh India Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,163
25 John Oyebode Italy Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
26 Joe Seyfried France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
27 Saki Shibata Japan Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
28 Payas Jain India Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
29 Manush Shah India Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
30 Eduard Ionescu Romania Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
31 Snehit Suravajjula India Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
32 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
33 Nithya Mani India Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
34 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
35 Esteban Dorr France Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
36 Lilian Bardet France Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
37 Diya Chitale India Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
38 Wim Verdonschot Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
39 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
40 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
41 Anna Hursey Wales Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
42 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
43 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
44 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
45 Florian Bourrassaud France Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
46 Carlo Rossi Italy Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
47 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
48 Suhana Saini India Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
49 Adina Diaconu Romania Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
50 Abhinandh Pradhivadhi India Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
51 Darius Movileanu Romania Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
52 Akash Pal India Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
53 Manav Thakkar India Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
54 Taneesha Kotecha India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
55 Seongjin Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
56 Ayhika Mukherjee India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
57 Yashini Sivasankar India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
58 Anirban Ghosh India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
59 Priyanuj Bhattacharyya India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
60 Mudit Dani India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
61 Jash Modi India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
62 Anusha Kutumbale India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
63 Sutirtha Mukherjee India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
64 Kavya Bhatt India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
65 Divyanshi Bhowmick India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
66 Sayali Wani India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
67 Andrei Istrate Romania Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
68 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
69 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
70 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
71 Luka Mladenovic Luxembourg Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
72 Mizuki Oikawa Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
73 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
74 Kotomi Omoda Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
75 Yuan Wan Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
76 Debora Vivarelli Italy Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
77 Minhyung Jee Australia Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
78 Franziska Schreiner Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
79 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
80 Lakshita Narang India Women's Doubles semifinals $1,062
81 Hardee Patel India Women's Doubles semifinals $1,062
82 Dongsoo Kang South Korea Men's Singles round of 64 $900
83 Iulian Chirita Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $900
84 Iskender Kharki Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 64 $900
85 Preyesh Suresh India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
86 Divyansh Srivastava India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
87 Yashansh Malik India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
88 Punit Biswas India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
89 Sanil Shetty India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
90 Remi Betelu France Men's Singles round of 64 $900
91 Tanishka Kalbhairav India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
92 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 64 $900
93 Shruti Amrute India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
94 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan Women's Singles round of 64 $900
95 Evana Thapa Nepal Women's Singles round of 64 $900
96 Neha Kumari India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
97 Amrutha Pushpak India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
98 Satya Aspathi United States Women's Singles round of 64 $900
99 Jennifer Varghese India Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
100 Harkunwar Singh India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
101 Abhilash Raval India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
102 Sriram Sivam India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
103 Kushal Chopda India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
104 Arjav Gupta India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
105 Moumita Pal India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
106 Selena Selvakumar India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
107 Ananya Muralidharan India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
108 Avani Tripathi India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
109 Syndrela Das India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325

Which federations took the money home

The week's cheques added up by the flag on the entry

17 federations paid

India $56k Japan $48k South Korea $27k France $27k Czechia $17k Romania $12k Chinese Taipei $9,500 Germany $5,950 Italy $4,700 Sweden $4,550 Luxembourg $3,263 Kazakhstan $1,800 Wales $1,500 Portugal $1,100 Australia $1,100

Every other WTT Star Contender Chennai

The same event in the years either side

1 other edition

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai 2025 Presented by IndianOil Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium 107 $275,000

The weeks around this one on the calendar

What the tour was paying immediately before and after

20 events

Year Event Tier Players paid Prize pot
2025 WTT Feeder Gdansk WTT Feeder 89 $30,000
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2025 WTT Finals Hong Kong WTT Finals 33 $1,300,000
2026 WTT Champions Doha WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2026 WTT Feeder Vadodara WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Star Contender Doha WTT Star Contender 113 $300,000
2026 WTT Contender Muscat WTT Contender 97 $100,000
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 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 Contender Taiyuan WTT Contender 78 $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

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Chennai 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 Chennai 2026?

$300,000 across 4 draws, played in Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University between 2026-02-10 to 2026-02-15.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026?

Lubomir Jancarik took the men's singles and $17,000. Satsuki Odo took the women's singles and $17,000. Flavien Coton and Thibault Poret took the men's doubles and $5,500. Sakura Yokoi and Sachi Aoki took the women's doubles and $5,500.

How far down the draw does the money go at the WTT Star Contender Chennai?

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.

How many players got paid at the WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026?

109, 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 Star Contender Chennai?

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

Players paid at the 2026 WTT Star Contender Chennai

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