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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2024

WTT Star Contender Doha 2024 prize money

A $250,000 week in Lusail Sports Arena, 2024-01-08 to 2024-01-13. The champion takes $10,000, 4% 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 $250k
TO THE CHAMPION $10k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 118
FEDERATIONS 31

The 2024 WTT Star Contender Doha at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Star Contender
Venue
Lusail Sports Arena
Played
2024-01-08 to 2024-01-13
Prize pot
$250,000
Champion's cheque
$10,000
Editions of this event
3

The prize ladder

What each place is worth, as published

12 rungs

Place Draws it applies to Ranking points Prize
Winner the cheque every draw is played for Singles 600 $10,000
Finalist Singles 420 $7,500
Semifinals Singles 210 $4,000
Winner Doubles 600 $3,500
Finalist Doubles 420 $2,500
Quarterfinals Singles 105 $2,500
Semifinals Doubles 210 $1,500
Round of 16 Singles 55 $1,500
Round of 32 Singles 25 $1,250
Round of 48 Singles 5 $900
Quarterfinals Doubles 105 $800
Round of 16 Doubles 5 $400

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 25x the bottom

Winner $10k
Finalist $7,500
Semifinals $4,000
Winner $3,500
Finalist $2,500
Quarterfinals $2,500
Semifinals $1,500
Round of 16 $1,500
Round of 32 $1,250
Round of 48 $900
Quarterfinals $800
Round of 16 $400

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

Round of 32 (32) $40k
Round of 16 (32) $30k
Round of 64 (32) $29k
Champion (4) $27k
Quarterfinals (16) $26k
Semifinals (8) $22k
Finalist (4) $20k

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 Chuqin Wang China $10,000
Finalist Shidong Lin China $7,500
Semifinals Jingkun Liang China $4,000
Semifinals Gaoyuan Lin China $4,000
Quarterfinals Zhendong Fan China $2,500
Quarterfinals Dang Qiu Germany $2,500
Quarterfinals Long Ma China $2,500
Quarterfinals Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei $2,500
Round of 16 Sora Matsushima Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $1,500
Round of 16 Truls Moregard Sweden $1,500
Round of 16 Woojin Jang South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Hugo Calderano Brazil $1,500
Round of 16 Jonghoon Lim South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Shunsuke Togami Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Darko Jorgic Slovenia $1,500
Round of 32 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei $1,250
Round of 32 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $1,250
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $1,250
Round of 32 Daeseong Cho South Korea $1,250
Round of 32 Alexandre Cassin France $1,250
Round of 32 Anton Kallberg Sweden $1,250
Round of 32 Benedikt Duda Germany $1,250
Round of 32 Patrick Franziska Germany $1,250
Round of 32 Anders Lind Denmark $1,250
Round of 32 Alvaro Robles Spain $1,250
Round of 32 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $1,250
Round of 32 Yukiya Uda Japan $1,250
Round of 32 Quadri Aruna Nigeria $1,250
Round of 32 Qihao Zhou China $1,250
Round of 32 Marcos Freitas Portugal $1,250
Round of 32 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $1,250
Round of 64 Jonathan Groth Denmark $900
Round of 64 Mattias Falck Sweden $900
Round of 64 Timo Boll Germany $900
Round of 64 Alexis Lebrun France $900
Round of 64 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania $900
Round of 64 Omar Assar Egypt $900
Round of 64 Jakub Dyjas Poland $900
Round of 64 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar $900
Round of 64 Sang Su Lee South Korea $900
Round of 64 Joao Geraldo Portugal $900
Round of 64 Harmeet Desai India $900
Round of 64 Liam Pitchford England $900
Round of 64 Sharath Kamal Achanta India $900
Round of 64 Seungmin Cho South Korea $900
Round of 64 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei $900

Women's Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yingsha Sun China $10,000
Finalist Meng Chen China $7,500
Semifinals Tianyi Qian China $4,000
Semifinals Manyu Wang China $4,000
Quarterfinals Rui Zhang China $2,500
Quarterfinals Hina Hayata Japan $2,500
Quarterfinals Yidi Wang China $2,500
Quarterfinals Xingtong Chen China $2,500
Round of 16 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg $1,500
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Miwa Harimoto Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Linda Bergstrom Sweden $1,500
Round of 16 Yubin Shin South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco $1,500
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $1,250
Round of 32 Zion Lee South Korea $1,250
Round of 32 Jieni Shao Portugal $1,250
Round of 32 Bernadette Szocs Romania $1,250
Round of 32 Sofia Polcanova Austria $1,250
Round of 32 Man Kuai China $1,250
Round of 32 Yangzi Liu Australia $1,250
Round of 32 Elizabeta Samara Romania $1,250
Round of 32 Miyu Nagasaki Japan $1,250
Round of 32 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei $1,250
Round of 32 Ying Han Germany $1,250
Round of 32 Christina Kallberg Sweden $1,250
Round of 32 Orawan Paranang Thailand $1,250
Round of 32 Prithika Pavade France $1,250
Round of 32 Andreea Dragoman Romania $1,250
Round of 32 Adina Diaconu Romania $1,250
Round of 64 Barbora Balazova Slovakia $900
Round of 64 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $900
Round of 64 Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei $900
Round of 64 Xiaona Shan Germany $900
Round of 64 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Sabine Winter Germany $900
Round of 64 Maria Xiao Spain $900
Round of 64 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $900
Round of 64 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Yu-Chiao Huang Chinese Taipei $900
Round of 64 Hyo Won Suh South Korea $900
Round of 64 Bruna Takahashi Brazil $900
Round of 64 Manika Batra India $900
Round of 64 Jia Nan Yuan France $900
Round of 64 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand $900
Round of 64 Aia Mohamed Qatar $900

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Jingkun Liang & Licen Yuan China $3,500
Finalist Long Ma & Chuqin Wang China $2,500
Semifinals Tomokazu Harimoto & Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $1,500
Semifinals Woojin Jang & Jaehyun An South Korea $1,500
Quarterfinals Shunsuke Togami & Sora Matsushima Japan $800
Quarterfinals Gaoyuan Lin & Shidong Lin China $800
Quarterfinals Yew En Koen Pang & Izaac Quek Singapore $800
Quarterfinals Manav Vikash Thakkar & Manush Utpalbhai Shah India $800
Round of 16 Vitor Ishiy & Nandor Ecseki Brazil $400
Round of 16 Paul Drinkhall & Liam Pitchford England $400
Round of 16 Martin Allegro & Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium $400
Round of 16 Sang Su Lee & Jonghoon Lim South Korea $400
Round of 16 Mattias Falck & Kristian Karlsson Sweden $400
Round of 16 Alexis Lebrun & Jules Rolland France $400
Round of 16 Mohammed Abdulwahhab & Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar $400
Round of 16 Sultan Al-Kuwari & Ahmed Korani Qatar $400

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Tianyi Qian & Xingtong Chen China $3,500
Finalist Adina Diaconu & Maria Xiao Romania $2,500
Semifinals Sofia Polcanova & Bernadette Szocs Austria $1,500
Semifinals Meng Chen & Manyu Wang China $1,500
Quarterfinals Chengzhu Zhu & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $800
Quarterfinals Barbora Balazova & Hana Matelova Slovakia $800
Quarterfinals Andreea Dragoman & Elizabeta Samara Romania $800
Quarterfinals Rui Zhang & Man Kuai China $800
Round of 16 Jihee Jeon & Yubin Shin South Korea $400
Round of 16 Linda Bergstrom & Christina Kallberg Sweden $400
Round of 16 Natalia Bajor & Tatiana Kukulkova Poland $400
Round of 16 Miyu Nagasaki & Miwa Harimoto Japan $400
Round of 16 Camille Lutz & Prithika Pavade France $400
Round of 16 I-Ching Cheng & Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $400
Round of 16 Sreeja Akula & Yashaswini Ghorpade India $400
Round of 16 Zion Lee & Nayeong Kim South Korea $400

The 2024 WTT Star Contender Doha money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

118 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Chuqin Wang China Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles finalist $11,250
02 Yingsha Sun China Women's Singles champion $10,000
03 Meng Chen China Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles semifinals $8,250
04 Shidong Lin China Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $7,900
05 Jingkun Liang China Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles champion $5,750
06 Tianyi Qian China Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles champion $5,750
07 Manyu Wang China Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $4,750
08 Gaoyuan Lin China Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $4,400
09 Xingtong Chen China Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles quarterfinals $4,250
10 Long Ma China Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles quarterfinals $3,750
11 Rui Zhang China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,900
12 Zhendong Fan China Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
13 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
14 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
15 Adina Diaconu Romania Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,500
16 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
17 Yidi Wang China Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
18 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 16 $2,250
19 Maria Xiao Spain Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 64 $2,150
20 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,000
21 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,000
22 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,000
23 Sofia Polcanova Austria Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,000
24 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,000
25 Sora Matsushima Japan Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,900
26 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,900
27 Licen Yuan China Men's Doubles champion $1,750
28 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
29 Jihee Jeon South Korea Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
30 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
31 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
32 Linda Bergstrom Sweden Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
33 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,700
34 Man Kuai China Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,650
35 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,650
36 Andreea Dragoman Romania Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,650
37 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
38 Truls Moregard Sweden Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
39 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
40 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
41 Xia Lian Ni Luxembourg Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
42 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
43 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
44 Zion Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,450
45 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,450
46 Christina Kallberg Sweden Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,450
47 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,450
48 Barbora Balazova Slovakia Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,300
49 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,300
50 Cheng-Jui Kao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
51 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
52 Alexandre Cassin France Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
53 Anton Kallberg Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
54 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
55 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
56 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
57 Alvaro Robles Spain Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
58 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
59 Yukiya Uda Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
60 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
61 Qihao Zhou China Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
62 Marcos Freitas Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $1,250
63 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
64 Jieni Shao Portugal Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
65 Yangzi Liu Australia Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
66 Szu-Yu Chen Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
67 Ying Han Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
68 Orawan Paranang Thailand Women's Singles round of 32 $1,250
69 Mattias Falck Sweden Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
70 Alexis Lebrun France Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
71 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
72 Sang Su Lee South Korea Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
73 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
74 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
75 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,100
76 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles round of 64 $900
77 Timo Boll Germany Men's Singles round of 64 $900
78 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $900
79 Omar Assar Egypt Men's Singles round of 64 $900
80 Jakub Dyjas Poland Men's Singles round of 64 $900
81 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles round of 64 $900
82 Harmeet Desai India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
83 Sharath Kamal Achanta India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
84 Seungmin Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 64 $900
85 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 64 $900
86 Chih-Yuan Chuang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 64 $900
87 Hsing-Yin Liu Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 64 $900
88 Xiaona Shan Germany Women's Singles round of 64 $900
89 Sabine Winter Germany Women's Singles round of 64 $900
90 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 64 $900
91 Yu-Chiao Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 64 $900
92 Hyo Won Suh South Korea Women's Singles round of 64 $900
93 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 64 $900
94 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
95 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 64 $900
96 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand Women's Singles round of 64 $900
97 Aia Mohamed Qatar Women's Singles round of 64 $900
98 Yew En Koen Pang Singapore Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
99 Izaac Quek Singapore Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
100 Manav Vikash Thakkar India Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
101 Manush Utpalbhai Shah India Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
102 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong Women's Doubles quarterfinals $400
103 Hana Matelova Czechia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $400
104 Vitor Ishiy Brazil Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
105 Nandor Ecseki Hungary Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
106 Paul Drinkhall England Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
107 Martin Allegro Belgium Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
108 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
109 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
110 Jules Rolland France Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
111 Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
112 Sultan Al-Kuwari Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
113 Ahmed Korani Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
114 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
115 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
116 Camille Lutz France Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
117 Sreeja Akula India Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
118 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Doubles round of 16 $200

Which federations took the money home

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

31 federations paid

China $79k South Korea $17k Japan $15k Chinese Taipei $11k Germany $8,950 Romania $8,700 Sweden $7,200 France $5,100 India $4,800 Hong Kong $4,750 Spain $3,400 Portugal $3,400 Brazil $2,600 Qatar $2,600 Denmark $2,150

Every other WTT Star Contender Doha

The same event in the years either side

2 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2026 WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Lusail Sports Arena 113 $300,000
2025 WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 Lusail Sports Arena 129 $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
2023 WTT Contender Antalya WTT Contender 88 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Doha II WTT Feeder 95 $20,000
2023 WTT Champions Frankfurt WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2023 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 143 $20,000
2023 WTT Contender Taiyuan WTT Contender 70 $75,000
2023 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 145 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf III WTT Feeder 124 $20,000
2023 WTT Feeder Biella WTT Feeder 142 $20,000
2023 WTT Finals Women Nagoya WTT Finals 27 $340,000
2024 WTT Finals Men Doha WTT Finals 26 $340,000
2024 WTT Contender Doha WTT Contender 105 $80,000
2024 WTT Feeder Corpus Christi WTT Feeder 78 $22,500
2024 WTT Star Contender Goa WTT Star Contender 113 $250,000
2024 WTT Feeder Manchester WTT Feeder 79 $22,500
2024 Singapore Smash Grand Smash 169 $1,500,000$1.5m
2024 WTT Feeder Beirut WTT Feeder 107 $22,500
2024 WTT Feeder Beirut II WTT Feeder 105 $22,500
2024 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 142 $22,500
2024 WTT Champions Incheon WTT Champions 64 $300,000
2024 WTT Feeder Varazdin WTT Feeder 147 $22,500

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Doha 2024 winner get?

$10,000, out of a $250,000 pot. That is 4% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

What is the total prize money at the WTT Star Contender Doha 2024?

$250,000 across 4 draws, played in Lusail Sports Arena between 2024-01-08 to 2024-01-13.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Doha 2024?

Chuqin Wang took the men's singles and $10,000. Yingsha Sun took the women's singles and $10,000. Jingkun Liang and Licen Yuan took the men's doubles and $3,500. Tianyi Qian and Xingtong Chen took the women's doubles and $3,500.

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

To round of 16, which pays $400. The ladder has 12 rungs on it, and $10,000 at the top is 25 times the bottom one.

How many players got paid at the WTT Star Contender Doha 2024?

118, from 31 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 Doha?

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 2024 WTT Star Contender Doha

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