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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2025

WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 prize money

A $275,000 week in Lusail Sports Arena, 2025-01-06 to 2025-01-11. The champion takes $10,000, 3.6% 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 $275k
TO THE CHAMPION $10k
DRAWS 4
PLAYERS PAID 129
FEDERATIONS 36

The 2025 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
2025-01-06 to 2025-01-11
Prize pot
$275,000
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
Champion the cheque every draw is played for Singles 600 $10,000
Finalist Singles 420 $7,525
Semifinals Singles 210 $4,000
Champion Doubles 600 $3,500
Finalist Doubles 420 $2,500
Quarterfinals Singles 105 $2,500
Round of 16 Singles 55 $1,600
Semifinals Doubles 210 $1,500
Round of 32 Singles 25 $1,350
Round of 48 Singles 5 $1,100
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

Champion $10k
Finalist $7,525
Semifinals $4,000
Champion $3,500
Finalist $2,500
Quarterfinals $2,500
Round of 16 $1,600
Semifinals $1,500
Round of 32 $1,350
Round of 48 $1,100
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) $43k
Round of 64 (32) $35k
Round of 16 (32) $32k
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 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $10,000
Finalist Jonathan Groth Denmark $7,525
Semifinals Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $4,000
Semifinals Quadri Aruna Nigeria $4,000
Quarterfinals Dang Qiu Germany $2,500
Quarterfinals Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $2,500
Quarterfinals Ganghyeon Park South Korea $2,500
Quarterfinals Sora Matsushima Japan $2,500
Round of 16 Milosz Redzimski Poland $1,600
Round of 16 Yukiya Uda Japan $1,600
Round of 16 Darko Jorgic Slovenia $1,600
Round of 16 Youzheng Huang China $1,600
Round of 16 Alvaro Robles Spain $1,600
Round of 16 Thibault Poret France $1,600
Round of 16 Peng Xiang China $1,600
Round of 16 Maharu Yoshimura Japan $1,600
Round of 32 Kay Stumper Germany $1,350
Round of 32 Noshad Alamiyan Iran $1,350
Round of 32 Junsung Oh South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Yuanyu Chen China $1,350
Round of 32 Sharath Achanta India $1,350
Round of 32 Manav Thakkar India $1,350
Round of 32 Liam Pitchford England $1,350
Round of 32 Hwan Bae Australia $1,350
Round of 32 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $1,350
Round of 32 Daeseong Cho South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Yuta Tanaka Japan $1,350
Round of 32 Jonghoon Lim South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Patrick Franziska Germany $1,350
Round of 32 Tomas Polansky Czechia $1,350
Round of 32 Finn Luu Australia $1,350
Round of 32 Ricardo Walther Germany $1,350
Round of 64 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Iulian Chirita Romania $1,100
Round of 64 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania $1,100
Round of 64 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Mattias Falck Sweden $1,100
Round of 64 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan $1,100
Round of 64 Andrej Gacina Croatia $1,100
Round of 64 Seungmin Cho South Korea $1,100
Round of 64 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Fanbo Meng Germany $1,100
Round of 64 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $1,100
Round of 64 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar $1,100
Round of 64 Marcos Freitas Portugal $1,100
Round of 64 Kanak Jha United States $1,100
Round of 64 Flavien Coton France $1,100
Round of 64 Eduard Ionescu Romania $1,100

Women's Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Man Kuai China $10,000
Finalist Miyuu Kihara Japan $7,525
Semifinals Miyu Nagasaki Japan $4,000
Semifinals Yi Chen China $4,000
Quarterfinals Yubin Shin South Korea $2,500
Quarterfinals Xunyao Shi China $2,500
Quarterfinals Zhuojia He China $2,500
Quarterfinals Tianyi Qian China $2,500
Round of 16 Maria Xiao Spain $1,600
Round of 16 Britt Eerland Netherlands $1,600
Round of 16 Hina Hayata Japan $1,600
Round of 16 Bernadette Szocs Romania $1,600
Round of 16 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei $1,600
Round of 16 Orawan Paranang Thailand $1,600
Round of 16 Sreeja Akula India $1,600
Round of 16 Yuling Zhu Macao $1,600
Round of 32 Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Yangzi Liu Australia $1,350
Round of 32 Miu Hirano Japan $1,350
Round of 32 Miwa Harimoto Japan $1,350
Round of 32 Bruna Takahashi Brazil $1,350
Round of 32 Nina Mittelham Germany $1,350
Round of 32 Prithika Pavade France $1,350
Round of 32 Satsuki Odo Japan $1,350
Round of 32 Hyo Won Suh South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Geman Zong China $1,350
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $1,350
Round of 32 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong $1,350
Round of 32 Manika Batra India $1,350
Round of 32 Sakura Yokoi Japan $1,350
Round of 32 Nayeong Kim South Korea $1,350
Round of 32 Jieni Shao Portugal $1,350
Round of 64 Minhyung Jee Australia $1,100
Round of 64 Eunhye Lee South Korea $1,100
Round of 64 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand $1,100
Round of 64 Anna Hursey Wales $1,100
Round of 64 Elizabeta Samara Romania $1,100
Round of 64 Adina Diaconu Romania $1,100
Round of 64 Natalia Bajor Poland $1,100
Round of 64 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $1,100
Round of 64 Filippa Bergand Sweden $1,100
Round of 64 Linda Bergstrom Sweden $1,100
Round of 64 Aia Mohamed Qatar $1,100
Round of 64 Xiaona Shan Germany $1,100
Round of 64 Diya Chitale India $1,100
Round of 64 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong $1,100
Round of 64 Jian Zeng Singapore $1,100

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yingbin Xu & Peng Xiang China $3,500
Finalist Tomokazu Harimoto & Sora Matsushima Japan $2,500
Semifinals Daeseong Cho & Junsung Oh South Korea $1,500
Semifinals Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar India $1,500
Quarterfinals Deni Kozul & Darko Jorgic Slovenia $800
Quarterfinals Martin Allegro & Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium $800
Quarterfinals Sharath Achanta & Snehit Suravajjula India $800
Quarterfinals Man Ho Kwan & Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong $800
Round of 16 John Oyebode & Carlo Rossi Italy $400
Round of 16 Florian Bourrassaud & Alexis Kouraichi France $400
Round of 16 Ganghyeon Park & Seongil Jang South Korea $400
Round of 16 Mohammed Abdulwahhab & Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar $400
Round of 16 Kwan Kit Ho & Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong $400
Round of 16 Lilian Bardet & Jules Rolland France $400
Round of 16 Lubomir Pistej & Taehyun Kim Slovakia $400
Round of 16 Rawad Alnaser & Ahmed Korani Qatar $400

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Satsuki Odo & Sakura Yokoi Japan $3,500
Finalist Zhuojia He & Geman Zong China $2,500
Semifinals Tianyi Qian & Xunyao Shi China $1,500
Semifinals Hyobin Yoon & Seoyun Kim South Korea $1,500
Quarterfinals Sarvinoz Mirkadirova & Andrea Todorovic Kazakhstan $800
Quarterfinals Adina Diaconu & Maria Xiao Romania $800
Quarterfinals Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu South Korea $800
Quarterfinals Miwa Harimoto & Miyuu Kihara Japan $800
Round of 16 Tatiana Kukulkova & Natalia Bajor Slovakia $400
Round of 16 Chengzhu Zhu & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $400
Round of 16 Man Kuai & Yi Chen China $400
Round of 16 Aia Mohamed & Maryam Ali Qatar $400
Round of 16 Hoi Kem Doo & Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong $400
Round of 16 Xiaona Shan & Nina Mittelham Germany $400
Round of 16 Sutirtha Mukherjee & Ayhika Mukherjee India $400
Round of 16 Orawan Paranang & Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand $400

The 2025 WTT Star Contender Doha money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

129 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles finalist $11,250
02 Man Kuai China Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles round of 16 $10,200
03 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $7,925
04 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles finalist $7,525
05 Yi Chen China Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $4,200
06 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Singles semifinals $4,000
07 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles semifinals $4,000
08 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles semifinals $4,000
09 Sora Matsushima Japan Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles quarterfinals $3,750
10 Zhuojia He China Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles quarterfinals $3,750
11 Peng Xiang China Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 16 $3,350
12 Xunyao Shi China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $3,250
13 Tianyi Qian China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $3,250
14 Satsuki Odo Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 $3,100
15 Sakura Yokoi Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 32 $3,100
16 Ganghyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $2,700
17 Geman Zong China Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,600
18 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
19 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
20 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,500
21 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,100
22 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,100
23 Manav Thakkar India Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,100
24 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,000
25 Maria Xiao Spain Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,000
26 Orawan Paranang Thailand Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,800
27 Yingbin Xu China Men's Doubles champion $1,750
28 Sharath Achanta India Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $1,750
29 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,750
30 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,750
31 Milosz Redzimski Poland Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
32 Yukiya Uda Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
33 Youzheng Huang China Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
34 Alvaro Robles Spain Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
35 Thibault Poret France Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
36 Maharu Yoshimura Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,600
37 Britt Eerland Netherlands Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
38 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
39 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
40 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
41 Sreeja Akula India Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
42 Yuling Zhu Macao Women's Singles round of 16 $1,600
43 Nina Mittelham Germany Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,550
44 Chengzhu Zhu Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,550
45 Adina Diaconu Romania Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $1,500
46 Kay Stumper Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
47 Noshad Alamiyan Iran Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
48 Yuanyu Chen China Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
49 Liam Pitchford England Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
50 Hwan Bae Australia Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
51 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
52 Yuta Tanaka Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
53 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
54 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
55 Tomas Polansky Czechia Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
56 Finn Luu Australia Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
57 Ricardo Walther Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,350
58 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
59 Yangzi Liu Australia Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
60 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
61 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
62 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
63 Hyo Won Suh South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
64 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
65 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
66 Jieni Shao Portugal Women's Singles round of 32 $1,350
67 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
68 Suthasini Sawettabut Thailand Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
69 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
70 Aia Mohamed Qatar Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
71 Xiaona Shan Germany Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
72 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,300
73 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
74 Iulian Chirita Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
75 Ovidiu Ionescu Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
76 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
77 Mattias Falck Sweden Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
78 Kirill Gerassimenko Kazakhstan Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
79 Andrej Gacina Croatia Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
80 Seungmin Cho South Korea Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
81 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
82 Fanbo Meng Germany Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
83 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
84 Marcos Freitas Portugal Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
85 Kanak Jha United States Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
86 Flavien Coton France Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
87 Eduard Ionescu Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $1,100
88 Minhyung Jee Australia Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
89 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
90 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
91 Anna Hursey Wales Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
92 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
93 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
94 Filippa Bergand Sweden Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
95 Linda Bergstrom Sweden Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
96 Diya Chitale India Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
97 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 64 $1,100
98 Manush Shah India Men's Doubles semifinals $750
99 Hyobin Yoon South Korea Women's Doubles semifinals $750
100 Seoyun Kim South Korea Women's Doubles semifinals $750
101 Deni Kozul Slovenia Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
102 Martin Allegro Belgium Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
103 Adrien Rassenfosse Belgium Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
104 Snehit Suravajjula India Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
105 Man Ho Kwan Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
106 Siu Hang Lam Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals $400
107 Sarvinoz Mirkadirova Kazakhstan Women's Doubles quarterfinals $400
108 Andrea Todorovic Serbia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $400
109 Hanna Ryu South Korea Women's Doubles quarterfinals $400
110 John Oyebode Italy Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
111 Carlo Rossi Italy Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
112 Florian Bourrassaud France Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
113 Alexis Kouraichi France Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
114 Seongil Jang South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
115 Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
116 Kwan Kit Ho Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
117 Kwan To Yiu Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
118 Lilian Bardet France Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
119 Jules Rolland France Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
120 Lubomir Pistej Slovakia Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
121 Taehyun Kim Malta Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
122 Rawad Alnaser Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
123 Ahmed Korani Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $200
124 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
125 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
126 Maryam Ali Qatar Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
127 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
128 Sutirtha Mukherjee India Women's Doubles round of 16 $200
129 Ayhika Mukherjee India 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

36 federations paid

Japan $46k China $35k South Korea $21k Germany $11k India $9,450 Denmark $7,525 Romania $7,500 Hong Kong $6,950 Chinese Taipei $6,000 Australia $5,150 France $4,850 Sweden $4,650 Nigeria $4,000 Spain $3,600 Qatar $3,400

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
2024 WTT Star Contender Doha 2024 Lusail Sports Arena 118 $250,000

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
2024 WTT Feeder Doha WTT Feeder 80 $22,500
2024 WTT Champions Montpellier WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2024 WTT Feeder Cagliari WTT Feeder 113 $22,500
2024 WTT Contender Muscat WTT Contender 84 $80,000
2024 WTT Feeder Prishtina WTT Feeder 83 $22,500
2024 WTT Feeder Caracas WTT Feeder 93 $22,500
2024 WTT Champions Frankfurt WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2024 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf II WTT Feeder 107 $22,500
2024 WTT Finals Fukuoka WTT Finals 51 $700,000
2024 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 114 $22,500
2025 WTT Contender Muscat WTT Contender 90 $85,000
2025 Singapore Smash Grand Smash 168 $1,500,000$1.5m
2025 WTT Feeder Doha WTT Feeder 83 $30,000
2025 Singapore Youth Smash Youth Smash 61 $20,000
2025 WTT Feeder Düsseldorf WTT Feeder 96 $30,000
2025 WTT Feeder Cappadocia WTT Feeder 96 $30,000
2025 WTT Champions Chongqing WTT Champions 64 $800,000
2025 WTT Feeder Otocec WTT Feeder 96 $30,000
2025 WTT Star Contender Chennai WTT Star Contender 107 $275,000
2025 WTT Feeder Otocec II WTT Feeder 97 $30,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 winner get?

$10,000, out of a $275,000 pot. That is 3.6% of the week's prize money on one cheque.

What is the total prize money at the WTT Star Contender Doha 2025?

$275,000 across 4 draws, played in Lusail Sports Arena between 2025-01-06 to 2025-01-11.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Doha 2025?

Tomokazu Harimoto took the men's singles and $10,000. Man Kuai took the women's singles and $10,000. Yingbin Xu and Peng Xiang took the men's doubles and $3,500. Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi 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 2025?

129, from 36 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

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