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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2026

WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 prize money

A $300,000 week in Lusail Sports Arena, 2026-01-13 to 2026-01-18. 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 113
FEDERATIONS 25

The 2026 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
2026-01-13 to 2026-01-18
Prize pot
$300,000
Champion's cheque
$17,000
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 $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 Qihao Zhou China $17,000
Finalist Ruibo Wen China $9,025
Semifinals Hugo Calderano Brazil $4,250
Semifinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $4,250
Quarterfinals Woojin Jang South Korea $2,250
Quarterfinals Simon Gauzy France $2,250
Quarterfinals Fei Xue China $2,250
Quarterfinals Youzheng Huang China $2,250
Round of 16 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $1,500
Round of 16 Shidong Lin China $1,500
Round of 16 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Peng Xiang China $1,500
Round of 16 Anders Lind Denmark $1,500
Round of 16 Leo De Nodrest France $1,500
Round of 32 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Yuanyu Chen China $1,100
Round of 32 Shunsuke Togami Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Benedikt Duda Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Junsong Chen China $1,100
Round of 32 Daeseong Cho South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Omar Assar Egypt $1,100
Round of 32 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Junsung Oh South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Joao Geraldo Portugal $1,100
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Kristian Karlsson Sweden $1,100
Round of 32 Jingkun Liang China $1,100
Round of 32 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Vladimir Sidorenko Neutral Athletes $1,100
Round of 32 Ganghyeon Park South Korea $1,100
Round of 64 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Lilian Bardet France $900
Round of 64 Youssef Abdelaziz Egypt $900
Round of 64 Alvaro Robles Spain $900
Round of 64 Flavien Coton France $900
Round of 64 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar $900
Round of 64 Tiago Apolonia Portugal $900
Round of 64 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan $900
Round of 64 Sultan Al-Kuwari Qatar $900
Round of 64 Thibault Poret France $900
Round of 64 Rares Sipos Romania $900
Round of 64 Manav Thakkar India $900
Round of 64 Maharu Yoshimura Japan $900
Round of 64 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran India $900
Round of 64 Manush Shah India $900
Round of 64 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $900

Women's Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Yuling Zhu Macao $17,000
Finalist Hitomi Sato Japan $9,025
Semifinals Satsuki Odo Japan $4,250
Semifinals Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $4,250
Quarterfinals Yi Chen China $2,250
Quarterfinals Yubin Shin South Korea $2,250
Quarterfinals Saki Shibata Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Nayeong Kim South Korea $2,250
Round of 16 Prithika Pavade France $1,500
Round of 16 Manika Batra India $1,500
Round of 16 Jia Nan Yuan France $1,500
Round of 16 Sakura Yokoi Japan $1,500
Round of 16 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Man Kuai China $1,500
Round of 16 Sofia Polcanova Austria $1,500
Round of 16 Miu Hirano Japan $1,500
Round of 32 Ziyu Zhu China $1,100
Round of 32 Eunhye Lee South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Xiaotong Wang China $1,100
Round of 32 Jian Zeng Singapore $1,100
Round of 32 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong $1,100
Round of 32 Seongjin Kim South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Xunyao Shi China $1,100
Round of 32 Hanna Ryu South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Elizabet Abraamian Neutral Athletes $1,100
Round of 32 Yerin Yoo South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Geman Zong China $1,100
Round of 32 Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia $1,100
Round of 32 Miyuu Kihara Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Annett Kaufmann Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Yun-En Tsai Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Yuxuan Qin China $900
Round of 64 Zhuojia He China $900
Round of 64 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Maria Xiao Spain $900
Round of 64 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $900
Round of 64 Swastika Ghosh India $900
Round of 64 Rokaia Elbaz Qatar $900
Round of 64 Dina Meshref Egypt $900
Round of 64 Anna Hursey Wales $900
Round of 64 Ayhika Mukherjee India $900
Round of 64 Ha Eun Yang South Korea $900
Round of 64 Natalia Bajor Poland $900
Round of 64 Taneesha Kotecha India $900
Round of 64 Mariam Alhodaby Egypt $900
Round of 64 Aia Mohamed Qatar $900
Round of 64 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei $900

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Woojin Jang & Daeseong Cho South Korea $5,500
Finalist Youzheng Huang & Ruibo Wen China $3,567
Semifinals Mohamed Elbeiali & Youssef Abdelaziz Egypt $2,125
Semifinals Florian Bourrassaud & Lilian Bardet France $2,125
Quarterfinals Junsong Chen & Yingbin Xu China $1,200
Quarterfinals Chun Ting Wong & Baldwin Chan Hong Kong $1,200
Quarterfinals Jules Rolland & Leo De Nodrest France $1,200
Quarterfinals Thibault Poret & Simon Gauzy France $1,200
Round of 16 Shidong Lin & Jingkun Liang China $650
Round of 16 Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar India $650
Round of 16 Mohammed Abdulwahhab & Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar $650
Round of 16 Jing-Kai Hung & Yu-An Chang Chinese Taipei $650
Round of 16 Junsung Oh & Gyuhyeon Park South Korea $650
Round of 16 Ankur Bhattacharjee & Payas Jain India $650
Round of 16 Ahmed Korani & Sultan Al-Kuwari Qatar $650
Round of 16 Jaehyun An & Jonghoon Lim South Korea $650

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Sakura Yokoi & Satsuki Odo Japan $5,500
Finalist Hitomi Sato & Saki Shibata Japan $3,567
Semifinals Xunyao Shi & Xiaotong Wang China $2,125
Semifinals Man Kuai & Yi Chen China $2,125
Quarterfinals Hoi Kem Doo & Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong $1,200
Quarterfinals Elizabet Abraamian & Vlada Voronina Neutral Athletes $1,200
Quarterfinals Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu South Korea $1,200
Quarterfinals Yuxuan Qin & Geman Zong China $1,200
Round of 16 Natalia Bajor & Sofia Polcanova Poland $650
Round of 16 Prithika Pavade & Jia Nan Yuan France $650
Round of 16 Yubin Shin & Cheonhui Joo South Korea $650
Round of 16 Manika Batra & Diya Chitale India $650
Round of 16 Yashaswini Ghorpade & Ayhika Mukherjee India $650
Round of 16 Filippa Bergand & Dina Meshref Sweden $650
Round of 16 Mariia Tailakova & Arina Slautina Neutral Athletes $650
Round of 16 Aia Mohamed & Rokaia Elbaz Qatar $650

The 2026 WTT Star Contender Doha money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

113 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Qihao Zhou China Men's Singles champion $17,000
02 Yuling Zhu Macao Women's Singles champion $17,000
03 Ruibo Wen China Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles finalist $10,808
04 Hitomi Sato Japan Women's Singles finalist, Women's Doubles finalist $10,808
05 Satsuki Odo Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles semifinals $7,000
06 Woojin Jang South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles quarterfinals $5,000
07 Sakura Yokoi Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles round of 16 $4,250
08 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
09 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
10 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles semifinals $4,250
11 Youzheng Huang China Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles quarterfinals $4,034
12 Saki Shibata Japan Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles quarterfinals $4,034
13 Daeseong Cho South Korea Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles round of 32 $3,850
14 Yi Chen China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $3,312
15 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
16 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
17 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $2,575
18 Man Kuai China Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $2,562
19 Fei Xue China Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
20 Xunyao Shi China Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,163
21 Xiaotong Wang China Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,163
22 Leo De Nodrest France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
23 Youssef Abdelaziz Egypt Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
24 Lilian Bardet France Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
25 Shidong Lin China Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
26 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
27 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
28 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
29 Sofia Polcanova Austria Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
30 Junsong Chen China Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
31 Hoi Kem Doo Hong Kong Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
32 Elizabet Abraamian Neutral Athletes Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
33 Hanna Ryu South Korea Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
34 Geman Zong China Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
35 Tomokazu Harimoto Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
36 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
37 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
38 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
39 Peng Xiang China Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
40 Anders Lind Denmark Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
41 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
42 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
43 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
44 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
45 Thibault Poret France Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
46 Wing Lam Ng Hong Kong Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
47 Yuxuan Qin China Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
48 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
49 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
50 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
51 Jingkun Liang China Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
52 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
53 Mohammed Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
54 Sultan Al-Kuwari Qatar Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
55 Manav Thakkar India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
56 Manush Shah India Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
57 Rokaia Elbaz Qatar Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
58 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
59 Ayhika Mukherjee India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
60 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
61 Aia Mohamed Qatar Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
62 Yuanyu Chen China Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
63 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
64 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
65 Omar Assar Egypt Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
66 Yun-Ju Lin Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
67 Joao Geraldo Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
68 Kristian Karlsson Sweden Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
69 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
70 Vladimir Sidorenko Neutral Athletes Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
71 Ganghyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
72 Ziyu Zhu China Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
73 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
74 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
75 Seongjin Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
76 Yerin Yoo South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
77 Tatiana Kukulkova Slovakia Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
78 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
79 Annett Kaufmann Germany Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
80 Yun-En Tsai Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
81 Mohamed Elbeiali Egypt Men's Doubles semifinals $1,062
82 Florian Bourrassaud France Men's Doubles semifinals $1,062
83 Alvaro Robles Spain Men's Singles round of 64 $900
84 Flavien Coton France Men's Singles round of 64 $900
85 Tiago Apolonia Portugal Men's Singles round of 64 $900
86 Kazuhiro Yoshimura Japan Men's Singles round of 64 $900
87 Rares Sipos Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $900
88 Maharu Yoshimura Japan Men's Singles round of 64 $900
89 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran India Men's Singles round of 64 $900
90 Zhuojia He China Women's Singles round of 64 $900
91 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 64 $900
92 Maria Xiao Spain Women's Singles round of 64 $900
93 Swastika Ghosh India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
94 Anna Hursey Wales Women's Singles round of 64 $900
95 Ha Eun Yang South Korea Women's Singles round of 64 $900
96 Taneesha Kotecha India Women's Singles round of 64 $900
97 Mariam Alhodaby Egypt Women's Singles round of 64 $900
98 Yi-Tian Yeh Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 64 $900
99 Yingbin Xu China Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
100 Jules Rolland France Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
101 Vlada Voronina Neutral Athletes Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
102 Abdullah Abdulwahhab Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
103 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
104 Yu-An Chang Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
105 Ankur Bhattacharjee India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
106 Payas Jain India Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
107 Ahmed Korani Qatar Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
108 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
109 Diya Chitale India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
110 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
111 Filippa Bergand Sweden Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
112 Mariia Tailakova Neutral Athletes Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
113 Arina Slautina Neutral Athletes 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

25 federations paid

China $58k Japan $36k South Korea $27k Macao $17k France $15k India $9,500 Hong Kong $7,100 Chinese Taipei $6,750 Germany $6,450 Egypt $6,250 Qatar $5,550 Brazil $4,250 Puerto Rico $4,250 Neutral Athletes $4,050 Portugal $2,000

Every other WTT Star Contender Doha

The same event in the years either side

2 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2025 WTT Star Contender Doha 2025 Lusail Sports Arena 129 $275,000
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
2025 China Youth Smash Youth Smash 59 $20,000
2025 WTT Star Contender London WTT Star Contender 114 $300,000
2025 WTT Champions Montpellier WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2025 WTT Champions Frankfurt WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2025 WTT Feeder Vila Nova de Gaia WTT Feeder 98 $30,000
2025 WTT Feeder Gdansk WTT Feeder 89 $30,000
2025 WTT Star Contender Muscat WTT Star Contender 110 $300,000
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 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 WTT Star Contender Chennai WTT Star Contender 109 $300,000
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

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Doha 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 Doha 2026?

$300,000 across 4 draws, played in Lusail Sports Arena between 2026-01-13 to 2026-01-18.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Doha 2026?

Qihao Zhou took the men's singles and $17,000. Yuling Zhu took the women's singles and $17,000. Woojin Jang and Daeseong Cho took the men's doubles and $5,500. Sakura Yokoi and Satsuki Odo took the women's doubles and $5,500.

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

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 Doha 2026?

113, from 25 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 2026 WTT Star Contender Doha

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