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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2025

WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu 2025 prize money

A $300,000 week in Rafain Convention Center, 2025-07-30 to 2025-08-03. 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 95
FEDERATIONS 19

The 2025 WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Star Contender
Venue
Rafain Convention Center
Played
2025-07-30 to 2025-08-03
Prize pot
$300,000
Champion's cheque
$17,000
Editions of this event
1

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 210 $4,250
Finalist Doubles 420 $3,567
Quarterfinals Singles 105 $2,250
Semifinals Doubles 210 $2,125
Round of 16 Singles 55 $1,500
Quarterfinals Doubles 105 $1,200
Round of 32 Singles 25 $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
Quarterfinals (16) $28k
Semifinals (8) $25k
Finalist (4) $25k
Round of 64 (27) $24k

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 Hugo Calderano Brazil $17,000
Finalist Benedikt Duda Germany $9,025
Semifinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $4,250
Semifinals Junsung Oh South Korea $4,250
Quarterfinals Yuta Tanaka Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Yukiya Uda Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Dang Qiu Germany $2,250
Quarterfinals Kazuki Hamada Japan $2,250
Round of 16 Lilian Bardet France $1,500
Round of 16 Mizuki Oikawa Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Manush Shah India $1,500
Round of 16 Yu-An Chang Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Hwan Bae Australia $1,500
Round of 16 Vitor Ishiy Brazil $1,500
Round of 16 Harmeet Desai India $1,500
Round of 16 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 32 Wim Verdonschot Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Guilherme Teodoro Brazil $1,100
Round of 32 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Nicolas Burgos Chile $1,100
Round of 32 Ricardo Walther Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Yen-Chun Lin Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Tiago Apolonia Portugal $1,100
Round of 32 Kay Stumper Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Matteo Mutti Italy $1,100
Round of 32 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Rogelio Castro Mexico $1,100
Round of 32 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Manav Thakkar India $1,100
Round of 32 Cedric Meissner Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Andre Bertelsmeier Germany $1,100
Round of 32 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 64 Felipe Doti Brazil $900
Round of 64 Satoshi Aida Japan $900
Round of 64 Gustavo Gomez Chile $900
Round of 64 Taehyun Kim Malta $900
Round of 64 Henrique Noguti Brazil $900
Round of 64 Payas Jain India $900
Round of 64 Lucas Romanski Brazil $900
Round of 64 Florian Bourrassaud France $900
Round of 64 Hugo Deschamps France $900
Round of 64 Snehit Suravajjula India $900
Round of 64 Angel Naranjo Puerto Rico $900
Round of 64 Allan Sarmento Brazil $900
Round of 64 Alfonso Olave Chile $900
Round of 64 Rafael Turrini Brazil $900
Round of 64 Santiago Lorenzo Argentina $900
Round of 64 Leonardo Iizuka Brazil $900

Women's Singles43 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Miwa Harimoto Japan $17,000
Finalist Miyu Nagasaki Japan $9,025
Semifinals Satsuki Odo Japan $4,250
Semifinals Honoka Hashimoto Japan $4,250
Quarterfinals I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $2,250
Quarterfinals Sakura Yokoi Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Manika Batra India $2,250
Quarterfinals Cheonhui Joo South Korea $2,250
Round of 16 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Bruna Takahashi Brazil $1,500
Round of 16 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Jian Zeng Singapore $1,500
Round of 16 Nayeong Kim South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Hitomi Sato Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Eunhye Lee South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Paulina Vega Chile $1,500
Round of 32 Hanna Ryu South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Eva Brito Dominican Republic $1,100
Round of 32 Diya Chitale India $1,100
Round of 32 Swastika Ghosh India $1,100
Round of 32 Giulia Takahashi Brazil $1,100
Round of 32 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $1,100
Round of 32 Maria Mendes Brazil $1,100
Round of 32 Ayhika Mukherjee India $1,100
Round of 32 Barbora Varady Slovakia $1,100
Round of 32 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Valentina Rios Chile $1,100
Round of 32 Daniela Ortega Chile $1,100
Round of 32 Sofia Vega Chile $1,100
Round of 32 Laura Watanabe Brazil $1,100
Round of 32 Yu-Chiao Huang Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Isabel Amorim Brazil $1,100
Round of 64 Victoria Strassburger Brazil $900
Round of 64 Agnone Maiara Brazil $900
Round of 64 Mahayla Sarda Brazil $900
Round of 64 Beatriz Fiore Brazil $900
Round of 64 Ana Codina Argentina $900
Round of 64 Karina Shiray Brazil $900
Round of 64 Jessica Prates Brazil $900
Round of 64 Julia Hatakeyama Brazil $900
Round of 64 Sofia Kano Brazil $900
Round of 64 Zhiying Zeng Chile $900
Round of 64 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong $900

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Benedikt Duda & Dang Qiu Germany $5,500
Finalist Manush Shah & Manav Thakkar India $3,567
Semifinals Yan-Cheng Huang & Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei $2,125
Semifinals Guilherme Teodoro & Leonardo Iizuka Brazil $2,125
Quarterfinals Nicolas Burgos & Gustavo Gomez Chile $1,200
Quarterfinals Florian Bourrassaud & Lilian Bardet France $1,200
Quarterfinals Harmeet Desai & Snehit Suravajjula India $1,200
Quarterfinals Payas Jain & Ankur Bhattacharjee India $1,200
Round of 16 Hugo Deschamps & Angel Naranjo France $650
Round of 16 Rafael Turrini & Joon Shim Brazil $650
Round of 16 Alfonso Olave & Eusebio Vos Chile $650
Round of 16 Santiago Lorenzo & Hwan Bae Argentina $650
Round of 16 Yukiya Uda & Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan $650
Round of 16 Felipe Doti & Lucas Romanski Brazil $650
Round of 16 Satoshi Aida & Mizuki Oikawa Japan $650
Round of 16 Henrique Noguti & Hamilton Yamane Brazil $650

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Miwa Harimoto & Satsuki Odo Japan $5,500
Finalist Nayeong Kim & Hanna Ryu South Korea $3,567
Semifinals Sakura Yokoi & Hitomi Sato Japan $2,125
Semifinals Cheonhui Joo & Eunhye Lee South Korea $2,125
Quarterfinals Valentina Rios & Sofia Vega Chile $1,200
Quarterfinals I-Ching Cheng & Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei $1,200
Quarterfinals Laura Watanabe & Victoria Strassburger Brazil $1,200
Quarterfinals Manika Batra & Swastika Ghosh India $1,200
Round of 16 Giulia Takahashi & Bruna Takahashi Brazil $650
Round of 16 Karina Shiray & Beatriz Fiore Brazil $650
Round of 16 Jessica Prates & Sofia Kano Brazil $650
Round of 16 Tsz Tung Su & Zhiying Zeng Hong Kong $650
Round of 16 Daniela Ortega & Paulina Vega Chile $650
Round of 16 Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade India $650
Round of 16 Isabel Amorim & Agnone Maiara Brazil $650
Round of 16 Mahayla Sarda & Julia Hatakeyama Brazil $650

The 2025 WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

95 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles champion $19,750
02 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles champion $17,000
03 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles finalist, Men's Doubles champion $11,775
04 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles finalist $9,025
05 Satsuki Odo Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles semifinals $7,000
06 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles quarterfinals $5,000
07 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
08 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
09 Honoka Hashimoto Japan Women's Singles semifinals $4,250
10 Sakura Yokoi Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $3,312
11 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles semifinals $3,312
12 Manush Shah India Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $3,284
13 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 16 $3,284
14 Manav Thakkar India Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,884
15 Hanna Ryu South Korea Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,884
16 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
17 Manika Batra India Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles quarterfinals $2,850
18 Yukiya Uda Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $2,575
19 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 16 $2,562
20 Hitomi Sato Japan Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $2,562
21 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $2,562
22 Yuta Tanaka Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
23 Kazuki Hamada Japan Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
24 Yan-Cheng Huang Chinese Taipei Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,163
25 Guilherme Teodoro Brazil Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $2,163
26 Lilian Bardet France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
27 Harmeet Desai India Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
28 Leonardo Iizuka Brazil Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
29 Mizuki Oikawa Japan Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
30 Hwan Bae Australia Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
31 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
32 Paulina Vega Chile Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
33 Nicolas Burgos Chile Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
34 Valentina Rios Chile Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
35 Sofia Vega Chile Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
36 Yu-Jie Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
37 Laura Watanabe Brazil Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
38 Swastika Ghosh India Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
39 Yu-An Chang Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
40 Vitor Ishiy Brazil Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
41 Yu-Jhun Li Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
42 Yi-Hua Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
43 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
44 Gustavo Gomez Chile Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
45 Florian Bourrassaud France Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
46 Snehit Suravajjula India Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
47 Payas Jain India Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
48 Victoria Strassburger Brazil Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
49 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
50 Diya Chitale India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
51 Giulia Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
52 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
53 Daniela Ortega Chile Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
54 Isabel Amorim Brazil Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
55 Felipe Doti Brazil Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
56 Satoshi Aida Japan Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
57 Henrique Noguti Brazil Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
58 Lucas Romanski Brazil Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
59 Hugo Deschamps France Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
60 Angel Naranjo Puerto Rico Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
61 Alfonso Olave Chile Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
62 Rafael Turrini Brazil Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
63 Santiago Lorenzo Argentina Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
64 Agnone Maiara Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
65 Mahayla Sarda Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
66 Beatriz Fiore Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
67 Karina Shiray Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
68 Jessica Prates Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
69 Julia Hatakeyama Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
70 Sofia Kano Brazil Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
71 Zhiying Zeng Chile Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
72 Tsz Tung Su Hong Kong Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
73 Wim Verdonschot Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
74 Cheng-Ting Liao Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
75 Ricardo Walther Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
76 Yen-Chun Lin Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
77 Tiago Apolonia Portugal Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
78 Kay Stumper Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
79 Matteo Mutti Italy Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
80 Rogelio Castro Mexico Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
81 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
82 Cedric Meissner Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
83 Andre Bertelsmeier Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
84 Eva Brito Dominican Republic Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
85 Maria Mendes Brazil Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
86 Ayhika Mukherjee India Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
87 Barbora Varady Slovakia Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
88 Yu-Chiao Huang Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
89 Taehyun Kim Malta Men's Singles round of 64 $900
90 Allan Sarmento Brazil Men's Singles round of 64 $900
91 Ana Codina Argentina Women's Singles round of 64 $900
92 Ankur Bhattacharjee India Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
93 Joon Shim Brazil Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
94 Eusebio Vos Chile Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
95 Hamilton Yamane Brazil Men's Doubles round of 16 $325

Which federations took the money home

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

19 federations paid

Japan $57k Brazil $47k Germany $27k India $20k Chinese Taipei $18k South Korea $16k Chile $13k France $4,825 Argentina $2,125 Australia $1,825 Singapore $1,500 Puerto Rico $1,225 Hong Kong $1,225 Portugal $1,100 Italy $1,100

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 Havirov WTT Feeder 97 $30,000
2025 WTT Contender Taiyuan WTT Contender 76 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Tunis WTT Contender 96 $100,000
2025 WTT Feeder Manchester WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2025 WTT Contender Skopje WTT Contender 103 $100,000
2025 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana WTT Star Contender 126 $300,000
2025 WTT Contender Zagreb WTT Contender 108 $100,000
2025 United States Smash Grand Smash 170 $1,550,000$1.5m
2025 WTT Contender Buenos Aires WTT Contender 87 $100,000
2025 WTT Contender Lagos WTT Contender 95 $100,000
2025 WTT Feeder Spokane WTT Feeder 83 $30,000
2025 WTT Champions Yokohama WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2025 WTT Feeder Spokane II WTT Feeder 81 $30,000
2025 WTT Feeder Vientiane WTT Feeder 94 $30,000
2025 Europe Smash - Sweden Grand Smash 158 $1,550,000$1.5m
2025 Europe Youth Smash - Sweden Youth Smash 60 $20,000
2025 WTT Feeder Panagyurishte WTT Feeder 79 $45,000
2025 WTT Feeder Olomouc WTT Feeder 117 $30,000
2025 WTT Contender Almaty WTT Contender 92 $100,000
2025 WTT Champions Macao WTT Champions 64 $800,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu 2025 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 Foz do Iguaçu 2025?

$300,000 across 4 draws, played in Rafain Convention Center between 2025-07-30 to 2025-08-03.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Foz do Iguaçu 2025?

Hugo Calderano took the men's singles and $17,000. Miwa Harimoto took the women's singles and $17,000. Benedikt Duda and Dang Qiu took the men's doubles and $5,500. Miwa Harimoto 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 Foz do Iguaçu?

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 Foz do Iguaçu 2025?

95, from 19 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 Foz do Iguaçu?

WTT Star Contender. The tier where the world top ten start appearing in numbers, and where the doubles draws pay properly.

Where to next

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