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WTT STAR CONTENDER · 2026

WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026 prize money

A $300,000 week in Hala Tivoli, 2026-06-16 to 2026-06-21. 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 115
FEDERATIONS 29

The 2026 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana at a glance

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

Tier
WTT Star Contender
Venue
Hala Tivoli
Played
2026-06-16 to 2026-06-21
Prize pot
$300,000
Champion's cheque
$17,000
Editions of this event
4

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 Shunsuke Togami Japan $17,000
Finalist Hugo Calderano Brazil $9,025
Semifinals Simon Gauzy France $4,250
Semifinals Dang Qiu Germany $4,250
Quarterfinals Peng Xiang China $2,250
Quarterfinals Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei $2,250
Quarterfinals Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany $2,250
Round of 16 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Yukiya Uda Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Darko Jorgic Slovenia $1,500
Round of 16 Patrick Franziska Germany $1,500
Round of 16 Manush Shah India $1,500
Round of 16 Ruibo Wen China $1,500
Round of 16 Felix Lebrun France $1,500
Round of 16 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong $1,500
Round of 32 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Alexis Lebrun France $1,100
Round of 32 Joe Seyfried France $1,100
Round of 32 Vladimir Sidorenko Neutral Athletes $1,100
Round of 32 Omar Assar Egypt $1,100
Round of 32 Licen Yuan China $1,100
Round of 32 Kanak Jha United States $1,100
Round of 32 Thibault Poret France $1,100
Round of 32 Jaehyun An South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Shidong Lin China $1,100
Round of 32 Tom Jarvis England $1,100
Round of 32 Yuanyu Chen China $1,100
Round of 32 Mizuki Oikawa Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Lubomir Jancarik Czechia $1,100
Round of 32 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei $1,100
Round of 32 Benedikt Duda Germany $1,100
Round of 64 Deni Kozul Slovenia $900
Round of 64 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan $900
Round of 64 Manav Thakkar India $900
Round of 64 Tomislav Pucar Croatia $900
Round of 64 Satoshi Aida Japan $900
Round of 64 Ganghyeon Park South Korea $900
Round of 64 Anton Kallberg Sweden $900
Round of 64 Junsung Oh South Korea $900
Round of 64 Lilian Bardet France $900
Round of 64 Jonathan Groth Denmark $900
Round of 64 Junsong Chen China $900
Round of 64 Leo De Nodrest France $900
Round of 64 Quadri Aruna Nigeria $900
Round of 64 Andrej Gacina Croatia $900
Round of 64 Eduard Ionescu Romania $900
Round of 64 Peter Hribar Slovenia $900

Women's Singles48 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Hina Hayata Japan $17,000
Finalist Yuling Zhu Macao $9,025
Semifinals Miwa Harimoto Japan $4,250
Semifinals Yubin Shin South Korea $4,250
Quarterfinals Xunyao Shi China $2,250
Quarterfinals Shuhan Fan China $2,250
Quarterfinals Miyuu Kihara Japan $2,250
Quarterfinals Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico $2,250
Round of 16 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei $1,500
Round of 16 Cheonhui Joo South Korea $1,500
Round of 16 Satsuki Odo Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Bruna Takahashi Brazil $1,500
Round of 16 Sachi Aoki Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Man Kuai China $1,500
Round of 16 Miyu Nagasaki Japan $1,500
Round of 16 Sabine Winter Germany $1,500
Round of 32 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco $1,100
Round of 32 Sofia Polcanova Austria $1,100
Round of 32 Hitomi Sato Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Bernadette Szocs Romania $1,100
Round of 32 Zhuojia He China $1,100
Round of 32 Yi Chen China $1,100
Round of 32 Mo Zhang Canada $1,100
Round of 32 Yerin Yoo South Korea $1,100
Round of 32 Dina Meshref Egypt $1,100
Round of 32 Sreeja Akula India $1,100
Round of 32 Manika Batra India $1,100
Round of 32 Sibing Zhu China $1,100
Round of 32 Yi Xu China $1,100
Round of 32 Miu Hirano Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Kaho Akae Japan $1,100
Round of 32 Andreea Dragoman Romania $1,100
Round of 64 Jia Nan Yuan France $900
Round of 64 Elizabeta Samara Romania $900
Round of 64 Annett Kaufmann Germany $900
Round of 64 Jian Zeng Singapore $900
Round of 64 Eunhye Lee South Korea $900
Round of 64 Margaryta Pesotska Ukraine $900
Round of 64 Sakura Yokoi Japan $900
Round of 64 Ana Tofant Slovenia $900
Round of 64 Yashaswini Ghorpade India $900
Round of 64 Yuxuan Qin China $900
Round of 64 Nayeong Kim South Korea $900
Round of 64 Yiyun Yang China $900
Round of 64 Lea Rakovac Croatia $900
Round of 64 Prithika Pavade France $900
Round of 64 Natalia Bajor Poland $900
Round of 64 Charlotte Lutz France $900

Men's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Shunsuke Togami & Hiroto Shinozuka Japan $5,500
Finalist Ruibo Wen & Youzheng Huang China $3,567
Semifinals Jonghoon Lim & Junsung Oh South Korea $2,125
Semifinals Peng Xiang & Junsong Chen China $2,125
Quarterfinals Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah India $1,200
Quarterfinals Ganghyeon Park & Jaehyun An South Korea $1,200
Quarterfinals Chun Ting Wong & Baldwin Chan Hong Kong $1,200
Quarterfinals Ryoichi Yoshiyama & Hiromu Kobayashi Japan $1,200
Round of 16 Darko Jorgic & Deni Kozul Slovenia $650
Round of 16 Simon Gauzy & Thibault Poret France $650
Round of 16 Peter Hribar & Miha Podobnik Slovenia $650
Round of 16 Shidong Lin & Licen Yuan China $650
Round of 16 Koen Pang & Izaac Quek Singapore $650
Round of 16 Leo De Nodrest & Jules Rolland France $650
Round of 16 Alexis Lebrun & Felix Lebrun France $650
Round of 16 Josh Chua & Man Ho Kwan Singapore $650

Women's Doubles16 paid places

Place Player Federation Prize
Champion Miwa Harimoto & Hina Hayata Japan $5,500
Finalist Satsuki Odo & Sakura Yokoi Japan $3,567
Semifinals Yi Chen & Man Kuai China $2,125
Semifinals Annett Kaufmann & Sabine Winter Germany $2,125
Quarterfinals Yuxuan Qin & Geman Zong China $1,200
Quarterfinals Hitomi Sato & Saki Shibata Japan $1,200
Quarterfinals Bernadette Szocs & Elizabeta Samara Romania $1,200
Quarterfinals Sabina Surjan & Izabela Lupulesku Serbia $1,200
Round of 16 Sofia Polcanova & Jia Nan Yuan Austria $650
Round of 16 Feier Han & Xunyao Shi China $650
Round of 16 Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade India $650
Round of 16 Nayeong Kim & Eunhye Lee South Korea $650
Round of 16 Lin Qian Ser & Jian Zeng Singapore $650
Round of 16 Ana Tofant & Katarina Strazar Slovenia $650
Round of 16 Yubin Shin & Cheonhui Joo South Korea $650
Round of 16 Andreea Dragoman & Adina Diaconu Romania $650

The 2026 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana money list

Every player the week paid, richest first

115 players

# Player Federation How far they got Won here
01 Shunsuke Togami Japan Men's Singles champion, Men's Doubles champion $19,750
02 Hina Hayata Japan Women's Singles champion, Women's Doubles champion $19,750
03 Hugo Calderano Brazil Men's Singles finalist $9,025
04 Yuling Zhu Macao Women's Singles finalist $9,025
05 Miwa Harimoto Japan Women's Doubles champion, Women's Singles semifinals $7,000
06 Hiroto Shinozuka Japan Men's Doubles champion, Men's Singles quarterfinals $5,000
07 Simon Gauzy France Men's Singles semifinals, Men's Doubles round of 16 $4,575
08 Yubin Shin South Korea Women's Singles semifinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $4,575
09 Dang Qiu Germany Men's Singles semifinals $4,250
10 Peng Xiang China Men's Singles quarterfinals, Men's Doubles semifinals $3,312
11 Ruibo Wen China Men's Doubles finalist, Men's Singles round of 16 $3,284
12 Satsuki Odo Japan Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 16 $3,284
13 Sakura Yokoi Japan Women's Doubles finalist, Women's Singles round of 64 $2,684
14 Xunyao Shi China Women's Singles quarterfinals, Women's Doubles round of 16 $2,575
15 Man Kuai China Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $2,562
16 Sabine Winter Germany Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 16 $2,562
17 Guan-Hong Kuo Chinese Taipei Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
18 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Germany Men's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
19 Shuhan Fan China Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
20 Miyuu Kihara Japan Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
21 Adriana Diaz Puerto Rico Women's Singles quarterfinals $2,250
22 Yi Chen China Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $2,163
23 Manush Shah India Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
24 Chun Ting Wong Hong Kong Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles quarterfinals $2,100
25 Junsung Oh South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
26 Junsong Chen China Men's Doubles semifinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,962
27 Annett Kaufmann Germany Women's Doubles semifinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,962
28 Darko Jorgic Slovenia Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
29 Felix Lebrun France Men's Singles round of 16, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
30 Cheonhui Joo South Korea Women's Singles round of 16, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,825
31 Youzheng Huang China Men's Doubles finalist $1,784
32 Jaehyun An South Korea Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 32 $1,700
33 Hitomi Sato Japan Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
34 Bernadette Szocs Romania Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 32 $1,700
35 Gyuhyeon Park South Korea Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
36 Yukiya Uda Japan Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
37 Patrick Franziska Germany Men's Singles round of 16 $1,500
38 I-Ching Cheng Chinese Taipei Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
39 Bruna Takahashi Brazil Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
40 Sachi Aoki Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
41 Miyu Nagasaki Japan Women's Singles round of 16 $1,500
42 Manav Thakkar India Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
43 Ganghyeon Park South Korea Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
44 Ryoichi Yoshiyama Japan Men's Doubles quarterfinals, Men's Singles round of 64 $1,500
45 Yuxuan Qin China Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
46 Elizabeta Samara Romania Women's Doubles quarterfinals, Women's Singles round of 64 $1,500
47 Alexis Lebrun France Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
48 Licen Yuan China Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
49 Thibault Poret France Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
50 Shidong Lin China Men's Singles round of 32, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
51 Sofia Polcanova Austria Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
52 Andreea Dragoman Romania Women's Singles round of 32, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,425
53 Deni Kozul Slovenia Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
54 Leo De Nodrest France Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
55 Peter Hribar Slovenia Men's Singles round of 64, Men's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
56 Jia Nan Yuan France Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
57 Jian Zeng Singapore Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
58 Eunhye Lee South Korea Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
59 Ana Tofant Slovenia Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
60 Yashaswini Ghorpade India Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
61 Nayeong Kim South Korea Women's Singles round of 64, Women's Doubles round of 16 $1,225
62 Jing-Kai Hung Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
63 Joe Seyfried France Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
64 Vladimir Sidorenko Neutral Athletes Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
65 Omar Assar Egypt Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
66 Kanak Jha United States Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
67 Tom Jarvis England Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
68 Yuanyu Chen China Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
69 Mizuki Oikawa Japan Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
70 Lubomir Jancarik Czechia Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
71 Yi-Hsin Feng Chinese Taipei Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
72 Benedikt Duda Germany Men's Singles round of 32 $1,100
73 Xiaoxin Yang Monaco Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
74 Zhuojia He China Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
75 Mo Zhang Canada Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
76 Yerin Yoo South Korea Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
77 Dina Meshref Egypt Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
78 Sreeja Akula India Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
79 Manika Batra India Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
80 Sibing Zhu China Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
81 Yi Xu China Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
82 Miu Hirano Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
83 Kaho Akae Japan Women's Singles round of 32 $1,100
84 Jonghoon Lim South Korea Men's Doubles semifinals $1,062
85 Tomislav Pucar Croatia Men's Singles round of 64 $900
86 Satoshi Aida Japan Men's Singles round of 64 $900
87 Anton Kallberg Sweden Men's Singles round of 64 $900
88 Lilian Bardet France Men's Singles round of 64 $900
89 Jonathan Groth Denmark Men's Singles round of 64 $900
90 Quadri Aruna Nigeria Men's Singles round of 64 $900
91 Andrej Gacina Croatia Men's Singles round of 64 $900
92 Eduard Ionescu Romania Men's Singles round of 64 $900
93 Margaryta Pesotska Ukraine Women's Singles round of 64 $900
94 Yiyun Yang China Women's Singles round of 64 $900
95 Lea Rakovac Croatia Women's Singles round of 64 $900
96 Prithika Pavade France Women's Singles round of 64 $900
97 Natalia Bajor Poland Women's Singles round of 64 $900
98 Charlotte Lutz France Women's Singles round of 64 $900
99 Baldwin Chan Hong Kong Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
100 Hiromu Kobayashi Japan Men's Doubles quarterfinals $600
101 Geman Zong China Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
102 Saki Shibata Japan Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
103 Sabina Surjan Serbia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
104 Izabela Lupulesku Serbia Women's Doubles quarterfinals $600
105 Miha Podobnik Slovenia Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
106 Koen Pang Singapore Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
107 Izaac Quek Singapore Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
108 Jules Rolland France Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
109 Josh Chua Singapore Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
110 Man Ho Kwan Hong Kong Men's Doubles round of 16 $325
111 Feier Han China Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
112 Diya Chitale India Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
113 Lin Qian Ser Singapore Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
114 Katarina Strazar Slovenia Women's Doubles round of 16 $325
115 Adina Diaconu Romania 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

29 federations paid

Japan $73k China $30k South Korea $18k France $16k Germany $14k Brazil $11k Macao $9,025 India $7,350 Slovenia $6,150 Chinese Taipei $5,950 Romania $5,850 Hong Kong $3,025 Croatia $2,700 Singapore $2,525 Puerto Rico $2,250

Every other WTT Star Contender Ljubljana

The same event in the years either side

3 other editions

Year Edition Venue Players paid Prize pot
2025 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2025 Presented by I Feel Slovenia Hala Tivoli 126 $300,000
2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2024 Presented by I Feel Slovenia Hala Tivoli 126 $250,000
2023 WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2023 Presented by I Feel Slovenia Hala Tivoli 133 $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
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
2026 WTT Feeder Istanbul WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Lagos WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Contender Lagos WTT Contender 89 $100,000
2026 WTT Feeder Hennebont WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Prishtina WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Contender Skopje WTT Contender 96 $100,000
2026 WTT Contender Zagreb WTT Contender 95 $100,000
2026 United States Smash Grand Smash 168 $1,550,000$1.5m
2026 WTT Feeder Istanbul II WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Asunción WTT Feeder 64 $30,000
2026 WTT Feeder Ulaanbaatar WTT Feeder 66 $30,000
2026 WTT Star Contender São José dos Campos WTT Star Contender 102 $300,000
2026 WTT Feeder Tashkent WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 WTT Champions Yokohama WTT Champions 64 $500,000
2026 WTT Feeder Vientiane WTT Feeder 65 $30,000
2026 Europe Smash - Sweden Grand Smash 181 $1,550,000$1.5m
2026 WTT Feeder Berlin WTT Feeder 65 $30,000

Frequently asked questions

How much does the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana 2026?

$300,000 across 4 draws, played in Hala Tivoli between 2026-06-16 to 2026-06-21.

Who won the WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2026?

Shunsuke Togami took the men's singles and $17,000. Hina Hayata took the women's singles and $17,000. Shunsuke Togami and Hiroto Shinozuka took the men's doubles and $5,500. Miwa Harimoto and Hina Hayata took the women's doubles and $5,500.

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

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 Ljubljana 2026?

115, from 29 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 Ljubljana?

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 Ljubljana

Every WTT Star Contender Ljubljana

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