The 14-day WTT Singapore Grand Slam came to an end on 20 March 2022. The Chinese table tennis team became the biggest winner of this event, winning all 5 individual championships. Incidentally, it also won the men's singles women's singles runner-up. If the doubles can be reported as a two-pair combination, I believe that the Chinese team will expand the results.
WTT Singapore Grand Slam tournaments are full of sincerity, offering players a total of two million US dollars in prize money, about 12.73 million yuan. And the male and female players will receive the same prize money. This is an unprecedented amount of money in table tennis. Because the Chinese players have achieved excellent results, not only have they gained world ranking points, but also the amount of prize money is also heartwarming. Let's take stock of how much the main players of the Chinese table tennis team have earned in this Singapore Grand Slam Tournament:
Mixed Doubles Champion: Wang Chuqin / Sun Yingsha
Women's Doubles Champion: Wang Manyu / Sun Yingsha
Men's Doubles Champion: Fan Zhendong / Wang Chuqin
Women's Singles Champion: Chen Meng; Women's Singles Runner-up: Wang Manyu
Men's Singles Champion: Fan Zhendong; Men's Singles Runner-up: Ma Long
1. First place. Fan Zhendong won the men's doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and an equal share of $6,000 with Wang Chuqin; Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship with a prize of $100,000. A total of 106,000 US dollars, about 670,000 yuan.
2. Second place. Chen Meng won the women's singles championship with a prize of $100,000, about 630,000 yuan.
3. Third place. Wang Manyu won the women's doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and an equal share of $6,000 with Sun Yingsha; Wang Manyu won the women's singles runner-up with a prize of $60,000. The total is 66,000 US dollars, which is about 420,000 yuan.
4. Fourth place. Malone won the second place in the men's singles, with a prize of $60,000, about 380,000 yuan.
5. Fifth place. Sun Yingsha won the mixed doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and an equal share of $6,000 with Wang Chuqin; Sun Yingsha won the women's doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and won an equal share of $6,000 with Wang Manyu; Sun Yingsha won the third place in women's singles with a prize of $30,000. The total is 42,000 US dollars, which is about 265,000 yuan.
6. Sixth place. Wang Chuqin won the mixed doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and an equal share of $6,000 with Sun Yingsha; Wang Chuqin won the men's doubles championship with a prize of $12,000 and Fan Zhendong equally divided into $6,000; Wang Chuqin won the men's singles round of 16 with a prize of $15,000. The total is 27,000 US dollars, which is about 170,000 yuan.
Even Xiang Peng, who was out of the first round after reaching the qualifying round, gained a lot. Xiang Peng won $1,300 in the first round of the qualifiers, $1,500 in the second round, $2,500 in the third round, and $5,300 in the qualifying round alone, plus $5,000 in the first round of the main tournament, for a total of $10,300, or about 65,000 yuan. The participants of other Chinese table tennis teams basically won more prize money than Xiang Peng, and this time everyone gained a lot of money.
However, according to the relevant provisions of the General Administration of Sport of China in the "Interim Measures for the Administration of Prizes for National Team Athletes with Prizes", athletes can only receive about 50% of the prize money, and the other parts will be distributed by coaches, sparring partners, units and sports funds. Therefore, Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and others can finally get half of the bonus they received. Even so, being able to earn 200,000 or 300,000 yuan in half a month is very remarkable. You know, these are the best people in the world to play table tennis!