WTT Contender Tunisia 2024: Preview, dates, events, and prize money
The WTT Contender Tunisia 2024 will be held in Tunisia, from Tuesday, June 25, 2024, to Sunday, June 30, 2024. The WTT Contender is a part of the WTT series that is split into three tiers. WTT Contender is the final tier where professional players throughout the world rankings take part. It comprises 14 events per year that last up to four days each.
There are nine WTT Contender events this year with the Tunisia edition being the seventh of them all. The previous event was recently concluded in Lagos.
The Tunisia edition will have four sessions across two qualifying days, with two sessions to be held on each day. A total of 11 sessions will be held, with seven sessions being played across the main days (June 27 to 30, 2024). It will include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The draws for the events are yet to take place.
A prize money of USD 80,000 has been announced for the event that will be conducted at the Salle Omnisport de Rades in Tunis, Tunisia. Top players from across countries (based on world rankings) are set to take part in the tournament.
Tomozaku Harimoto (Japan), Hina Hayata (Japan), Orawan Paranang (Thailand), Suthasini Sawettabut (Thailand) are other several Olympics-bound players from across countries in this event.
Indian table tennis players bound for the Paris 2024 Olympics such as Sharath Kamal, Manav Thakkar, Harmeet Desai, Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee, Archana Girish Kamath, and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran are set to be a part of this tournament.
WTT Contender Tunisia 2024 Dates and Events
The WTT Contender Tunisia 2024 will have two qualifying days followed by four main days.
Tuesday, June 25 2024 - Qualifying Day 1
Session 1, Start Time: 10:00 (Local Time)
Session 2, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Wednesday, June 26 2024 - Qualifying Day 2
Session 3, Start Time: 10:00 (Local Time)
Session 4, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Thursday, June 27 2024 - Day 1
Session 5, Start Time: 10:00 (Local Time)
Mixed Doubles R16 + Women’s Singles R32 + Men’s Singles R32 + Women’s Doubles R32 + Men’s Doubles R32
Session 6, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Women’s Singles R32 + Men’s Singles R32 + Women’s Doubles R32 + Men’s Doubles R32
Friday, June 28 2024 - Day 2
Session 7, Start Time: 10:00 (Local Time)
Mixed Doubles QF + Men’s Singles R16 + Women’s Singles QF, Women’s Doubles QF, Men’s Doubles QF
Session 8, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Mixed Doubles SF + Men’s Singles R16 + Women’s Singles QF, Women’s Doubles QF, Men’s Doubles QF
Saturday, June 29 2024 - Day 3
Session 9, Start Time: 10:00 (Local Time)
Women’s Singles QF + Men’s Singles QF + Women’s Doubles SF Men’s Doubles SF
Session 10, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Mixed Doubles Final + Women’s Singles SF + Men’s Singles SF
Sunday, June 30 2024 - Day 4
Session 11, Start Time: 16:00 (Local Time)
Women’s Doubles Final + Men’s Doubles Final + Women’s Singles Final + Men’s Singles Final
WTT Contender Tunisia 2024 Prize Money and Ranking Points Breakdown
SINGLES
Champion - 5,000 USD, 400 Points
Finalist - 2,500 USD, 280 Points
Semifinals - 1,500 USD, 140 Points
Quarterfinals - 1050 USD, 70 Points
Round of 16 - 775 USD, 35 Points
Round of 32 - 525 USD, 4 Points
DOUBLES/MIXED
Champion - 1,000 USD, 400 Points
Finalist - 750 | 800 USD, 280 Points
Semifinals - 450 | 500 USD, 140 Points
Quarterfinals - 325 USD, 70 Points
Round of 16 - 225 USD, 4 Points