The WTT Champions is another important tournament in the WTT series. It is a singles-only event featuring the top 32 men’s and women’s players. The champions receive 1,000 ITTF world ranking points. Sun Yinghsa has won the most WTT Champions tournaments (7 singles titles). The inaugural edition was held in Budapest, Hungary, in 2022, where Tomokazu Harimoto and Wang Manyu won the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively.
China, by far, has the most WTT Champions titles with 24 of the 34 titles (70.5%) followed by Japan with 5 titles.
Format
Only men’s and women’s singles events
Draws
The top 32 men’s and women’s players compete in a 32-player single-elimination (knockout) format.
Tournament Prizes
Winners of singles event can earn between $40,000 – $60,000
Ranking Points
Players will get rankings based on what level they have reached in the tournament.
Winners (Champion) – 1000
Finals – 700
Semifinals – 350
Quarterfinals – 175
Round 16 – 90
Round 32 – 15
Players with the most WTT Champions titles
MEN’S SINGLES:
Wang Chuqin (4x)
– WTT Champions Macao 2022
– WTT Champions Macao 2023
– WTT Champions Chongqing 2025
– WTT Champions Macao 2025
Tomokazu Harimoto (2x)
– WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022
– WTT Champions Yokohama 2025
Fan Zhendong (2x)
– WTT Champions Xinxiang 2023
– WTT Champions Chongqing 2024
WOMEN’S SINGLES:
Sun Yingsha (7x)
– WTT Champions Macao 2022
– WTT Champions Macao 2023
– WTT Champions Incheon 2024
– WTT Champions Chongqing 2024
– WTT Champions Macao 2024
– WTT Champions Chongqing 2025
– WTT Champions Macao 2025
Wang Manyu (3x)
– WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022
– WTT Champions Macao 2023
– WTT Champions Frankfurt 2024
Wang Yidi (3x)
– WTT Champions Frankfurt 2023
– WTT Champions Incheon 2025
– WTT Champions Montpellier 2025
WTT Champions Winners
The following table shows the list of title holders of WTT Champions:
| Year | Name | Host City/Country | Men’s Singles | Women’s Singles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | WTT Champions European Summer Series | Budapest, Hungary | 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto | 🇨🇳 Wang Manyu |
| 2022 | WTT Champions Macao | Macau, China | 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqin | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2023 | WTT Champions Xinxiang | Xinxiang, China | 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2023 | WTT Champions Macao | Macau, China | 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqin | 🇨🇳 Wang Manyu |
| 2023 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 🇹🇼 Lin Yun-ju | 🇨🇳 Wang Yidi |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Incheon | Incheon, South Korea | 🇨🇳 Liang Jingkun | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Chongqing | Chongqing, China | 🇨🇳 Fan Zhendong | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Macao | Macau, China | 🇨🇳 Lin Shidong | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Montpellier | Montpellier, France | 🇫🇷 Felix Lebrun | 🇯🇵 Satsuki Odo |
| 2024 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 🇨🇳 Lin Shidong | 🇨🇳 Wang Manyu |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Chongqing | Chongqing, China | 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqin | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Incheon | Incheon, South Korea | 🇨🇳 Xiang Peng | 🇨🇳 Wang Yidi |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | 🇯🇵 Tomokazu Harimoto | 🇨🇳 Chen Xingtong |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Macao | Macau, China | 🇨🇳 Wang Chuqin | 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Montpellier | Montpellier, France | 🇸🇪 Truls Moregardh | 🇨🇳 Wang Yidi |
| 2025 | WTT Champions Frankfurt | Frankfurt, Germany | 🇯🇵 Sora Matsushima | 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Doha | Doha, Qatar | 🇹🇼 Lin Yun-ju | 🇲🇴 Zhu Yuling |
| 2026 | WTT Champions Chongqing | Chongqing, China | ||
| 2026 | WTT Champions Yokohama | Yokohama, Japan | ||
| 2026 | WTT Champions Macao | Macau, China | ||
| 2026 | WTT Champions Montpellier | Montpellier, France | ||
| 2026 | WTT Champions Germany | TBA, Germany |
WTT Champions Winners by Country
China – 🇨🇳 24 titles
Japan – 🇯🇵 5 titles
Taiwan – 🇹🇼 2 titles
France – 🇫🇷 1 title
Macau – 🇲🇴 1 title
Sweden – 🇸🇪 1title