The WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 – President’s Cup presented by Nomad Table Tennis Academy was a table tennis tournament that took place at the Martial Arts Palace, Astana, Kazakhstan, from 15 to 20 September and had a total prize of US$300,000.
Tournament The WTT Star Contender Astana 2026 was the twentieth tournament of the 2026 WTT Series and also part of the WTT Star Contender event.
Venue This tournament was held at the Martial Arts Palace in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Point distribution Below was the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the WTT World Ranking for the WTT Star Contender event.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 48 Singles 600 420 270 175 115 30 5 Doubles 600 420 270 70 5 — —
Prize pool The total prize money was US$300,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with WTT regulations.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 48 Singles $17,000 $9,025 $4,250 $2,250 $1,500 $1,100 $900 Doubles $5,500 $3,567 $2,125 $1,200 $650 — —
Men's singles Seeds
Alexis Lebrun (final) Dang Qiu (champion) Darko Jorgić (third round) Zhou Qihao (semi-finals) Thibault Poret (second round) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarter-finals) Patrick Franziska (second round) Flavien Coton (quarter-finals) Kanak Jha (quarter-finals) Chen Yuanyu (second round) Omar Assar (third round) Tomislav Pucar (third round) Benedikt Duda (third round) Chen Junsong (second round) Tom Jarvis (second round) Lubomír Jančařík (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Wang Yidi (semi-finals) Satsuki Odo (semi-finals) Hitomi Sato (final) Honoka Hashimoto (quarter-finals) Shi Xunyao (second round) Adriana Díaz (second round) Bernadette Szőcs (third round) Qin Yuxuan (quarter-finals) Miyuu Kihara (champion) Miu Hirano (quarter-finals) Nina Mittelham (second round) Anna Hursey (third round) Elizabet Abraamian (second round) Elizabeta Samara (second round) Jia Nan Yuan (third round) Huang Yu-jie (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Dang Qiu / Benedikt Duda (quarter-finals) Martin Allegro / Adrien Rassenfosse (quarter-finals) Flavien Coton / Thibault Poret (first round) Hiromu Kobayashi / Kazuki Hamada (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Women's doubles Seeds
Qin Yuxuan / Zong Geman (quarter-finals) Wang Xiaotong / Shi Xunyao (first round) Bernadette Szőcs / Elizabeta Samara (first round) Wang Yidi / Han Feier (semi-finals)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Mixed doubles Seeds
Álvaro Robles / María Xiao (quarter-finals) Eduard Ionescu / Bernadette Szőcs (first round) Evgeny Tikhonov / Maria Panfilova (quarter-finals) Alexis Lebrun / Charlotte Lutz (first round)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
External links Tournament link