The WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026 presented by ASAREL wa a table tennis tournament which took place at the Arena Asarel, Panagyurishte, Bulgaria, from 8 to 13 September and had a total prize money of US$100,000.
Tournament The WTT Contender Panagyurishte 2026 was the nineteenth tournament of the 2026 WTT Series and is part of the WTT Contender event. This is the first edition of the tournament as a WTT Contender event.First Time Contender|https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/wtt-contender-panagyurishte-unveils-main-sponsor
Venue This tournament was held at the Arena Asarel in Panagyurishte, Bulgaria.
Point distribution Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the WTT World Ranking for the WTT Contender event.
Event Winner Finalist Semi-finalist Quarter-finalist Round of 16 Round of 32 Singles 400 280 180 120 30 4 Doubles 400 280 180 45 4 —
Prize pool The total prize money was US$100,000 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 Singles $5,000 $2,500 $1,275 $1,025 $825 $650 Doubles $2,500 $1,500 $950 $550 $350 —
Men's singles Seeds
Thibault Poret (quarter-finals) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (final) Elias Ranefur (champion) Jonathan Groth (first round) Lubomír Jančařík (first round) Kristian Karlsson (semi-finals) Joe Seyfried (second round) Kazuki Hamada (first round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles Seeds
Hitomi Sato (champion) Miyu Nagasaki (semi-finals) Sakura Yokoi (final) Miyuu Kihara (second round) Miu Hirano (quarter-finals) Kaho Akae (quarter-finals) Huang Yu-jie (quarter-finals) María Xiao (second round)
Finals
Top half Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles Seeds
Florian Bourrassaud / Esteban Dorr (champions) Gustavo Gomez / Nicolás Burgos (quarter-finals) Leo de Nodrest / Jules Rolland (first round) Vincent Picard / Joe Seyfried (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Women's doubles Seeds
Sakura Yokoi / Sachi Aoki (semi-finals) Daniela Ortega / Paulina Vega (first round) Miu Hirano / Miyuu Kihara (champions) Izabela Lupulesku / Sabina Šurjan (quarter-finals)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Mixed doubles Seeds
Gustavo Gomez / Daniela Ortega (semi-finals) Kristian Karlsson / Christina Källberg (semi-finals) Marek Badowski / Tatiana Kukuľková (final) Abdullah Yigenler / Ece Haraç (first round)
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
External links Tournament link