{"id":4400,"date":"2026-07-05T18:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4400"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:49:26","slug":"asia-prize-gap","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/asia-prize-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u6771\u4eac5\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u3001\u9999\u6e2f\u306f110\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u2014\u2014\u8cde\u91d1\u683c\u5dee\u304c\u6620\u3059\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u306e\u6210\u9577\u30b9\u30c6\u30fc\u30b8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>7\u6708\u306b\u7acb\u5ddd\u7acb\u98db\u30a2\u30ea\u30fc\u30ca\u3067\u958b\u50ac\u3055\u308c\u305fSansan\u6771\u4eac\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u3067\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u52e2\u304c\u512a\u79c0\u306a\u6210\u7e3e\u3092\u53ce\u3081\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u85e4\u539f\u91cc\u83ef\u304c\u5973\u5b50\u30b7\u30f3\u30b0\u30eb\u30b9\u3092\u5236\u3057\u30665\u6708\u306e\u30de\u30ab\u30aa\u306b\u7d9a\u304f\u30c4\u30a2\u30fc2\u9023\u52dd\u3001\u8239\u6c34\u96c4\u592a\u3082\u7537\u5b50\u30c0\u30d6\u30eb\u30b9\u3067\u91d1\u30e1\u30c0\u30eb\u3092\u7372\u5f97\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u305d\u306e\u76f4\u5f8c\u3001\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u306e\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u5c02\u9580\u30e1\u30c7\u30a3\u30a2pickle.asia\u304c\u30012026\u5e74\u5f8c\u534a\u306ePPA Tour Asia\u51686\u6226\u3092\u307e\u3068\u3081\u305f\u89b3\u6226\u30ac\u30a4\u30c9\u3092\u516c\u958b\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u305d\u3053\u306b\u4e26\u3093\u3060\u6570\u5b57\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u7af6\u6280\u95a2\u4fc2\u8005\u304c\u6b63\u9762\u304b\u3089\u53d7\u3051\u6b62\u3081\u308b\u3079\u304d\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002\u6771\u4eac\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30f3\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u8cde\u91d1\u306f5\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\uff08\u7d04775\u4e07\u5186\uff09\u3067\u5f8c\u534a6\u6226\u306e\u6700\u5c11\u3002\u4e00\u65b9\u300110\u6708\u306e\u9999\u6e2f\u30b9\u30e9\u30e0\u306f\u6700\u5927110\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\uff08\u7d041\u51047,000\u4e07\u5186\uff09\u3068\u3001\u305d\u306e\u5dee\u306f22\u500d\u306b\u9054\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3053\u306e\u958b\u304d\u306f\u5927\u4f1a\u898f\u6a21\u306e\u9055\u3044\u3068\u3044\u3046\u4ee5\u4e0a\u306b\u3001\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u306e\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u30de\u30cd\u30fc\u304c\u3044\u307e\u3069\u3053\u3078\u6d41\u308c\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u304c\u305d\u306e\u5730\u56f3\u306e\u3069\u3053\u306b\u7f6e\u304b\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b\u304b\u3092\u793a\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u5186\u63db\u7b97\u306f1\u30c9\u30eb=\u7d04155\u5186\u306e\u6982\u7b97\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<h2>The prize map for the final six stops \u2014 Tokyo alone at $50,000<\/h2>\n<p>The 2026 PPA Tour Asia season runs across seven markets and ten stops. On the officially announced calendar, the first half travels through Hanoi (up to $300,000), Kuala Lumpur ($50,000), Macau ($70,000) and China ($70,000), then turns toward the back half from Tokyo in July. Prize money and dates for the final six stops are below.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Tournaments<\/th>\n<th>Location<\/th>\n<th>Schedule<\/th>\n<th>Pro prize money<\/th>\n<th>Yen equivalent (approx.)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sansan Tokyo Open<\/td>\n<td>Tokyo \/ Tachikawa<\/td>\n<td>July 1\u20134<\/td>\n<td>$50,000<\/td>\n<td>7.75 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Leapmotor Singapore Open<\/td>\n<td>Singapore<\/td>\n<td>July 23-26<\/td>\n<td>$70,000<\/td>\n<td>10.85 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MB Ho Chi Minh City Open<\/td>\n<td>Ho Chi Minh City<\/td>\n<td>August 6-9<\/td>\n<td>$70,000<\/td>\n<td>10.85 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>China Open (second stop)<\/td>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>August 20-23<\/td>\n<td>$70,000<\/td>\n<td>10.85 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur Cup<\/td>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur<\/td>\n<td>September 9-13<\/td>\n<td>Up to $300,000<\/td>\n<td>Up to 46.5 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hong Kong Slam<\/td>\n<td>Hong Kong<\/td>\n<td>October 19-25<\/td>\n<td>Up to $1.1 million<\/td>\n<td>Up to 170 million yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The structure is clear. A regular Open pays $70,000, a Cup-level event up to $300,000, and the season-ending Slam up to $1.1 million. Within that<strong>three-tier pyramid<\/strong>, Tokyo sits at $50,000, tied with May's Kuala Lumpur Open for the season low. Even among the bottom-tier Opens, it has been placed a rung lower still.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is putting up the money \u2014 the title sponsors<\/h2>\n<p>Compare the title sponsors and the gap comes into focus. Tokyo's title sponsor is Sansan, a business card management service. Singapore has Chinese EV maker Leapmotor, Ho Chi Minh City has the Vietnamese military-affiliated bank MB, and April's Hanoi Cup carried the same MB name.<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/mb-bank-hcmc\/\">The background to a military-affiliated bank taking a pro tour title sponsorship<\/a>was analyzed in an earlier article: in Vietnam, banks compete to build touchpoints with younger customers, pouring money into pickleball.<\/p>\n<p>At the top, the Hong Kong Slam pairs up to $1.1 million in prize money with the season's biggest haul of<strong>1,500 ranking points<\/strong>, making it the largest professional pickleball tournament ever held in Asia. The seven-day run also includes amateur divisions. In the official announcement, Kimberly Koh of UPA Asia said the 2026 calendar reflects the growth of professional pickleball across Asia. The size of a purse is a direct read on how much capital and expectation each city attracts.<\/p>\n<h2>How the region and the industry see it<\/h2>\n<p>The tone of pickle.asia's back-half guide shows how hot regional fans are running.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hong Kong Slam is the top recommendation, billed as the one event to keep your calendar open for<\/li>\n<li>\u5404\u5927\u4f1a\u306e\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u767b\u9332\u67a0\u306f\u300c\u4e88\u60f3\u3088\u308a\u65e9\u304f\u57cb\u307e\u308b\u300d\u50be\u5411\u306b\u3042\u308a\u30017\u6708\u304b\u30899\u6708\u306b\u5b9f\u65bd\u3055\u308c\u305f\u8907\u6570\u306e\u5927\u4f1a\u3067\u306f\u516c\u5f0f\u767b\u9332\u306e\u53d7\u4ed8\u304c\u7d42\u4e86\u3059\u308b\u307b\u3069\u306e\u4eba\u6c17\u3092\u898b\u305b\u305f<\/li>\n<li>\u6df1\u5733\u306f\u9999\u6e2f\u304b\u3089\u9ad8\u901f\u9244\u9053\u3067\u7d0440\u5206\u3001\u30af\u30a2\u30e9\u30eb\u30f3\u30d7\u30fc\u30eb\u301c\u30b7\u30f3\u30ac\u30dd\u30fc\u30eb\u9593\u306f\u7d041\u6642\u9593\u3068\u3001\u57df\u5185\u3092\u8ee2\u6226\u3059\u308b\u524d\u63d0\u3067\u79fb\u52d5\u6642\u9593\u3084\u822a\u7a7a\u904b\u8cc3\u306e\u76ee\u5b89\u304c\u6848\u5185\u3055\u308c\u3066\u3044\u308b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Across Southeast Asia and the Chinese-speaking markets, demand runs deep not just for watching pro events but for entering them at the same venue, so a guide article doubles as a trip-planning tool. That difference in heat feeds straight into the revenue gap discussed below.<\/p>\n<h2>How to read Tokyo's $50,000 \u2014 when results outrun the money<\/h2>\n<p>Ironically, Japan produced its best results of the season at Tokyo, the smallest purse on the schedule. Rika Fujiwara took the women's singles title for a second straight tour win after Macau in May, and Yuta Funamizu claimed gold in men's doubles.<strong>the level of play has already outrun the prize money<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The problem lies on the promotion side.<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/ppa-tokyo-open\/\">As an earlier breakdown of the commercial design of the Tachikawa event at its opening<\/a>showed, Tokyo was a conservative build centered on Sansan's title sponsorship and ticket sales.<a href=\"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/17live-ppa-tokyo\/\">streaming company 17LIVE arriving at the event with three pros on its roster<\/a>is a new way money is coming in, but on the question of who funds the purse, the layer is undeniably thin next to Vietnam's banks, the Chinese EV maker backing Singapore, and the capital gathering in Hong Kong. Each of them stacks prize money with a clear payback story: buying name recognition in a growth market. Pickleball sponsorship in Japan is still at the first-mover experiment stage, and no competition to bid purses higher has taken hold.<\/p>\n<p>\u3082\u3046\u4e00\u3064\u306e\u69cb\u9020\u8981\u56e0\u304c\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u30a8\u30f3\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u53ce\u76ca\u3067\u3059\u3002PPA Tour Asia\u306e\u5404\u5927\u4f1a\u306f\u30d7\u30ed\u3068\u540c\u3058\u4f1a\u5834\u3067\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u304c\u8a66\u5408\u306b\u51fa\u3089\u308c\u308b\u5efa\u3066\u4ed8\u3051\u3067\u3001\u305d\u306e\u767b\u9332\u6599\u304c\u8208\u884c\u53ce\u5165\u306e\u67f1\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u767b\u9332\u67a0\u304c\u4e88\u60f3\u3088\u308a\u65e9\u304f\u57cb\u307e\u308b\u6771\u5357\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u30fb\u4e2d\u83ef\u570f\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3001\u7af6\u6280\u4eba\u53e3\u306e\u88fe\u91ce\u304c\u307e\u3060\u8584\u3044\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306f\u3001\u3053\u306e\u30a8\u30f3\u30b8\u30f3\u304c\u5341\u5206\u306b\u56de\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002\u6771\u4eac\u306e5\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u7af6\u6280\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u306e\u8a55\u4fa1\u984d\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001<strong>where expectations for the Japanese market stand today<\/strong>, and should be read that way.<\/p>\n<h2>Keeping Tokyo from ending up as a warm-up stop<\/h2>\n<p>Prize money and ranking points move together. Hong Kong carries 1,500 points; Singapore, 500. Top players build their year around high-point, high-purse events, so if Tokyo's purse stays where it is, the world's best will keep filing it under \"a place to loosen up at the entrance to the Asian swing.\" Even as players capable of winning at home come through, the market value of those wins would stay the lowest in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The ingredients, though, are coming together. Local players are in the title hunt, the event runs in an arena just outside central Tokyo, and the title sponsor is now a name worth putting on the marquee. Moving to the next tier, Cup level at up to $300,000, likely takes three things together: shifting from a single title sponsor to multiple backers, pulling in municipal and tourism money, and expanding the amateur field. Just as Shenzhen leans on being 40 minutes from Hong Kong by high-speed rail, Tokyo has Haneda and Narita, and with them the makings of a hub for the regional swing.<\/p>\n<h2>2026\u5e74\u5f8c\u534a\u306e\u5927\u4f1a\u60c5\u5831<\/h2>\n<p>7\u6708\u304b\u30899\u6708\u306b\u304b\u3051\u3066\u5b9f\u65bd\u3055\u308c\u305f4\u5927\u4f1a\u306f\u3001\u524d\u58f2\u308a\u767b\u9332\u304c\u4e88\u60f3\u3088\u308a\u65e9\u304f\u57cb\u307e\u308b\u306a\u3069\u3001\u6771\u5357\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u30fb\u4e2d\u83ef\u570f\u3067\u306e\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u4eba\u6c17\u306e\u9ad8\u3055\u304c\u793a\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5404\u5927\u4f1a\u306e\u8a73\u7d30\u306a\u7d50\u679c\u306f\u3001PPA Tour Asia\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u3067\u78ba\u8a8d\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u30b7\u30fc\u30ba\u30f3\u6700\u7d42\u6226\u306e\u9999\u6e2f\u30b9\u30e9\u30e0\u306f\u30012026\u5e7410\u670819\u301c25\u65e5\u306b\u958b\u50ac\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Tournaments<\/th>\n<th>Location<\/th>\n<th>Schedule<\/th>\n<th>Practical notes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>MB Ho Chi Minh City Open<\/td>\n<td>Ho Chi Minh City<\/td>\n<td>August 6-9<\/td>\n<td>\u4f1a\u5834\u306fGlobal City Sports Park\u3002\u5927\u4f1a\u306f\u5b9f\u65bd\u6e08\u307f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>China Open (second stop)<\/td>\n<td>China<\/td>\n<td>August 20-23<\/td>\n<td>\u4e2d\u56fd\u672c\u571f\u3067\u306e\u958b\u50ac\u3002\u5927\u4f1a\u306f\u5b9f\u65bd\u6e08\u307f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur Cup<\/td>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur<\/td>\n<td>September 9-13<\/td>\n<td>\u30ab\u30c3\u30d7\u7d1a\uff08\u6700\u592730\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\uff09\u3002\u5927\u4f1a\u306f\u5b9f\u65bd\u6e08\u307f<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hong Kong Slam<\/td>\n<td>Hong Kong<\/td>\n<td>October 19-25<\/td>\n<td>7\u65e5\u9593\u958b\u50ac\u30fb\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u90e8\u9580\u4f75\u50ac\u30021,500\u30dd\u30a4\u30f3\u30c8\u306e\u30b7\u30fc\u30ba\u30f3\u6700\u7d42\u6226\u3002\u53c2\u6226\u3092\u8003\u3048\u308b\u5834\u5408\u306f\u65e9\u3081\u306e\u767b\u9332\u304c\u5fc5\u9808<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Takeaway \u2014 the prize gap is a map of headroom<\/h2>\n<p>\u6771\u4eac5\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u3068\u9999\u6e2f110\u4e07\u30c9\u30eb\u306e22\u500d\u5dee\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u7af6\u6280\u30ec\u30d9\u30eb\u306e\u8a55\u4fa1\u3067\u306f\u306a\u304f\u3001\u8208\u884c\u3068\u3057\u3066\u306e\u671f\u5f85\u5024\u306e\u5dee\u3067\u3059\u3002\u88cf\u3092\u8fd4\u305b\u3070\u3001\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u53c2\u6226\u306e\u88fe\u91ce\u3068\u5354\u8cdb\u306e\u7af6\u4e89\u74b0\u5883\u3055\u3048\u80b2\u3066\u3070\u3001\u8cde\u91d1\u306f\u5e02\u5834\u306b\u5408\u308f\u305b\u3066\u52d5\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002\u65bd\u8a2d\u904b\u55b6\u8005\u306f\u5927\u4f1a\u3068\u9023\u52d5\u3057\u305f\u30a2\u30de\u30c1\u30e5\u30a2\u5411\u3051\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u306e\u4f01\u753b\u3092\u3001\u5354\u8cdb\u3092\u691c\u8a0e\u3059\u308b\u4f01\u696d\u306f\u30d9\u30c8\u30ca\u30e0\u306e\u9280\u884c\u3084Sansan\u306e\u52d5\u304d\u3092\u5148\u884c\u4e8b\u4f8b\u3068\u3057\u305f\u8cbb\u7528\u5bfe\u52b9\u679c\u306e\u7269\u5dee\u3057\u3065\u304f\u308a\u3092\u3001\u7af6\u6280\u8005\u306f\u9999\u6e2f\u30b9\u30e9\u30e0\u307e\u3067\u7d9a\u304f\u30a2\u30b8\u30a2\u8ee2\u6226\u3092\u524d\u63d0\u306b\u3057\u305f\u5e74\u9593\u8a2d\u8a08\u3092\u3001\u305d\u308c\u305e\u308c2026\u5e74\u5f8c\u534a\u304b\u30892027\u5e74\u521d\u306b\u304b\u3051\u3066\u59cb\u3081\u3066\u304a\u304f\u4fa1\u5024\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u30022027\u5e74\u306e\u6771\u4eac\u5927\u4f1a\u306b\u4ed8\u304f\u8cde\u91d1\u984d\u304c\u3001\u3053\u306e\u671f\u9593\u306e\u53d6\u308a\u7d44\u307f\u306e\u7b54\u3048\u5408\u308f\u305b\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a 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