Do any players ranked under 20 have sponsers and can i have examples?

[Mokad]

Lol title says it all

eg Timo Boll Butterfly
Zhang Jike ?

but do any people under the top 20 worldwide rank have sponsers and what are they

Thanks

 

[Steven]

Butterfly: http://www.butterfly.tt/info/sponsoring
Donic: http://www.donic.cdbs.de/en/players.html
Tibhar: http://www.tibhar.de/en/ (click promotion)
Stiga: http://stigatabletennis.com/en/team-stiga/
Joola: http://www.joola.de/en/promotion/portraits/portraits.htm

I think most other Chinese top players are sponsored by DHS and I think Ma Lin was sponsored by Yasaka.

 

[Der_Echte]

Tibhar just signed Kim Jung-Hoon ~80 WR. When he was 30ish WR, he was sponsored by Nittaku.

 

[T!Christian]

I know a friend who is number ~1000 and he is sponsored by andro ....

 

[Mikael Berglund]

In Sweden, the most talanted kids have sponsors. I don't think they get anything else but free equipment.
Anton Källberg, Butterfly
Adam Blomquist, Donic
Stina Källberg, Stiga
etc

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Of course they do, even Schlager is still sponsored by Butterfly. Players like Primorac and Korbel, Persson. Tokic is a prominent Tibhar sponsored player and I don't know if he's ever been top 20. There are tonnes!

 

[T!Christian]

Tokic changed to butterfly

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Rookie error

 

[DruvCarbonBlade]

Well Ryu Seung-Min is 21 and he is sponsored by Butterfly,

 

[Der_Echte]

Hey, I just remembered!

FRED, the son of TTD member and TT forum legend JKC is sponsored by Stiga and is not yet internationally ranked.

 

[EricTian]

i'm one of the top in my nation, (Australia) and I get sponsored $500 per year from Butterfly equipment

 

[Matt Hetherington]

i'm one of the top in my nation, (Australia) and I get sponsored $500 per year from Butterfly equipment

What state do you play in?

 

[Samuraisam 3467]

Many people have sponsorships but the difference is what each contract gives and allows to the player

 

[EricTian]

Western Australia, u/15s

 

[Matt Hetherington]

A cool, I always got on well with the guys from WA

 

[Dan]

Great stuff getting sponsored Eric this sure will help you Whats your ranking in Australia? In the UK there are quite a lot of sponsored players outside the top 20 who receive some clothing and equipment each year. I've had a few friends sponsored by local companies which is cool to help pay entry fees etc.

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[Der_Echte]

i'm one of the top in my nation, (Australia) and I get sponsored $500 per year from Butterfly equipment

Come on over to live in Korea. If you live here and play regional and national tourneys at the level I think you play, you will get sponsored easily. heck, you could take over Korea operations of the KFTTC when I leave Korea and focus on expanding to Koreans living oversees.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Getting sponsorship isn't actually that difficult nationally. You can get sponsored by national agents without too much hassle, they will sponsor rising talent and those with good results. It's when you aim for sponsorship with the international company itself that you have to have a bit more of a proven record or an outstanding talent

 

[Kenta Cipriano]

Some friends of mine that are not even on a national league from my country are sponsored by Joola.
They play regionals circuit!
They play pretty well,at long time,but just now started to play federated.
But at a momment,they paid to a Egypcian guy that was contrated from a club near me to play at seniors(2nd national league here),and train the kids over the club.
The contract from the Egypcian went over,then my friends contracted him to train them (lol),and that guy was sponsored by Joola,so i guess was by him that my friends got the sponsor.

 

[EricTian]

Great stuff getting sponsored Eric this sure will help you Whats your ranking in Australia? In the UK there are quite a lot of sponsored players outside the top 20 who receive some clothing and equipment each year. I've had a few friends sponsored by local companies which is cool to help pay entry fees etc.

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about 5th might've gone up or down in the last few months, but am trying very hard to make the national squad!