2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

2022 Predator World 10-Ball Championship

Tournament information
Dates	28 March–1 April
Venue	Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Organisation(s)	World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International
Format	Double-elimination / single-elimination
Discipline	Ten-ball
Total prize fund	$226,000
Winner's share	$60,000
Defending champion	Eklent Kaçi (ALB)
Final
Champion	Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Runner-up	Christopher Tévez (PER)
Score	10–8
← 2021

The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1. The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.

The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.

Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.

Knockout draw

The following results only show the single-elimination stage comprising the final 32 players. All matches at this stage were played as race-to-ten racks. Players in bold represent match winners.

	First round				Second round				Quarter-final				Semi-final				Final
	Naoyuki Ōi (JPN)	10
	Blaine Barcus (USA)	4
					Naoyuki Ōi	10
					Chris Reinhold	5
	John Schmidt (USA)	6
	Chris Reinhold (USA)	10
									Naoyuki Ōi	9
									Eklent Kaçi	10
	Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL)	7
	Lee Vann Corteza (PHI)	10
					Lee Vann Corteza	6
					Eklent Kaçi	10
	Alex Pagulayan (CAN)	3
	Eklent Kaçi (ALB)	10
													Eklent Kaçi	9
													Wojciech Szewczyk	10
	Shane Van Boening (USA)	6
	Daniel Macioł (POL)	10
					Daniel Macioł	8
					Edgie Geronimo	10
	Edgie Geronimo (PHI)	10
	Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)	6
									Edgie Geronimo	9
									Wojciech Szewczyk	10
	Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)	10
	Oscar Dominguez (USA)	6
					Wojciech Szewczyk	10
					Denis Grabe	6
	Eric Roberts (USA)	4
	Denis Grabe (EST)	10
																	Wojciech Szewczyk	10
																	Christopher Tévez	8
	Mieszko Fortuński (POL)	10
	Roberto Bartol (CRO)	9
					Mieszko Fortuński	7
					Sanjin Pehlivanović	10
	Justin Martin (USA)	2
	Sanjin Pehlivanović (BIH)	10
									Sanjin Pehlivanović	4
									Jayson Shaw	10
	Jonas Souto (ESP)	3
	Jayson Shaw (SCO)	10
					Jayson Shaw	10
					Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	5
	Ralf Souquet (GER)	5
	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (ESP)	10
													Jayson Shaw	6
													Christopher Tévez	10
	David Alcaide (ESP)	6
	Christopher Tévez (PER)	10
					Christopher Tévez	10
					Carlo Biado	8
	Michael Schneider (SUI)	7
	Carlo Biado (PHI)	10
									Christopher Tévez	10
									Darren Appleton	3
	Sharik Sayed (SGP)	7
	Robbie Capito (HKG)	10
					Robbie Capito	9
					Darren Appleton	10
	Darren Appleton (ENG)	10
	Mika Immonen (FIN)	5

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