China 9-Ball Open
The China Open 9-Ball Championship is a professional nine-ball pool tournament held annually since 2009. The event is held in Shanghai, China.
Format
[edit]Events in the China Open are played firstly in a double-elimination tournament, with a race to nine racks. As soon as only 32 players are left in the tournament the event transitions into a single-elimination tournament and race to 11 racks.[1] In the women's events, the racks are shortened to races to seven and nine respectively.[2]
Prize money
[edit]The winner of the men's tournament receives $40,000, with the total prize money distributed at the men's tournament was different for the individual tournaments. $134,000 was awarded in 2010, $195,200 in 2014. The winner of the women's tournament receives since 2011 $30,000 US dollars, previously it was initially $25,000, then $26,000. Overall, the women's 2014 prize money of $138,000 US dollars was distributed, in 2009, however, only $75,000.[citation needed]
Winners
[edit]Men
[edit]Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
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2009[3] | Shanghai | Thorsten Hohmann | 11–5 | Niels Feijen | Yukio Akakariyama |
Lu Hui-chan | |||||
2010[4] | Chang Yu-lung | 11–7 | Antonio Lining | Lee Van Corteza | |
Liu Haitao | |||||
2011[5] | Chris Melling | 11–3 | Hsu Kai-lun | Niels Feijen | |
Ronnie Alcano | |||||
2012[6] | Dennis Orcollo | 11–9 | Lu Hui-chan | Chang Yu-lung | |
Yukio Akakariyama | |||||
2013[7] | Lee Van Corteza | 11–6 | Fu Che-wei | Omar Al-Shaheen | |
Wu Jiaqing | |||||
2014 | Chang Yu-lung (2) | 11–5 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Chang Jung-Lin | |
Carlo Biado | |||||
2015 | Albin Ouschan | 11–8 | John Morra | Chu Bingjie | |
Nick van den Berg | |||||
2016 | Wu Jiaqing | 11–4 | Kevin Cheng | Ko Pin-yi | |
Wu Kun-lin | |||||
2017 | Joshua Filler | 11–6 | Chang Jung-Lin | Thorsten Hohmann | |
Kevin Cheng | |||||
2018[1] | Ko Pin-yi | 11–9 | Jayson Shaw | Wu Jiaqing | |
Dang Jinhu | |||||
2019[8] | Wu Jiaqing (2) | 11–10 | Anton Raga | Shane Van Boening | |
Eklent Kaçi | |||||
2023[9] | Joshua Filler (2) | 11 - 5 | Anton Raga | Wu Kun Lin | |
Wojciech Szewczyk | |||||
2024 | Joshua Filler (3) | 11 - 6 | Hayato Hijikata | Naoyoki Oi | |
Konrad Juszczyszyn |
Top Performers
[edit]Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
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Joshua Filler | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Wu Jiaqing | China | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Chang Yu-lung | Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||
Ko Pin-yi | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Lee Van Corteza | Philippines | ||||
Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | ||||
Albin Ouschan | Austria | 1 | |||
Chris Melling | United Kingdom | ||||
Dennis Orcollo | Philippines |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women
[edit]Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
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2009[10] | Shanghai | Tsai Pei-chun | 9-5 | Karen Corr | Kelly Fisher |
Fu Xiaofang | |||||
2010[11] | Chen Siming | 9-7 | Allison Fisher | Karen Corr | |
Lin Yuan-chun | |||||
2011[5] | Fu Xiaofang | 9–3 | Chen Siming | Lim Yun-mi | |
Jasmin Ouschan | |||||
2012[6] | Kelly Fisher | 9–2 | Zhou Doudou | Fu Xiaofang | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2013[7] | Liu Shasha | 9–8 | Chen Siming | Allison Fisher | |
Kelly Fisher | |||||
2014 | Han Yu | 9–5 | Kim Ga-young | Liu Shasha | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2015 | Kim Ga-young | 9–6 | Fu Xiaofang | Han Yu | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2016 | Han Yu (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Wang Xiaotong | |
Xue Chen | |||||
2017 | Chen Siming (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Chezka Centeno | |
Fu Xiaofang | |||||
2018[2] | Fu Xiaofang (2) | 9–1 | Kelly Fisher | Kim Ga-young | |
Liu Shasha | |||||
2019[8] | Chen Siming (3) | 9–3 | Rubilen Amit | Liu Shasha | |
Han Yu | |||||
2023[9] | Han Yu (3) | 9–7 | Liu Shasha | Chia Hua Chen | |
Pia Filler | |||||
2024 | Han Yu (4) | 9–8 | Wang Xiaotong | Rubilen Amit | |
Chou Chieh-Yu |
Top Performers
[edit]Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Han Yu | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
Chen Siming | China | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Fu Xiaofang | China | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Liu Shasha | China | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Kelly Fisher | United Kingdom | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Kim Ga-young | South Korea | 3 | |||
Tsai Pei-chun | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2018 China Open Men Results" (PDF; 29,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ a b "2018 China Open Women Results" (PDF; 23,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "China Open 2009 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "China Open 2010 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ a b "China Open 2011". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ a b "World 9-Ball China Open 2012". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ a b "World 9-Ball China Open 2013". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ a b "2019 China Open Results". sh147.cc. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ a b "2023 China Open Results". azbilliards.com. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "China Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "China Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
External links
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