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]
History edit
Men edit
| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[3] |  Shanghai
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 Thorsten Hohmann
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11–5 |  Niels Feijen
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 Yukio Akakariyama
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 Lu Hui-chan
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| 2010[4] | Chang Yu-lung
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11–7 |  Antonio Lining
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Lee Van Corteza
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| Liu Haitao
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| 2011[5] |  Chris Melling
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11–3 | Hsu Kai-lun
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Niels Feijen
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| Ronnie Alcano
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| 2012[6] | Dennis Orcollo
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11–9 | Lu Hui-chan
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Chang Yu-lung
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| Yukio Akakariyama
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| 2013[7] | Lee Van Corteza
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11–6 | Fu Che-wei
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 Omar Al-Shaheen
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| Wu Jiaqing
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| 2014 | Chang Yu-lung (2)
|
11–5 | Jeffrey Ignacio
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Chang Jung-Lin
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| Carlo Biado
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| 2015 |  Albin Ouschan
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11–8 |  John Morra
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Chu Bingjie
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| Nick van den Berg
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| 2016 | Wu Jiaqing
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11–4 | Kevin Cheng
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Ko Pin-yi
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| Wu Kun-lin
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| 2017 | Joshua Filler
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11–6 | Chang Jung-Lin
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Thorsten Hohmann
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| Kevin Cheng
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| 2018[1] | Ko Pin-yi
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11–9 |  Jayson Shaw
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Wu Jiaqing
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| Dang Jinhu
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| 2019[8] | Wu Jiaqing (2)
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11–10 | Anton Raga
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 Shane Van Boening
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 Eklent Kaçi
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| 2023 | Joshua Filler (2)
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11 - 5 | Anton Raga
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Wu Kun Lin
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 Wojciech Szewczyk
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Women edit
| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009[9] | Shanghai
|
Tsai Pei-chun
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9-5 |  Karen Corr
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Kelly Fisher
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| Fu Xiaofang
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| 2010[10] | Chen Siming
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9-7 | Allison Fisher
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Karen Corr
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| Lin Yuan-chun
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| 2011[5] | Fu Xiaofang
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9–3 | Chen Siming
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Lim Yun-mi
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| Jasmin Ouschan
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| 2012[6] | Kelly Fisher
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9–2 | Zhou Doudou
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Fu Xiaofang
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| Chen Siming
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| 2013[7] | Liu Shasha
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9–8 | Chen Siming
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Allison Fisher
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| Kelly Fisher
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| 2014 | Yu Han
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9–5 |  Kim Ga-young
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Liu Shasha
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| Chen Siming
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| 2015 | Kim Ga-young
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9–6 | Fu Xiaofang
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Yu Han
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| Chen Siming
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| 2016 | Yu Han (2)
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9–8 | Liu Shasha
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Wang Xiaotong
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| Xue Chen
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| 2017 | Chen Siming (2)
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9–8 | Liu Shasha
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Chezka Centeno
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| Fu Xiaofang
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| 2018[2] | Fu Xiaofang (2)
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9–1 | Kelly Fisher
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Kim Ga-young
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| Liu Shasha
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| 2019[8] | Chen Siming (3)
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9–3 | Rubilen Amit
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Liu Shasha
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| Han Yu
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| 2023[11] | Han Yu (3)
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9–7 | Liu Shasha
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Chia Hua Chen
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| Pia Filler
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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.
- ^ "China Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "China Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
- ^ "2023 China Open Results". azbilliards.com. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
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