China 9-Ball Open

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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

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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

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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

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Year Location Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists
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

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Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals Semi-final
or better
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

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Year Location Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists
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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "2018 China Open Men Results" (PDF; 29,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  2. ^ a b "2018 China Open Women Results" (PDF; 23,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. ^ "China Open 2009 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  4. ^ "China Open 2010 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  5. ^ a b "China Open 2011". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  6. ^ a b "World 9-Ball China Open 2012". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  7. ^ a b "World 9-Ball China Open 2013". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  8. ^ a b "2019 China Open Results". sh147.cc. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  9. ^ a b "2023 China Open Results". azbilliards.com. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  10. ^ "China Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  11. ^ "China Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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