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

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

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.

History

Men
Year Location Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists
2009[3] China Shanghai Germany Thorsten Hohmann 11–5 Netherlands Niels Feijen Japan Yukio Akakariyama
Chinese Taipei Lu Hui-chan
2010[4] Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-lung 11–7 Philippines Antonio Lining Philippines Lee Van Corteza
China Liu Haitao
2011[5] United Kingdom Chris Melling 11–3 Chinese Taipei Hsu Kai-lun Netherlands Niels Feijen
Philippines Ronnie Alcano
2012[6] Philippines Dennis Orcollo 11–9 Chinese Taipei Lu Hui-chan Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-lung
Japan Yukio Akakariyama
2013[7] Philippines Lee Van Corteza 11–6 Chinese Taipei Fu Che-wei Kuwait Omar Al-Shaheen
China Wu Jiaqing
2014 Chinese Taipei Chang Yu-lung (2) 11–5 Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin
Philippines Carlo Biado
2015 Austria Albin Ouschan 11–8 Canada John Morra China Chu Bingjie
Netherlands Nick van den Berg
2016 China Wu Jiaqing 11–4 Chinese Taipei Kevin Cheng Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi
Chinese Taipei Wu Kun-lin
2017 Germany Joshua Filler 11–6 Chinese Taipei Chang Jung-Lin Germany Thorsten Hohmann
Chinese Taipei Kevin Cheng
2018[1] Chinese Taipei Ko Pin-yi 11–9 Scotland Jayson Shaw China Wu Jiaqing
China Dang Jinhu
2019[8] China Wu Jiaqing (2) 11–10 Philippines Anton Raga United States Shane Van Boening
Albania Eklent Kaçi

Women
Year Location Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists
2009[9] China Shanghai Chinese Taipei Tsai Pei-chun 9-5 Republic of Ireland Karen Corr United Kingdom Kelly Fisher
China Fu Xiaofang
2010[10] China Chen Siming 9-7 United Kingdom Allison Fisher Republic of Ireland Karen Corr
Chinese Taipei Lin Yuan-chun
2011[5] China Fu Xiaofang 9–3 China Chen Siming Chinese Taipei Lim Yun-mi
Austria Jasmin Ouschan
2012[6] United Kingdom Kelly Fisher 9–2 China Zhou Doudou China Fu Xiaofang
China Chen Siming
2013[7] China Liu Shasha 9–8 China Chen Siming United Kingdom Allison Fisher
United Kingdom Kelly Fisher
2014 China Yu Han 9–5 South Korea Kim Ga-young China Liu Shasha
China Chen Siming
2015 South Korea Kim Ga-young 9–6 China Fu Xiaofang China Yu Han
China Chen Siming
2016 China Yu Han (2) 9–8 China Liu Shasha China Wang Xiaotong
China Xue Chen
2017 China Chen Siming (2) 9–8 China Liu Shasha Philippines Chezka Centeno
China Fu Xiaofang
2018[2] China Fu Xiaofang (2) 9–1 United Kingdom Kelly Fisher South Korea Kim Ga-young
China Liu Shasha
2019[8] China Chen Siming (3) 9–3 Philippines Rubilen Amit China Liu Shasha
China Han Yu

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