Francisco Sánchez Ruíz

Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player and the reigning World champion in both eight-ball and nine-ball.

Francisco Sánchez Ruíz
Born (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991
Murcia, Spain
Sport country Spain
Pool games9-Ball, 8-Ball
Tournament wins
MajorU.S. Open (2022)
World Champion8-Ball (2022), 9-Ball (2023)

Career

Sánchez won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final.[1]

In 2016, Sánchez won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3.[2][3] He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura.[4][5]

Sánchez was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He.[6]

In 2022 Sánchez won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13-10. He then won his first world title at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship over Wiktor Zieliński in the same year.

Sánchez won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship in 2023.

Titles and achievements

References
  1. "Billiard Education Foundation - Page not found (404)". billiardeducation.org. Retrieved 24 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. "9-Ball Titles for Khodjaeva, Larsson and Sanchez-Ruiz". azbilliards.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. "Filler Through to Semifinal". azbilliards.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. "European Championships 2016 – Men, Women & WheelChair". sixpockets.de. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. "Matches - Draw and Results". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  6. "Mario He Takes the Title on Home Turf". azbilliards.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  7. "World Cup of Pool".


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