Ruslan Chinakhov

Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov (Russian: Руслан Юрьевич Чинахов; born 25 January 1992) is a Russian professional primarily nine-ball pool player. Ruslan was the world nine-ball Juniors champion in 2009.[1] Chinakhov has won several events, including the Euro Tour Dutch Open 2017, defeating Christoph Reintjes in the final.[2]

Ruslan Chinakhov
Born (1992-01-25) 25 January 1992
Moscow, Russia
Sport country Russia
Nickname"The Kid", "The Siberian Express"
Pool gamesNine-ball
Tournament wins
Minor2017 Dutch Open

Career

Ruslan entered his first tournament in 2005, at the age of 13, at the Russian pool championships.[3] The following year, he won the 2006 Kremlin Cup 9-Ball event.[4] Chinakhov reached his first semi-finals of a Euro Tour event the following year in 2007, doing so at the Netherlands Open 2007, losing to Imran Majid 10–7.[4][5]

Chinakhov's career took off in 2009, at the age of 17, he won his first world championship, winning the junior 2009 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, winning 11–7 in the final.[6] The following year, Chinakhov made the semi-finals of the 2010 WPA World Eight-ball Championship defeating number one seed Mika Immonen, Yukio Akakariyama and Jeffrey de Luna before a loss to Karl Boyes.[7]

Chinakhov's most successful season came in 2017, when he won the European Pool Championships, and his first Euro Tour event at the 2017 Dutch Open.[8][9] [10]

In 2019, Chinakhov would reach the final of the 2019 Leende Open, and play Joshua Filler.[11] Despite having a two rack advantage at 6–4, Chinakhov would later lose 9–7.[12]

Personal life

Chinakhov has also competed at snooker at various levels, and was a wildcard player at the World Series of Snooker in Moscow. Despite losing in the first round to world champion Mark Selby, he won a frame, losing 4–1.[13]

Titles & achievements

References
  1. "World Juniors 9-Ball Championship 2009 :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. "Chinakhov wins his first Euro-Tour". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. "Players: Ruslan Chinakhov :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 2018-08-30. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. "Players invited to register for the Kremlin Cup 10-Ball Open!" (PDF). poolbilliard.cz. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "Netherlands Open 2007 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  6. "World Juniors 9-Ball Championship 2009 - match results :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 9 January 2019. 7
  7. "Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  8. "Chinakhov wins his first Euro-Tour – European Pocket Billiard Federation". europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  9. Rosmulder, Jan (13 August 2017). "Chinakhov wint Eurotour 9-ball poolbiljart". ed.nl. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  10. "Chinakhov's great season continues - Matchroom Pool". Matchroom Pool. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  11. ""Killer"-Filler wins the Dynamic Billiard Leende Open 2019 - News - AZBilliards.com". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  12. "Ruslan Chinakhov vs Joshua Filler Scoresheet". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  13. "2008 World Series of Snooker – Event 4 Moscow". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
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