2015 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship explained

Tournament Name:2015 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship
Startdate:25
Enddate:30 October 2016
Venue:Marriott Chesapeake
Country:United States
Organisation:World Pool-Billiard Association
Format:Double elimination
Winner: Kevin Cheng
Runner Up: Karl Boyes
Score:13-6

The 2015 US Open 9-Ball Championship 2015 was the 40th U.S. Open 9-ball Championship event in the discipline of 9-Ball. The event was played between 25–30 October 2015 in the Marriott Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Kevin Cheng won the event, winning the final 13–6 against Englishman Karl Boyes and became the third Asian player after Efren Reyes (1994) and Alex Pagulayan (2005) to win the US Open.[1] [2]

The previous year's winner Shane van Boening finished in 25th place.

Tournament format

The tournament was played as a Double-elimination tournament. The event was played as winner break, and as a race to 11 for the double elimination event, and race to 13 for the final.

Ranking

The following were the 32 best placed players.[3]

PlacePlayer
1 Kevin Cheng
2 Karl Boyes
3 Liu Haitao
4 Ralf Souquet
5 Jayson Shaw
Hsu Kai-lun
7 Dennis Orcollo
Ruslan Chinachov
9 Corey Deuel
Justin Bergman
Jundel Mazon
Oliver Ortmann
13 Mike Dechaine
Jeffrey Ignacio
Carlo Biado
Rodney Morris
PlacePlayer
17 Francisco Felicilda
Darren Appleton
Warren Kiamco
Mika Immonen
Denis Grabe
Albin Ouschan
Dang Jinhu
Li Hewen
25 Daryl Peach
Roberto Gomez
Skyler Woodward
Thorsten Hohmann
Shane Van Boening
Nick van den Berg
Jason Klatt
Marco Teutscher

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yu-Hsuan Cheng becomes first Chinese Taipei US Open Winner. azbilliards.com. live. 2015-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620082932/http://www.azbilliards.com/news/stories/12345-yu-hsuan-cheng-becomes-first-chinese-taipei-us-open-winner/. 20 June 2019.
  2. Web site: US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Tournament Brackets. azbilliards.com. live. 2015-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620082933/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/6506-us-open-9-ball-championships-2015/brackets/115-main-event/. 20 June 2019.
  3. Web site: US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Results. azbilliards.com. live. 2015-10-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620082933/http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/158-us-open-9-ball-championship/6506-us-open-9-ball-championships-2015/results/. 20 June 2019.