2019 Women's World Nine-ball Championship explained

2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Format:Double elimination / Single elimination
Previous:2018
Score:9–7
Organisation:World Pool-Billiard Association
Participants:64
Sport:Nine-ball
Enddate:19 2019
Startdate:December 16
Winners Share:$44,000
Total Prize Fund:$175,000
Country:China
City:Sanya
Next:2020

The 2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament that took place at Jinghai International Holiday Hotel & Resort in Sanya, China from 16 to 19 December 2019.[1]

Kelly Fisher won the title with a 9–7 victory over Jasmin Ouschan in the final, remaining undefeated in seven matches during the tournament. It was Fisher's second Women's World Nine-ball Championship win, following her first in 2012.[2]

Format

The 64 players who had been qualified for the Women's World Nine-Ball Championship were divided in 8 groups (each group had 8 players). In the group stage, the double elimination was played and all matches were race to 7. From each group four players qualified for the final round (Last 32).

Prize fund

The prize money for the event is shown below.[3]

Prize money!Position!Prize
First place (Champion)$44,000
Second place (Runner-up)$22,000
Third place (Semi-finalist)$11,000
Fifth place (Quarter-finalist)$6,000
Ninth place (loser in last 16)$3,000
Seventeenth place (loser in last 32)$1,500
Thirty third place (loser in last 64)$800
Total$175,000

Knockout draw

The results for the knockout stage (Last 16) is shown below.[4]

Final

The final was played between two European players - Kelly Fisher (England) and Jasmin Ouschan (Austria). Alternate break format was played. Both player have only two break-and-run, Kelly Fisher in the racks no. 6 and 10, Jasmin Ouschan in the racks no. 13 and 15.

Player! rowspan="2"
LagRack No.Score
12345678910111213141516
Kelly Fisher9
Jasmin OuschanX7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-12-12. 2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship. 2021-03-14. WPA Pool. en-US.
  2. . Fedor Gorst and Kelly Fisher win WPA world 9-ball titles . . Halesowen . February 2020 . 30.
  3. Web site: 8994 – 2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship. 2021-03-15. AzBilliards.
  4. Web site: 2019 World Women 9-Ball Championship. 2021-03-14. Billiard Walker. en.