2022 Predator World 10-Ball Championship | |
Sport: | Ten-ball |
Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
Startdate: | 28 March |
Enddate: | 1 April |
Format: | Double-elimination / single-elimination |
Organisation: | World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International |
Venue: | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino |
Total Prize Fund: | $226,000 |
Winners Share: | $60,000 |
Score: | 10–8 |
Previous: | 2021 |
The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1.[1] The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.
The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.
Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.[2]
The following results only show the single-elimination stage comprising the final 32 players. All matches at this stage were played as race-to-ten racks. Players in bold represent match winners.Source:[3]