The China Open 9-Ball Championship is a professional nine-ball pool tournament held annually since 2009. The event is held in Shanghai, China.
Events in the China Open are played firstly in a double-elimination tournament, with a race to nine . As soon as only 32 players are left in the tournament the event transitions into a single-elimination tournament and race to 11 racks. In the women's events, the racks are shortened to races to seven and nine respectively.
The winner of the men's tournament receives $40,000, with the total prize money distributed at the men's tournament was different for the individual tournaments. $134,000 was awarded in 2010, $195,200 in 2014. The winner of the women's tournament receives since 2011 $30,000 US dollars, previously it was initially $25,000, then $26,000. Overall, the women's 2014 prize money of $138,000 US dollars was distributed, in 2009, however, only $75,000.
Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
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2009[1] | Shanghai | Thorsten Hohmann | 11–5 | Niels Feijen | Yukio Akakariyama |
Lu Hui-chan | |||||
2010[2] | Chang Yu-lung | 11–7 | Antonio Lining | Lee Van Corteza | |
Liu Haitao | |||||
2011[3] | Chris Melling | 11–3 | Hsu Kai-lun | Niels Feijen | |
Ronnie Alcano | |||||
2012[4] | Dennis Orcollo | 11–9 | Lu Hui-chan | Chang Yu-lung | |
Yukio Akakariyama | |||||
2013[5] | Lee Van Corteza | 11–6 | Fu Che-wei | Omar Al-Shaheen | |
Wu Jiaqing | |||||
2014 | 11–5 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Chang Jung-Lin | ||
Carlo Biado | |||||
2015 | Albin Ouschan | 11–8 | John Morra | Chu Bingjie | |
Nick van den Berg | |||||
2016 | Wu Jiaqing | 11–4 | Kevin Cheng | Ko Pin-yi | |
Wu Kun-lin | |||||
2017 | Joshua Filler | 11–6 | Chang Jung-Lin | Thorsten Hohmann | |
Kevin Cheng | |||||
2018 | Ko Pin-yi | 11–9 | Jayson Shaw | Wu Jiaqing | |
Dang Jinhu | |||||
2019 | 11–10 | Anton Raga | Shane Van Boening | ||
Eklent Kaçi | |||||
2023 | Joshua Filler (2) | 11 - 5 | Anton Raga | Wu Kun Lin | |
Wojciech Szewczyk |
Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
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2009[6] | Shanghai | Tsai Pei-chun | 9-5 | Karen Corr | Kelly Fisher |
Fu Xiaofang | |||||
2010[7] | Chen Siming | 9-7 | Allison Fisher | Karen Corr | |
Lin Yuan-chun | |||||
2011[8] | Fu Xiaofang | 9–3 | Chen Siming | Lim Yun-mi | |
Jasmin Ouschan | |||||
2012[9] | Kelly Fisher | 9–2 | Zhou Doudou | Fu Xiaofang | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2013[10] | Liu Shasha | 9–8 | Chen Siming | Allison Fisher | |
Kelly Fisher | |||||
2014 | Yu Han | 9–5 | Kim Ga-young | Liu Shasha | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2015 | Kim Ga-young | 9–6 | Fu Xiaofang | Yu Han | |
Chen Siming | |||||
2016 | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Wang Xiaotong | ||
Xue Chen | |||||
2017 | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Chezka Centeno | ||
Fu Xiaofang | |||||
2018 | 9–1 | Kelly Fisher | Kim Ga-young | ||
Liu Shasha | |||||
2019 | 9–3 | Rubilen Amit | Liu Shasha | ||
Han Yu | |||||
2023 | 9–7 | Liu Shasha | Chia Hua Chen | ||
Pia Filler |