China 9-Ball Open Explained

The China Open 9-Ball Championship is a professional nine-ball pool tournament held annually since 2009. The event is held in Shanghai, China.

Format

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.

Prize money

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.

History

Men

YearLocationWinnerScoreFinalistSemi-finalists
2009[1] Shanghai Thorsten Hohmann11–5 Niels Feijen Yukio Akakariyama
Lu Hui-chan
2010[2] Chang Yu-lung11–7 Antonio Lining Lee Van Corteza
Liu Haitao
2011[3] Chris Melling11–3 Hsu Kai-lun Niels Feijen
Ronnie Alcano
2012[4] Dennis Orcollo11–9 Lu Hui-chan Chang Yu-lung
Yukio Akakariyama
2013[5] Lee Van Corteza11–6 Fu Che-wei Omar Al-Shaheen
Wu Jiaqing
201411–5 Jeffrey Ignacio Chang Jung-Lin
Carlo Biado
2015 Albin Ouschan11–8 John Morra Chu Bingjie
Nick van den Berg
2016 Wu Jiaqing11–4 Kevin Cheng Ko Pin-yi
Wu Kun-lin
2017 Joshua Filler11–6 Chang Jung-Lin Thorsten Hohmann
Kevin Cheng
2018 Ko Pin-yi11–9 Jayson Shaw Wu Jiaqing
Dang Jinhu
201911–10 Anton Raga Shane Van Boening
Eklent Kaçi
2023 Joshua Filler (2)11 - 5 Anton Raga Wu Kun Lin
Wojciech Szewczyk

Women

YearLocationWinnerScoreFinalistSemi-finalists
2009[6] Shanghai Tsai Pei-chun9-5 Karen Corr Kelly Fisher
Fu Xiaofang
2010[7] Chen Siming9-7 Allison Fisher Karen Corr
Lin Yuan-chun
2011[8] Fu Xiaofang9–3 Chen Siming Lim Yun-mi
Jasmin Ouschan
2012[9] Kelly Fisher9–2 Zhou Doudou Fu Xiaofang
Chen Siming
2013[10] Liu Shasha9–8 Chen Siming Allison Fisher
Kelly Fisher
2014 Yu Han9–5 Kim Ga-young Liu Shasha
Chen Siming
2015 Kim Ga-young9–6 Fu Xiaofang Yu Han
Chen Siming
20169–8 Liu Shasha Wang Xiaotong
Xue Chen
20179–8 Liu Shasha Chezka Centeno
Fu Xiaofang
20189–1 Kelly Fisher Kim Ga-young
Liu Shasha
20199–3 Rubilen Amit Liu Shasha
Han Yu
20239–7 Liu Shasha Chia Hua Chen
Pia Filler

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China Open 2009 Men’s Division. azbilliards.com. 2016-08-21.
  2. Web site: China Open 2010 Men’s Division. azbilliards.com. 2016-08-21.
  3. Web site: China Open 2011. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.
  4. Web site: World 9-Ball China Open 2012. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.
  5. Web site: World 9-Ball China Open 2013. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.
  6. Web site: China Open 2009 Women’s Division. azbilliards.com. 2016-08-21.
  7. Web site: China Open 2010 Women’s Division. azbilliards.com. 2016-08-21.
  8. Web site: China Open 2011. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.
  9. Web site: World 9-Ball China Open 2012. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.
  10. Web site: World 9-Ball China Open 2013. sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. 2016-08-21.