List of U.S. Open pool championships explained

U.S. Open pool championships and U.S. Open pocket billiards championships are generic terms that may refer to various professional pool tournaments, not all of them affiliated with each other. "U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the events. Though "U.S. Open Pool Championship" as a stand-in for an official event name most commonly refers to the nine-ball event, it may, depending upon context, refer to any of six different annual tournaments, some of comparatively recent inception.

U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship

This long-running nine-ball tournament began at Q-Master Billiards in Norfolk, Virginia in 1976. It remains one of the most prestigious titles in pool. Since 2018, the tournament has been organised by Matchroom Pool[1]

See main article: U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship.

U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship

This the oldest U.S. Open pool championship.

See main article: U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship.

U.S. Open One-pocket Championship

See also: One pocket.

Year Winner Runner-up
1994 Billy Incardona
1995 Cliff Joyner
1996 Jose Parica
1997 Jayme Goodwin
1998 Jeff Carter
1999 Cliff Joyner (2) Larry Nevel
2000 Larry Nevel
2004 Cliff Joyner (3) Shannon Daulton
2005 Gabe Owen
2006 Shawn Putnam
2007 Gabe Owen
2011 Efren Reyes (2) Chris Gentile
2012 Darren Appleton
2013 Corey Deuel
2014 Dennis Orcollo (2) Shane Van Boening
2016 Corey Deuel
2018 Shane Van Boening (2) Ronnie Alcano
2019 Shane Van Boening
2021 Dennis Orcollo
2022 Tony Chohan (2) Josh Roberts
2023 Billy Thorpe
2024 Shane Van Boening (3) Roland Garcia

U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship

See also: Ten-ball.

Year Winner Runner-up
2007 Louis Ulrich
2010 Lo Li-Wen
2011 David Alcaide
2012 Francisco Bustamante
2013 Dennis Orcollo
2014 Ko Ping-chung
2015 Justin Hall
2016 Shane Van Boening (2) Rodney Morris
2017 Shane Van Boening (3) Warren Kiamco
2018 Shane Van Boening (4) Alex Pagulayan
2019 Dennis Orcollo
2022 Lee Vann Corteza
2023 Fedor Gorst (2) Roland Garcia
2024 Shane Van Boening (5) Vitaliy Patsura

U.S. Open Eight-ball Championship

See also: Eight-ball.

Year Winner Runner-up
2013 Carlo Biado
2014 Shane Van Boening
2015 Mike Dechaine
2016 Shane Van Boening (2) Rory Hendrickson
2017 Shane Van Boening
2018 Shane Van Boening (3) Alex Pagulayan
2019 Chang Jung-lin
2022 Roland Garcia
2023 Mario He
2024 Wiktor Zieliński Francisco Sanchez Ruiz

U.S. Open Bank Pool Championship

See also: Bank pool.

Year Winner Runner-up
2004 Marco Marquez
2005 Shannon Daulton (2) Brandon Shuff
2006 Gerald Reichle
2007 John Brumback (2) Jason Miller
2018 Neil Jacobs
2019 Shane Van Boening (2) Billy Thorpe
2021 Dennis Orcollo
2022 Carlo Biado
2023 Billy Thorpe
2024 Shane Van Boening (3) Lee Vann Corteza

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History . . USOpen9BallChampionships.com . 2009 . . .