China 9-Ball Open
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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 racks. 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.[citation needed]
Results
Men
Top performers
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Filler | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wu Jia-qing | China | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chang Yu-lung | Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||
| Ko Pin-yi | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lee Vann Corteza | Philippines | ||||
| Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | ||||
| Albin Ouschan | Austria | 1 | |||
| Chris Melling | United Kingdom | ||||
| Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | ||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk | Poland |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women
Top performers
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Han Yu | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Chen Siming | China | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Fu Xiaofang | China | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Liu Shasha | China | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Kelly Fisher | United Kingdom | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kim Ga-young | South Korea | 3 | |||
| Tsai Pei-chun | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chihiro Kawahara | Japan |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
External links
- at azbilliards.com