2019 Women's World Nine-ball Championship

2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship

Tournament information
Dates	December 16–19 2019
City	Sanya
Country	China
Organisation	World Pool-Billiard Association
Format	Double elimination / Single elimination
Discipline	Nine-ball
Total prize fund	$175,000
Winner's share	$44,000
Final
Champion	Kelly Fisher  (ENG)
Runner-up	Jasmin Ouschan  (AUT)
Score	9–7
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The 2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament that took place at Jinghai International Holiday Hotel & Resort in Sanya, China from 16 to 19 December 2019. ^[1]

Kelly Fisher won the title with a 9–7 victory over Jasmin Ouschan in the final, remaining undefeated in seven matches during the tournament. It was Fisher's second Women's World Nine-ball Championship win, following her first in 2012. ^[2]

Format

The 64 players who had been qualified for the Women's World Nine-Ball Championship were divided in 8 groups (each group had 8 players). In the group stage, the double elimination was played and all matches were race to 7. From each group four players qualified for the final round (Last 32).^{[ citation needed ]}

Prize fund

The prize money for the event is shown below. ^[3]

Prize money

Position	Prize
First place (Champion)	$44,000
Second place (Runner-up)	$22,000
Third place (Semi-finalist)	$11,000
Fifth place (Quarter-finalist)	$6,000
Ninth place (loser in last 16)	$3,000
Seventeenth place (loser in last 32)	$1,500
Thirty third place (loser in last 64)	$800
Total	$175,000

Knockout draw

The results for the knockout stage (Last 16) is shown below. ^[4]

	Last 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Rubilen Amit		9
	Wang Wan-Lin		8
						Rubilen Amit		9
						Bai Ge		5
	Bai Ge		9
	Marharyta Fefilava		8
											Rubilen Amit		2
											Jasmin Ouschan		9
	Wei Tsu-Chian		4
	Fu Xiaofang		9
						Fu Xiaofang		7
						Jasmin Ouschan		9
	Jasmin Ouschan		9
	Zhang Muyan		7
																Jasmin Ouschan		7
																Kelly Fisher		9
	Kelly Fisher		9
	Park Eun Ji		0
						Kelly Fisher		9
						Liu ShaSha		5
	Liu ShaSha		9
	Huang Qingning		3
											Kelly Fisher		9
											Zhou Doudou		5
	Chen Ho-yun		4
	Han Yu		9
						Han Yu		5
						Zhou Doudou		9
	Zhou Doudou		9
	Chen Siming		8

Final

The final was played between two European players - Kelly Fisher (England) and Jasmin Ouschan (Austria). Alternate break format was played. ^[5] Both player have only two break-and-run, Kelly Fisher in the racks no. 6 and 10, Jasmin Ouschan in the racks no. 13 and 15.

Player	Lag	Rack No.																Score
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Kelly Fisher																		9
Jasmin Ouschan	X																	7

References

1. "2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship". WPA Pool. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
2. "Fedor Gorst and Kelly Fisher win WPA world 9-ball titles". Snooker Scene . Halesowen. February 2020. p. 30.
3. "8994 – 2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship". AzBilliards. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
4. "2019 World Women 9-Ball Championship". Billiard Walker. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
5. Final Match Women's World 9-Ball 2019 - Kelly Fisher vs Jasmin Ouschan , retrieved 2021-04-02