China 9-Ball Open

For other tournaments, see China Open.

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. ^[1] In the women's events, the racks are shortened to races to seven and nine respectively. ^[2]

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 ]}

Lee Van Corteza

Men

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Finalist	Semi-finalists
2009 [3]	Shanghai	Thorsten Hohmann	11–5	Niels Feijen	Yukio Akakariyama
					Lu Hui-chan
2010 [4]		Chang Yu-lung	11–7	Antonio Lining	Lee Van Corteza
					Liu Haitao
2011 [5]		Chris Melling	11–3	Hsu Kai-lun	Niels Feijen
					Ronnie Alcano
2012 [6]		Dennis Orcollo	11–9	Lu Hui-chan	Chang Yu-lung
					Yukio Akakariyama
2013 [7]		Lee Van Corteza	11–6	Fu Che-wei	Omar Al-Shaheen
					Wu Jiaqing
2014		Chang Yu-lung (2)	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 [1]		Ko Pin-yi	11–9	Jayson Shaw	Wu Jiaqing
					Dang Jinhu
2019 [8]		Wu Jiaqing (2)	11–10	Anton Raga	Shane Van Boening
					Eklent Kaçi
2023 [9]		Joshua Filler (2)	11 - 5	Anton Raga	Wu Kun Lin
					Wojciech Szewczyk
2024		Joshua Filler (3)	11 - 6	Hayato Hijikata	Naoyoki Oi
					Konrad Juszczyszyn

Top Performers

Name	Nationality	Winner	Runner-up	Finals	Semi-final or better
Joshua Filler	Germany	3	0	3	3
Wu Jiaqing	China	2		2	4
Chang Yu-lung	Chinese Taipei				3
Ko Pin-yi	Chinese Taipei	1		1	2
Lee Van Corteza	Philippines
Thorsten Hohmann	Germany
Albin Ouschan	Austria				1
Chris Melling	United Kingdom
Dennis Orcollo	Philippines

• Active participants are shown in bold.
• In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

Women

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Finalist	Semi-finalists
2009 [10]	Shanghai	Tsai Pei-chun	9-5	Karen Corr	Kelly Fisher
					Fu Xiaofang
2010 [11]		Chen Siming	9-7	Allison Fisher	Karen Corr
					Lin Yuan-chun
2011 [5]		Fu Xiaofang	9–3	Chen Siming	Lim Yun-mi
					Jasmin Ouschan
2012 [6]		Kelly Fisher	9–2	Zhou Doudou	Fu Xiaofang
					Chen Siming
2013 [7]		Liu Shasha	9–8	Chen Siming	Allison Fisher
					Kelly Fisher
2014		Han Yu	9–5	Kim Ga-young	Liu Shasha
					Chen Siming
2015		Kim Ga-young	9–6	Fu Xiaofang	Han Yu
					Chen Siming
2016		Han Yu (2)	9–8	Liu Shasha	Wang Xiaotong
					Xue Chen
2017		Chen Siming (2)	9–8	Liu Shasha	Chezka Centeno
					Fu Xiaofang
2018 [2]		Fu Xiaofang (2)	9–1	Kelly Fisher	Kim Ga-young
					Liu Shasha
2019 [8]		Chen Siming (3)	9–3	Rubilen Amit	Liu Shasha
					Han Yu
2023 [9]		Han Yu (3)	9–7	Liu Shasha	Chia Hua Chen
					Pia Filler
2024		Han Yu (4)	9–8	Wang Xiaotong	Rubilen Amit
					Chou Chieh-Yu

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	6
Liu Shasha	China	1	3	4	7
Kelly Fisher	United Kingdom		1	2	4
Kim Ga-young	South Korea				3
Tsai Pei-chun	Chinese Taipei		0	1	1

• Active participants are shown in bold.
• In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

References

1. "2018 China Open Men Results" (PDF; 29,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association . Retrieved 2018-10-16.
2. "2018 China Open Women Results" (PDF; 23,7 KB). wpapool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
3. "China Open 2009 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
4. "China Open 2010 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
5. "China Open 2011". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
6. "World 9-Ball China Open 2012". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
7. "World 9-Ball China Open 2013". sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
8. "2019 China Open Results". sh147.cc. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
9. "2023 China Open Results". azbilliards.com. 9-ball China Open. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
10. "China Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
11. "China Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.

External links

• China 9-Ball Open at azbilliards.com