The China Open 9-Ball Championship is a professional nine-ball pool tournament held annually since 2009. The event is held in Shanghai, China.
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]
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 ]
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| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
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| 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 | ||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk |  Poland |
| 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 | |||||
| 2025 |  Chihiro Kawahara | 9–7 | LiU Shasha | Fu Xiaofang | |
| Jasmin Ouschan |
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
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| 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 |
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