China 9-Ball Open

The China 9-Ball Open 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 transisitions 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.

History

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
Ronato 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 Cheng Yu-hsuan Ko Pin-yi
Wu Kun-lin
2017 Joshua Filler 11–6 Chang Jung-Lin Thorsten Hohmann
Cheng Yu-hsuan
2018[1] Ko Pin-yi 11–9 Jayson Shaw Wu Jia-qing
Dang Jinhu
2019[8] Wu Jiaqing (2) 11–10 Anthony Raga Shane Van Boening
Eklent Kaçi
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19

Women
Year Location Winner Score Finalist Semi-finalists
2009[9] Shanghai Tsai Pei-chun Karen Corr Kelly Fisher
Fu Xiaofang
2010[10] Chen Siming 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 Yu Han 9–5 Kim Ga-young Liu Shasha
Chen Siming
2015 Kim Ga-young 9–6 Fu Xiaofang Yu Han
Chen Siming
2016 Yu Han (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
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Cancelled due to COVID-19

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. "China Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
  10. "China Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
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