China Open (pool)

The China Open (officially: China World 9-Ball Open) is a professional pool event held annually since 2009. The event is held in Shanghai in the People's Republic of China.

Format

Events in the China open are played as firstly in a Double elimination system, 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 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 11–10 Anthony Raga Shane Van Boening
Eklent Kaçi

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 9–8 Liu Shasha Wang Xiaotong
Xue Chen
2017 Chen Siming 9–8 Liu Shasha Chezka Centeno
Fu Xiaofang
2018[2] Fu Xiaofang 9–1 Kelly Fisher Kim Ga-young
Liu Shasha
2019[8] Chen Siming 9–3 Rubilen Amit Liu Shasha
Han Yu

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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