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China 9-Ball Open

{{short description|Professional pool event, founded 2009}}

{{For|other tournaments|China Open (disambiguation){{!}}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 {{cuegloss|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. In the women's events, the racks are shortened to races to seven and nine respectively.

= 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|date=August 2019}}

Lee Van Corteza

Men

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Location

! style="width:15em" |Winner

!Score

! style="width:15em" |Finalist

! style="width:15em" |Semi-finalists

rowspan="2" |2009{{cite web|title=China Open 2009 Men’s Division|periodical=azbilliards.com|publisher=|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/123-china-world-9-ball-open/2781-china-open-2009-mens-division/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="30" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Shanghai

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|DEU|#}} Thorsten Hohmann

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|NLD|#}} Niels Feijen

|{{flagicon|JPN|#}} Yukio Akakariyama

{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Lu Hui-chan
rowspan="2" |2010{{cite web|title=China Open 2010 Men’s Division|periodical=azbilliards.com|publisher=|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/123-china-world-9-ball-open/3458-china-open-2010-mens-division/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chang Yu-lung

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–7

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Antonio Lining

|{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Lee Van Corteza

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Haitao
rowspan="2" |2011{{cite web|title=China Open 2011|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=http://www.sixpockets.de/2011/06/china-open-2011/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Chris Melling

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–3

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Hsu Kai-lun

|{{flagicon|NLD|#}} Niels Feijen

{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Ronnie Alcano
rowspan="2" |2012{{cite web|title=World 9-Ball China Open 2012|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=http://www.sixpockets.de/2012/09/world-9-ball-china-open-2012/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Dennis Orcollo

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–9

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Lu Hui-chan

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chang Yu-lung

{{flagicon|JPN|#}} Yukio Akakariyama
rowspan="2" |2013{{cite web|title=World 9-Ball China Open 2013|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=https://www.sixpockets.de/2013/05/world-9-ball-china-open-2013/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Lee Van Corteza

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–6

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Fu Che-wei

|{{flagicon|KWT|#}} Omar Al-Shaheen

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wu Jiaqing
rowspan="2" |2014

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chang Yu-lung {{small|(2)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Jeffrey Ignacio

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chang Jung-Lin

{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Carlo Biado
rowspan="2" |2015

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|AUT|#}} Albin Ouschan

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CAN|#}} John Morra

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chu Bingjie

{{flagicon|NLD|#}} Nick van den Berg
rowspan="2" |2016

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wu Jiaqing

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–4

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Kevin Cheng

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Ko Pin-yi

{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Wu Kun-lin
rowspan="2" |2017

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|DEU|#}} Joshua Filler

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–6

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chang Jung-Lin

|{{flagicon|DEU|#}} Thorsten Hohmann

{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Kevin Cheng
rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Ko Pin-yi

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–9

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|SCO|#}} Jayson Shaw

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wu Jiaqing

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Dang Jinhu
rowspan="2" |2019

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wu Jiaqing {{small|(2)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11–10

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHI|#}} Anton Raga

|{{flagicon|USA|#}} Shane Van Boening

{{flagicon|ALB|#}} Eklent Kaçi
rowspan="2" |2023

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|DEU|#}} Joshua Filler (2)

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11 - 5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHI|#}} Anton Raga

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Wu Kun Lin

{{flagicon|POL}} Wojciech Szewczyk
rowspan="2" |2024

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|DEU|#}} Joshua Filler (3)

| rowspan="2" align="center" |11 - 6

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|JPN|#}} Hayato Hijikata

|{{flagicon|JPN|#}} Naoyoki Oi

{{flagicon|POL}} Konrad Juszczyszyn

Top Performers

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
Name

! Nationality

! Winner

! Runner-up

! Finals

! {{nobreak|Semi-final}}
or better

align="left" | Joshua Filler

|align="left"|{{GER}}

|3

|rowspan="9" |0

|3

|3

align="left" | Wu Jiaqing

|align="left"|{{CHN}}

|rowspan="2" |2

|rowspan="2" |2

|4

align="left" | Chang Yu-lung

|align="left"|{{TPE}}

|3

align="left" | Ko Pin-yi

|align="left"|{{TPE}}

|rowspan="6" |1

|rowspan="6" |1

|rowspan="3" |2

align="left" | Lee Van Corteza

|align="left"|{{PHL}}

align="left" | Thorsten Hohmann

|align="left"|{{GER}}

align="left" | Albin Ouschan

|align="left"|{{AUT}}

|rowspan="3" |1

align="left" | Chris Melling

|align="left"|{{GBR}}

align="left" | Dennis Orcollo

|align="left"|{{PHL}}

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

Women

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Location

! style="width:15em" |Winner

!Score

! style="width:15em" |Finalist

! style="width:15em" |Semi-finalists

rowspan="2" |2009{{cite web|title=China Open 2009 Women’s Division|periodical=azbilliards.com|publisher=|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/123-china-world-9-ball-open/2782-china-open-2009-womens-division/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="30" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Shanghai

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Tsai Pei-chun

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9-5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|IRL|#}} Karen Corr

|{{flagicon|GBR#}} Kelly Fisher

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang
rowspan="2" |2010{{cite web|title=China Open 2010 Women’s Division|periodical=azbilliards.com|publisher=|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/123-china-world-9-ball-open/3459-china-open-2010-womens-division/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9-7

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Allison Fisher

|{{flagicon|IRL|#}} Karen Corr

{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Lin Yuan-chun
rowspan="2" |2011{{cite web|title=China Open 2011|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=http://www.sixpockets.de/2011/06/china-open-2011/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–3

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Lim Yun-mi

{{flagicon|AUT|#}} Jasmin Ouschan
rowspan="2" |2012{{cite web|title=World 9-Ball China Open 2012|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=http://www.sixpockets.de/2012/09/world-9-ball-china-open-2012/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Kelly Fisher

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–2

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Zhou Doudou

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming
rowspan="2" |2013{{cite web|title=World 9-Ball China Open 2013|periodical=sixpockets.de|publisher=Florian Scholl|url=https://www.sixpockets.de/2013/05/world-9-ball-china-open-2013/|format=|accessdate=2016-08-21|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming

|{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Allison Fisher

{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Kelly Fisher
rowspan="2" |2014

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–5

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|KOR|#}} Kim Ga-young

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming
rowspan="2" |2015

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|KOR|#}} Kim Ga-young

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–6

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming
rowspan="2" |2016

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu {{small|(2)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wang Xiaotong

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Xue Chen
rowspan="2" |2017

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming {{small|(2)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

|{{flagicon|PHL|#}} Chezka Centeno

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang
rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Fu Xiaofang {{small|(2)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–1

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|GBR|#}} Kelly Fisher

|{{flagicon|KOR|#}} Kim Ga-young

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha
rowspan="2" |2019

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Chen Siming {{small|(3)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–3

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|PHI|#}} Rubilen Amit

|{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu
rowspan="2" |2023

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu {{small|(3)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–7

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Liu Shasha

|{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chia Hua Chen

{{flagicon|GER|#}} Pia Filler
rowspan="2" |2024

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Han Yu {{small|(4)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center" |9–8

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|CHN|#}} Wang Xiaotong

|{{flagicon|PHI|#}} Rubilen Amit

{{flagicon|TPE|#}} Chou Chieh-Yu

Top Performers

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
Name

! Nationality

! Winner

! Runner-up

! Finals

! {{nobreak|Semi-final}}
or better

align="left" | Han Yu

|align="left"|{{CHN}}

|4

|0

|4

|6

align="left" | Chen Siming

|align="left"|{{CHN}}

|3

|2

|5

|8

align="left" | Fu Xiaofang

|align="left"|{{CHN}}

|2

|1

|3

|6

align="left" | Liu Shasha

|align="left"|{{CHN}}

|rowspan="4" |1

|3

|4

|7

align="left" | Kelly Fisher

|align="left"|{{GBR}}

|rowspan="2" |1

|rowspan="2" |2

|4

align="left" | Kim Ga-young

|align="left"|{{KOR}}

|3

align="left" | Tsai Pei-chun

|align="left"|{{TPE}}

|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

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{{cite web|title=2018 China Open Men Results|periodical=wpapool.com|publisher=World Pool-Billiard Association|url=https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-China-Open-men-results.pdf|format=PDF; 29,7 KB|accessdate=2018-10-16|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}

{{cite web|title=2018 China Open Women Results|periodical=wpapool.com|publisher=World Pool-Billiard Association|url=https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-China-Open-women-results.pdf|format=PDF; 23,7 KB|accessdate=2018-10-16|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}

{{cite web|title=2019 China Open Results|periodical=sh147.cc|publisher=9-ball China Open|url=http://www.sh147.cc/tz2019/mindex.htm|accessdate=2019-09-08|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}

{{cite web|title=2023 China Open Results|periodical=azbilliards.com|publisher=9-ball China Open|url=https://www.azbilliards.com/tournament/223929-2023-china-open-ladies-division/|accessdate=2024-03-28|archiveurl=|last=|date=|year=|language=en|pages=|quote=}}

}}

External links

{{AZB|https://www.azbilliards.com/tours_and_events/123-china-world-9-ball-open/}}

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