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World Straight Pool Championship

{{Short description|Annual pool competition in the United States}}

The World Straight Pool Championship is a top-level competition for straight pool, also known as "14.1 continuous".

History

In 1910, Jerome Keough invented straight pool as a way to increase the challenge over previous continuous games.{{cite web |url= https://www.theworldtournament.com/hall-of-fame |title=The World Tournament – Hall of Fame |work=TheWorldTournament.com |publisher=Dragon Promotions}} Soon after the new rules were adopted for world championship play. The championship was the most prestigious pool tournament until the late 20th century, when the game of Nine-ball surpassed straight pool as the most prominent game for professional players. Other straight pool tournaments which are still held annually such as the American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship and the European Pool Championship 14.1, have gained prominence in recent years.{{when|date=October 2024}}

The event was revived in 2006, in part to restore straight pool's popularity in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3053 |title=The World Straight Pool Championship |work=AZ Billiards |date=September 29, 2005 |access-date=August 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202856/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3053 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |url-status=dead }} The World Straight Pool Championship was sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/world_champions |title=Players: World Champions |author= |work=WPA-Pool.com |publisher=World Pool-Billiard Association |location=Sydney, Australia |date=November 2011 |access-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120215042523/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/world_champions |archive-date=February 15, 2012}} The tournament continued unsanctioned from 2011 to 2019.

Ralph Greenleaf and Willie Mosconi are the most successful players having both won the tournament on 19 occasions. The oldest player to win the tournament is Irving Crane at 59 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest player to win the tournament is Ralph Greenleaf at 20 years old at the time of his first victory.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Format

In the most recent format of the tournament, all 64 players are divided into 8 groups where they play in round-robin format. Each {{Cuegloss|Match|match}} in this round is a {{Cuegloss|Race|race}} to 100 points. The leading 4 players in each group proceed to the next round.{{cite web |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=5629 |title=2008 Predator World 14.1 Championship Group Pairings |work=AZ Billiards |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=August 25, 2008}}

The games of the last-32 round are played in double-elimination format until 16 players remain. Matches are extended to races to 150 points.

The games in the last-16 round are played in single-elimination format, and matches are extended, to races to 200 points. The finals match is further extended to a race to 300 points (with a half-hour break occurring when a player reaches 150).{{Cite web |url= http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/11/17/billiards-corteza-becomes-1st-asian-to-win-world-141-straight-pool-title |title=Billiards: Corteza becomes 1st Asian to win World 14.1 Straight Pool title |date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2017 |work=ABS-CBN News}}

Winners

{{anchor|Early tournaments|reason=Original heading name.}}

;Sanctioned World Championship events

{{Colour key|#F5F5F5|No sanctioning body (1912 to 1920)}}

{{Colour key|#CCCCCC|NBAA – National Billiard Association of America (1921 to 1940)}}

{{Colour key|#FFCCCC|BAA – Billiard Association of America (1941 to 1947)}}

{{Colour key|#E0FFFF|BCA – Billiard Congress of America (1948 to 1974)}}

{{Colour key|#BDB76b|BRPAA – Billiard Room Proprietors Association of America (1963 to 1969)}}

{{Colour key|#FFEBCD|PPPA – Professional Pool Players Association (1976 to 1986)}}

{{Colour key|#DCDCDC|PBA – Professional Billiards Association (1988 to 1990)}}

{{Colour key|#D8BFD8|WPA – World Pool-Billiards Association (2006 to 2010)}}

=World Straight Pool Championship=

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YearWinnerRunner-up
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| 1912

{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Ralph{{flagicon|USA}} James Maturo
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1912

{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Ralph{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1912

{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Ralph
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1912

{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Sherman
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1913

{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro{{flagicon|USA}} James Maturo
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1913

{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Hueston
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1913

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo De Oro
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1913

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Weston
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1914

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|USA}} James Maturo
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1914

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Ralph
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1914

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Pratt
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1914

{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen{{flagicon|USA}} James Maturo
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1916

{{flagicon|USA}} Emmett Blankenship{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Layton
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1916

{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Layton{{flagicon|USA}} Emmett Blankenship
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1916

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Layton
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1916

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1916

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Edward Ralph
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} James Maturo
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Louis Kreuter
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Stoutenberg
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Concannon
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1917

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Louis Kreuter
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1918

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#F5F5F5

| 1919

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 1920

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Woods
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1921

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Woods
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1922

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Hueston
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1922

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Walter Franklin
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1922

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1922

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Church
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1923

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Hueston
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1924

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Bennie Allen
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1926

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1927

{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1927

{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph{{flagicon|USA}} Harry Oswald
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1927

{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Hueston{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1927

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Hueston
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1927

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Pasquale Natalie
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1928

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Woods
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1928

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Jean
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1928

{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Taberski{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1929

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1930

{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1931

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} George Kelly
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1932

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1933

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1933

{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1934

{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1935

{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1936

{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1937

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1937

{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1938

{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#CCCCCC;

| 1940

{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1941

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1941

{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1942

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Erwin Rudolph
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1942

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1943

{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1943

{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1944

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1945

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Ralph Greenleaf
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1946

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1946

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1946

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1947

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#FFCCCC;

| 1947

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1948

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Ponzi
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1949

{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1950

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1951

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1952

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1953

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Procita
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1954

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Joseph Procita
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1955

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1955

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1956

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Caras
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1956

{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1963

{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Moore
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1964

{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Cranfield
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1964

{{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Cranfield{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1965

{{flagicon|USA}} Cisero Murphy{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1965

{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Balsis{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Moore
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1966

{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter{{flagicon|USA}} Cisero Murphy
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1966

{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Balsis{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Mosconi
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1966

{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter{{flagicon|USA}} Cisero Murphy
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1967

{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Breit
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1968

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Luther Lassiter
style="background:#BDB76b;

| 1969

{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Kelly{{flagicon|USA}} Cisero Murphy
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1970

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Mizerak
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1971

{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Martin{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Balsis
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1972

{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane{{flagicon|USA}} Lou Butera
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1973

{{flagicon|USA}} Lou Butera{{flagicon|USA}} Irving Crane
style="background:#E0FFFF;

| 1974

{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Martin{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Hopkins
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1976

{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Lisciotti{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Mizerak
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1977

{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Hopkins{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Margo
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1978

{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Martin{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Hopkins
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1979

{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sigel{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Balsis
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1980

{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Varner{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sigel
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1981

{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sigel{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Varner
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1982

{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Mizerak{{flagicon|USA}} Danny DiLiberto
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1983

{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Mizerak{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Fusco
style="background:#FFEBCD;

| 1986

{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Varner{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Hopkins
style="background:#DCDCDC;

| 1988

{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sigel{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Hopkins
style="background:#DCDCDC;

| 1990

{{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Hunter{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Martin
colspan=3 style="text-align: center; background-color: grey" | Not held from 1991 to 2005
style="background:#D8BFD8;

| 2006

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann{{flagicon|GER}} Thomas Engert
style="background:#D8BFD8;

| 2007

{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Ortmann{{flagicon|NED}} Huidji See
style="background:#D8BFD8;

| 2008

{{flagicon|NED}} Niels Feijen{{flagicon|PHI}} Francisco Bustamante
style="background:#D8BFD8;

| 2010

{{flagicon|GER}} Oliver Ortmann{{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen

{{cite web |url=https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=477240 |title=2018 78th World 14.1 - News |website=Forums.AZBilliards.com|date=5 July 2018 }}

Top performers

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

! Name

! Nationality

! Winner

rowspan="2" |1

|align="left" | Ralph Greenleaf

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|rowspan="2" |19

align="left" | Willie Mosconi

|align="left"|{{USA}}

2

|align="left" | Frank Taberski

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|14

3

|align="left" | Luther Lassiter

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|7

rowspan="2" |4

|align="left" | Irving Crane

|align="left"| {{USA}}

|rowspan="2" |6

align="left" | Bennie Allen

|align="left"|{{USA}}

rowspan="2" |5

|align="left" | Erwin Rudolph

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|rowspan="2" |5

align="left" | Jimmy Caras

|align="left"|{{USA}}

rowspan="2" |6

|align="left" | Andrew Ponzi

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|rowspan="2" |4

align="left" | Alfredo de Oro

|align="left"|{{CUB}}

rowspan="3" |7

|align="left" | Mike Sigel

|align="left"| {{USA}}

|rowspan="3" |3

align="left" | Ray Martin

|align="left"| {{USA}}

align="left" | Joe Balsis

|align="left"|{{USA}}

rowspan="5" |8

|align="left" | Edward Ralph

|align="left"|{{USA}}

|rowspan="5" |2

align="left" | Nick Varner

|align="left"| {{USA}}

align="left" | Oliver Ortmann

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

align="left" | Steve Mizerak

|align="left"| {{USA}}

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

Dragon 14.1 Tournament

In 2009, Dragon Promotions created the Dragon 14.1 Tournament, later known as the World 14.1 Tournament.

{{Colour key|#F5F5F5|No sanctioning body (2009 to 2019)}}

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YearWinnerRunner-up
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2009

{{flagicon|FRA}} Stephan Cohen{{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2011

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Davis
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2012

{{flagicon|USA}} John Schmidt{{flagicon|PHI}} Efren Reyes
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2013

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Appleton
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2014

{{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Appleton{{flagicon|USA}} Shane Van Boening
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2015

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Appleton
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2016

{{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Immonen{{flagicon|USA}} Earl Strickland
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2017

{{flagicon|PHI}} Lee Vann Corteza{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2018

{{flagicon|GER}} Thorsten Hohmann (4){{flagicon|USA}} Tony Robles
style="background:#F5F5F5;

| 2019

{{flagicon|USA}} Shane Van Boening{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Deuel

{{cite web |url=https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=477240 |title=2018 78th World 14.1 - News |website=Forums.AZBilliards.com|date=5 July 2018 }}

See also

  • {{portal-inline|Cue sports}}

Notes

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References

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