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.^{[citation needed]}

History[]

Men[]

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Finalist	Semi-finalists
2009[3]	Shanghai	Thorsten Hohmann	11–5	Niels Feijen	Yukio Akakariyama
2010[4]		Chang Yu-lung	11–7	Antonio Lining	Lee Van Corteza
					Liu Haitao
2011[5]		Chris Melling	11–3		Niels Feijen
					Ronato Alcano
2012[6]		Dennis Orcollo	11–9		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		Chang Jung-Lin
					Carlo Biado
2015		Albin Ouschan	11–8	John Morra
					Nick van den Berg
2016		Wu Jiaqing	11–4	Cheng Yu-hsuan	Ko Pin-yi
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		Shane Van Boening
					Eklent Kaçi
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19

Women[]

Year	Location	Winner	Score	Finalist	Semi-finalists
2009[9]	Shanghai			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
					Jasmin Ouschan
2012[6]		Kelly Fisher	9–2		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
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19

References[]

External links[]

• China Open at azbilliards.com