China 9-Ball 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. 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.
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Men

Top Performers

NameNationalityWinnerRunner-upFinals
or better
Joshua Filler3033
Wu Jia-qing2024
Chang Yu-lung2023
Ko Pin-yi1012
Lee Vann Corteza1012
Thorsten Hohmann1012
Albin Ouschan1011
Chris Melling1011
Dennis Orcollo1011
Wojciech Szewczyk1011

Top Performers

NameNationalityWinnerRunner-upFinals
or better
Han Yu4046
Chen Siming3258
Fu Xiaofang2137
Liu Shasha1458
Kelly Fisher1124
Kim Ga-young1123
Tsai Pei-chun1011
Chihiro Kawahara1011

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