2019 Women's World Nine-ball Championship

The 2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament that took place at Jinghai International Holiday Hotel & Resort in Sanya, China from 16 to 19 December 2019.[1]

2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament information
DatesDecember 16–19 2019
CitySanya
CountryChina
Organisation(s)World Pool-Billiard Association
FormatDouble elimination / Single elimination
DisciplineNine-ball
Total prize fund$175,000
Winner's share$44,000
Final
Champion Kelly Fisher (ENG)
Runner-up Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
Score9–7
2018
2020

Kelly Fisher won the title with a 9–7 victory over Jasmin Ouschan in the final, remaining undefeated in seven matches during the tournament. It was Fisher's second Women's World Nine-ball Championship win, following her first in 2012.[2]

Format edit

The 64 players who had been qualified for the Women's World Nine-Ball Championship were divided in 8 groups (each group had 8 players). In the group stage, the double elimination was played and all matches were race to 7. From each group four players qualified for the final round (Last 32).[citation needed]

Prize fund edit

The prize money for the event is shown below.[3]

Prize money
Position Prize
First place (Champion) $44,000
Second place (Runner-up) $22,000
Third place (Semi-finalist) $11,000
Fifth place (Quarter-finalist) $6,000
Ninth place (loser in last 16) $3,000
Seventeenth place (loser in last 32) $1,500
Thirty third place (loser in last 64) $800
Total $175,000

Knockout draw edit

The results for the knockout stage (Last 16) is shown below.[4]

Last 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
  Rubilen Amit 9
  Wang Wan-Lin 8
  Rubilen Amit 9
  Bai Ge 5
  Bai Ge 9
  Marharyta Fefilava 8
  Rubilen Amit 2
  Jasmin Ouschan 9
  Wei Tsu-Chian 4
  Fu Xiaofang 9
  Fu Xiaofang 7
  Jasmin Ouschan 9
  Jasmin Ouschan 9
  Zhang Muyan 7
  Jasmin Ouschan 7
  Kelly Fisher 9
  Kelly Fisher 9
  Park Eun Ji 0
  Kelly Fisher 9
  Liu ShaSha 5
  Liu ShaSha 9
  Huang Qingning 3
  Kelly Fisher 9
  Zhou Doudou 5
  Chen Ho-yun 4
  Han Yu 9
  Han Yu 5
  Zhou Doudou 9
  Zhou Doudou 9
  Chen Siming 8

Final edit

The final was played between two European players - Kelly Fisher (England) and Jasmin Ouschan (Austria). Alternate break format was played.[5] Both player have only two break-and-run, Kelly Fisher in the racks no. 6 and 10, Jasmin Ouschan in the racks no. 13 and 15.

Player Lag Rack No. Score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
  Kelly Fisher                   9
  Jasmin Ouschan X               7

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship". WPA Pool. 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  2. ^ "Fedor Gorst and Kelly Fisher win WPA world 9-ball titles". Snooker Scene. Halesowen. February 2020. p. 30.
  3. ^ "8994 – 2019 Women's World 9-Ball Championship". AzBilliards. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ^ "2019 World Women 9-Ball Championship". Billiard Walker. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
  5. ^ Final Match Women's World 9-Ball 2019 - Kelly Fisher vs Jasmin Ouschan, retrieved 2021-04-02