2015 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship

The 2015 US Open 9-Ball Championship 2015 was the 40th U.S. Open 9-ball Championship event in the discipline of 9-Ball. The event was played between 25–30 October 2015 in the Marriott Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Kevin Cheng won the event, winning the final 13–6 against Englishman Karl Boyes and became the third Asian player after Efren Reyes (1994) and Alex Pagulayan (2005) to win the US Open.[1][2]

2015 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–30 October 2016
VenueMarriott Chesapeake
CityChesapeake, Virginia
CountryUnited States
Organisation(s)World Pool-Billiard Association
FormatDouble elimination
Final
ChampionChinese Taipei Kevin Cheng
Runner-upEngland Karl Boyes
Score13-6

The previous year's winner Shane van Boening finished in 25th place.

Tournament format edit

The tournament was played as a Double-elimination tournament. The event was played as winner break, and as a race to 11 for the double elimination event, and race to 13 for the final.

Ranking edit

The following were the 32 best placed players.[3]

Place Player
1   Kevin Cheng
2   Karl Boyes
3   Liu Haitao
4   Ralf Souquet
5   Jayson Shaw
  Hsu Kai-lun
7   Dennis Orcollo
  Ruslan Chinachov
9   Corey Deuel
  Justin Bergman
  Jundel Mazon
  Oliver Ortmann
13   Mike Dechaine
  Jeffrey Ignacio
  Carlo Biado
  Rodney Morris
Place Player
17   Francisco Felicilda
  Darren Appleton
  Warren Kiamco
  Mika Immonen
  Denis Grabe
  Albin Ouschan
  Dang Jinhu
  Li Hewen
25   Daryl Peach
  Roberto Gomez
  Skyler Woodward
  Thorsten Hohmann
  Shane Van Boening
  Nick van den Berg
  Jason Klatt
  Marco Teutscher

References edit

  1. ^ "Yu-Hsuan Cheng becomes first Chinese Taipei US Open Winner". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ^ "US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Tournament Brackets". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ^ "US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Results". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

External links edit