# 2019 in cue sports

The year of 2019 included professional tournaments surrounding table-top cue sports. These events include snooker, pool disciplines and billiards. Whilst these are traditionally singles sports, some matches and tournaments are held as doubles, or team events. The snooker season runs between May and April, whilst the pool and billiards seasons run in the calendar year.
Four men's adult world championships were held in 2019, with Judd Trump winning the World Snooker Championship, Ko Ping-chung winning the WPA World Ten-ball Championship, nine-ball by Fedor Gorst and the World Billiards Championship by Peter Gilchrist respectively. Women's world championships featured a World Snooker Championship won by Reanne Evans and the World Billiards Championship won by Anna Lynch. The events in this list are professional, pro–am, or notable amateur cue sports tournaments from the year of 2019.

## Pool

The cue sport pool encapsulates several disciplines, such as straight pool and nine-ball. Ko Ping-chung won the WPA World Ten-ball Championship, whilst the World Cup of Pool was won by Austria. In events where there was more than one competition, (m) refers to men, (f) to women, and (w) to a wheelchair competition.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 19–22 January | World Pool Series (Grand Final) | USA (Astoria) | Joshua Filler defeated Ralf Souquet, 17–11 | |
| 11–12 March | World Team Trophy | France (Roissy) | Winners: Europe (Frédéric Caudron, Joshua Filler, Kyren Wilson) (m) Asia (Sruong Pheavy, Kim Ga-young, Amee Kamani) (f) | |
| 29–31 March | World Pool Masters | Gibraltar | David Alcaide defeated Alexander Kazakis, 9–8 | |
| 16–19 April | WPA Players Championship | USA (Las Vegas) | Cheng Yu-hsuan defeated Carlo Biado 12–11 | |
| 27 April–7 May | European Pool Championship | Italy (Treviso) | Straight pool – Karol Skowerski (m) / Kristina Tkach (w) Eight-ball – Eklent Kaçi (m) / Kristina Tkach (f) / Jouni Tähti (w) Nine-ball – Fedor Gorst (m) / Jasmin Ouschan (f) / Jouni Tähti (w) Ten-ball – Mieszko Fortuński (m) / Christine Feldmann (f) / Henrik Larsson (w) Team event – Spain (m) / Portugal (f) | [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] |
| 25–30 June | World Cup of Pool | England (Leicester) | Austria defeated Philippines 11–3 | |
| 22–26 July | WPA World Ten-ball Championship | USA (Las Vegas) | Ko Ping-chung defeated Joshua Filler 10–7 | |
| 17–21 September | Kremlin World Cup | Russia (Moscow) | Tyler Styler defeated David Alcaide 8–7 | |
| 25–28 November | Mosconi Cup | USA (Las Vegas) | Team USA defeated Team Europe 11–8 | |
| 3–12 December | WPA World Nine-ball Championship | Qatar (Doha) | Fedor Gorst defeated Chang Jung-lin 13–11 | |

### Euro Tour

The Euro Tour is a professional nine-ball series run across Europe by the European Pocket Billiard Federation. The season featured six events, with five women's tournaments.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 7–10 February | Leende Open | Netherlands (Leende) | Joshua Filler defeated Ruslan Chinakhov, 9–7 |
| 9–11 May | Treviso Open | Italy (Treviso) | Konrad Juszczyszyn defeated Ivar Saris 9–6 (m) Kristina Tkach defeated Marharyta Fjafilawa 7–1 (f) |
| 13–16 June | Sankt Johann Im Pongau Open | Austria (St Johann im Pongau) | Eklent Kaçi defeated Joshua Filler 9–6 (m) Jasmin Ouschan defeated Marharyta Fjafilawa 7–1 (f) |
| 1–4 August | Veldhoven Open | Netherlands (Veldhoven) | Mario He defeated Denis Grabe 9–2 (m) Jasmin Ouschan defeated Melanie Suessenguth 7–4 (f) |
| 10–13 October | Klagenfurt Open | Austria (Klagenfurt) | Alexander Kazakis defeated Marc Bijsterbosch 9–8 (m) Oliwia Czuprynska defeated Marharyta Fjafilawa 7–5 (f) |
| 7–10 November | Antalya Open | Turkey (Antalya) | Denis Grabe defeated Eklent Kaçi 9–2 (m) Oliwia Zalewska defeated Tina Vogelmann 7–6 (f) |

### Women's pool

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 24–28 June | WEPF World Eightball Championship | UK (Blackpool) | Amy Beauchamp defeated Sharon James 8–5 | |
| 15–19 December | WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship | China (Sanya) | Kelly Fisher defeated Jasmin Ouschan | |

### Southeast Asian Games

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 3–10 December | Nine-ball singles | Philippines (Manila) | Phone Myint Kyaw defeated Đỗ Thế Kiên 9–4 (m) Rubilen Amit defeated Chezka Centeno 7–3 (f) |
| 3–10 December | Nine-ball doubles | Philippines (Manila) | Phone Myint Kyaw and Aung Moe Thu defeated Toh Lian Han and Aloysius Yapp 9–4 (m) Rubilen Amit and Chezka Centeno defeated Fathrah Masum and Nony Andilah 7–0 (f) |
| 3–10 December | Ten-ball singles | Philippines (Manila) | Dennis Orcollo defeated Đỗ Thế Kiên 9–8 (m) Chezka Centeno defeated Rubilen Amit 7–3 (f) |

## English billiards

The 2018–2019 English billiards season started at the end of August 2018. David Causier won the World Matchplay Championship, defeating Peter Gilchrist in the final 8–7. The 2019–2020 season started in September 2019, with Peter Gilchrist and Anna Lynch winning the World Billiards Championship titles in October 2019.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 22–26 April | World Matchplay Billiards Championship | England (Leeds) | David Causier defeated Peter Gilchrist, 8–7 |
| 20–22 May | European Open | Ireland (Carlow) | David Causier defeated Martin Goodwill, 1217–606. |
| 27–31 May | Pan-Am Cup | Canada (Winnipeg) | Peter Gilchrist defeated Dhruv Sitwala, 1500–507 |
| 11–14 June | Pacific International | Australia (Melbourne) | Peter Gilchrist defeated Sourav Kothari, 1500–706 |
| 18 July | Hi-End Open Billiards | Thailand (Bangkok) | Peter Gilchrist defeated Matthew Bolton, 1148–436 |
| 8–12 Oct 2019 | World Billiards Championship | England (Leeds) | Peter Gilchrist defeated Sourav Kothari, 1307–967 (m) Anna Lynch defeated Judy Dangerfield, 244–204 (f) |

### Southeast Asian Games

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 3–10 December | English billiards | Philippines (Manila) | Peter Gilchrist defeated Nay Thway Oo 3–0 | |
| 3–10 December | One-Cushion | Philippines (Manila) | Ngô Đình Nại defeated Phạm Cảnh Phúc 100–92 | |

## Snooker

The World Snooker season begins in July, and ends in May. Judd Trump won his first World Snooker Championship, defeating four-time champion John Higgins in the final. Reanne Evans won the women's world championship, defeating Nutcharut Wongharuthai in the final 6–3.

### World ranking events

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 30 January – 3 February | German Masters | Germany (Berlin) | Kyren Wilson defeated David Gilbert, 9–7 |
| 4–10 February | World Grand Prix | England (Cheltenham) | Judd Trump defeated Ali Carter, 10–6. |
| 11–17 February | Welsh Open | Wales (Cardiff) | Neil Robertson defeated Stuart Bingham, 9–7 |
| 21–24 February | Snooker Shoot Out | England (Watford) | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Michael Holt, 1–0 |
| 27 February – 3 March | Indian Open | India (Kochi) | Matthew Selt defeated Lyu Haotian, 5–3 |
| 6–10 March | Players Championship | England (Preston) | Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson, 10–4 |
| 15–17 March | Gibraltar Open | Gibraltar | Stuart Bingham defeated Ryan Day, 4–1 |
| 19–24 March | Tour Championship | Wales (Llandudno) | Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson, 13–11 |
| 1–7 April | China Open | China (Beijing) | Neil Robertson defeated Jack Lisowski, 11–4 |
| 20 April – 6 May | World Snooker Championship | England (Sheffield) | Judd Trump defeated John Higgins, 18–9 |
| 26–28 July | Riga Masters | Latvia (Riga) | Yan Bingtao defeated Mark Joyce, 5–2 |
| 4–11 August | International Championship | China (Daqing) | Judd Trump defeated Shaun Murphy, 10–3 |
| 23–29 September | China Championship | China (Guangzhou) | Shaun Murphy defeated Mark Williams, 10–9 |
| 14–20 October | English Open | England (Crawley) | Mark Selby defeated David Gilbert, 9–1 |
| 28 October – 3 November | World Open | China (Yushan) | Judd Trump defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, 10–5 |
| 11–17 November | Northern Ireland Open | Northern Ireland (Belfast) | Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan, 9–7 |
| 26 November – 8 December | UK Championship | England (York) | Ding Junhui defeated Stephen Maguire, 10–6 |
| 9–15 December | Scottish Open | Scotland (Glasgow) | Mark Selby defeated Jack Lisowski, 9–6 |

#### Challenge Tour

The Challenge Tour was a secondary non-professional snooker tour with events for invited players.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 26–27 January | Challenge Tour 9 | England (Sheffield) | Adam Duffy defeated Matthew Glasby, 3–1 |
| 6–7 March | Challenge Tour 10 | England (Gloucester) | George Pragnall defeated Callum Lloyd, 3–2 |
| 31 August – 1 September | Challenge Tour 1 | Germany (Nuremberg) | Cheung Ka Wai defeated Oliver Brown, 3–1 |
| 21–22 September | Challenge Tour 2 | Belgium (Bruges) | Ashley Hugill defeated Aaron Hill, 3–1 |
| 5–6 October | Challenge Tour 3 | England (Leeds) | Andrew Pagett defeated Robbie McGuigan, 3–0 |
| 19–20 October | Challenge Tour 4 | Belgium (Bruges) | Ashley Hugill defeated Aaron Hill, 3–1 |

#### Non-ranking events

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 13–20 January | The Masters | England (London) | Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan, 10–4 |
| 1 January – 14 March | Championship League | England (Coventry and Barnsley) | Martin Gould defeated Jack Lisowski, 3–1 |
| 24–25 August | Paul Hunter Classic | Germany (Fürth) | Barry Hawkins defeated Kyren Wilson, 4–3 |
| 9–15 September | Shanghai Masters | China (Shanghai) | Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Shaun Murphy, 11–9 |
| 22–26 October | Haining Open | China (Haining) | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Li Hang, 5–3 |
| 4–10 November | Champion of Champions | England (Coventry) | Neil Robertson defeated Judd Trump, 10–9 |

##### Pro–am events

Two events in 2019 were denoted as pro–am, with the events open to specific professional and local amateur players.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 9–13 May | Vienna Snooker Open | Austria (Vienna) | Mark Joyce defeated Mark King, 5–4 | |
| 20–23 July | Pink Ribbon | England (Gloucester) | Stuart Bingham defeated Mark Allen, 4–3 | |

#### Team event

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 24–30 June | World Cup | China (Wuxi) | Scotland defeated China, 4–0 | |

#### Variant events

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result | Refs. |
| 2–7 September | Six-red World Championship | Thailand (Bangkok) | Stephen Maguire defeated John Higgins, 8–6 | |

### World Seniors Tour

The World Seniors Tour is an amateur series open to players aged 40 and over. There were four events in the 2019 World Seniors Tour.
| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 4–6 January | Seniors Irish Masters | Ireland (Kill) | Jimmy White defeated Rodney Goggins, 4–1 |
| 3 March | Seniors 6-Red World Championship | Northern Ireland (Belfast) | Jimmy White defeated Aaron Canavan, 4–2 |
| 11 April | Seniors Masters | England (Sheffield) | Joe Johnson defeated Barry Pinches, 2–1 |
| 24-25 October | UK Seniors Championship | England (Hull) | Michael Judge defeated Jimmy White, 4–2 |

### Women's snooker

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 1–3 February | Belgian Women's Open | Belgium (Bruges) | Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 4–1 |
| 12–15 April | Festival of Women's Snooker | England (Leeds) | World Six-red Championship: Reanne Evans defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 4–1 World Ten-red Championship: Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 4–3 World Under-21 Championship: Ploychompoo Laokiatphong defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 3–1 World Seniors Championship: Jenny Poulter defeated Jan Hughes, 2–0 |
| 20–23 June | World Women's Snooker Championship | Thailand (Bangkok) | Reanne Evans defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 6–3 |
| 17 August | Women's Tour Championship | England (Sheffield) | Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 1–0 |
| 15–17 September | UK Women's Championship | England (Leeds) | Reanne Evans defeated Maria Catalano, 4–2 |
| 15–21 September | IBSF Six-red Championship | Myanmar (Mandalay) | Nutcharut Wongharuthai defeated Amee Kamani, 4–2 |
| 17–20 October | Australian Women's Snooker Open | Australia (Sydney) | Nutcharut Wongharuthai defeated Ng On-yee, 4–2 |
| 29 October – 9 November | IBSF World Snooker Championship | Turkey (Antalya) | Ng On-yee defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 5–2 |
| 23–24 November | Eden Women's Masters | England (Gloucester) | Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 4–2 |

### Amateur snooker championships

| Date(s) | Tournament | Location | Result |
| 6–15 January | Qatar Six-red World Cup | Qatar (Doha) | Amir Sarkhosh defeated Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, 7–6 |
| 16–19 January | Nordic Snooker Championship | Sweden (Stockholm) | Daniel Kandi defeated Patrik Tiihonen, 5–4 |
| 30 January – 3 February | Pan American Snooker Championship | USA (Houston) | Igor Figueiredo defeated Renat Denkha, 6–1 |
| 17 February – 2 March | EBSA European Individual Snooker Championships | Israel (Eilat) | U18: Aaron Hill defeated Dylan Emery, 4–3. U21: Jackson Page defeated Ross Bulman, 5–1. Senior: Kacper Filipiak defeated David Lilley, 5–4 |
| 14–17 March | Oceania Snooker Championship | Australia (Mount Pritchard) | Steve Mifsud defeated Kurt Dunham, 6–4 |
| 29 May – 9 June | European Snooker Championships | Serbia (Belgrade) | Open: Kristján Helgason defeated Francisco Sánchez Ruíz, 4–1. Ladies: Diana Stateczny defeated Anastasia Nechaeva, 4–2 6red: Alex Callaewert defeated Paweł Rogoza, 5–4 Masters: Darren Morgan defeated Alan Trigg, 4–2 Team: Wales 1 defeated England 1, 4–2. |
| 17–21 June | Asian Snooker Championship | India (Bengaluru) | Pankaj Advani defeated Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon, 6–3 |
| 20–24 August | 2019 African Games | Morocco (Casablanca) | Men: Amine Amiri defeated Abdulraham Haridi, 4–3. Ladies: Yousra Matine defeated Ganton Askiri Mixed Doubles: Yassine Bellamine and Hakima Kissai defeated Amine Amiri and Yousra Matine |
| 29 October – 9 November | IBSF World Snooker Championship | Turkey (Antalya) | Muhammad Asif defeated Jefrey Roda, 8–5 |
| 3–10 December | Southeast Asian Games singles | Philippines (Manila) | Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn defeated Moh Keen Hoo 4–2 |
| 3–10 December | Southeast Asian Games doubles | Philippines (Manila) | Moh Keen Hoo and Kok Leong Lim defeated Alvin Barbero and Jefrey Roda 3–1 |