# 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 racks. 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.
Lee Van Corteza

## Men

| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
| 2009 | Shanghai | Thorsten Hohmann | 11–5 | Niels Feijen | Yukio Akakariyama |
| 2009 | Shanghai | Thorsten Hohmann | 11–5 | Niels Feijen | Lu Hui-chan |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Chang Yu-lung | 11–7 | Antonio Lining | Lee Van Corteza |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Chang Yu-lung | 11–7 | Antonio Lining | Liu Haitao |
| 2011 | Shanghai | Chris Melling | 11–3 | Hsu Kai-lun | Niels Feijen |
| 2011 | Shanghai | Chris Melling | 11–3 | Hsu Kai-lun | Ronnie Alcano |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Dennis Orcollo | 11–9 | Lu Hui-chan | Chang Yu-lung |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Dennis Orcollo | 11–9 | Lu Hui-chan | Yukio Akakariyama |
| 2013 | Shanghai | Lee Van Corteza | 11–6 | Fu Che-wei | Omar Al-Shaheen |
| 2013 | Shanghai | Lee Van Corteza | 11–6 | Fu Che-wei | Wu Jiaqing |
| 2014 | Shanghai | Chang Yu-lung (2) | 11–5 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Chang Jung-Lin |
| 2014 | Shanghai | Chang Yu-lung (2) | 11–5 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Carlo Biado |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Albin Ouschan | 11–8 | John Morra | Chu Bingjie |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Albin Ouschan | 11–8 | John Morra | Nick van den Berg |
| 2016 | Shanghai | Wu Jiaqing | 11–4 | Kevin Cheng | Ko Pin-yi |
| 2016 | Shanghai | Wu Jiaqing | 11–4 | Kevin Cheng | Wu Kun-lin |
| 2017 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler | 11–6 | Chang Jung-Lin | Thorsten Hohmann |
| 2017 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler | 11–6 | Chang Jung-Lin | Kevin Cheng |
| 2018 | Shanghai | Ko Pin-yi | 11–9 | Jayson Shaw | Wu Jiaqing |
| 2018 | Shanghai | Ko Pin-yi | 11–9 | Jayson Shaw | Dang Jinhu |
| 2019 | Shanghai | Wu Jiaqing (2) | 11–10 | Anton Raga | Shane Van Boening |
| 2019 | Shanghai | Wu Jiaqing (2) | 11–10 | Anton Raga | Eklent Kaçi |
| 2023 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler (2) | 11 - 5 | Anton Raga | Wu Kun Lin |
| 2023 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler (2) | 11 - 5 | Anton Raga | Wojciech Szewczyk |
| 2024 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler (3) | 11 - 6 | Hayato Hijikata | Naoyoki Oi |
| 2024 | Shanghai | Joshua Filler (3) | 11 - 6 | Hayato Hijikata | Konrad Juszczyszyn |

## Top Performers

| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
| Joshua Filler | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wu Jiaqing | China | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Chang Yu-lung | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Ko Pin-yi | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Van Corteza | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Albin Ouschan | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Melling | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Active participants are shown in bold.
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

## Women

| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Finalist | Semi-finalists |
| 2009 | Shanghai | Tsai Pei-chun | 9-5 | Karen Corr | Kelly Fisher |
| 2009 | Shanghai | Tsai Pei-chun | 9-5 | Karen Corr | Fu Xiaofang |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Chen Siming | 9-7 | Allison Fisher | Karen Corr |
| 2010 | Shanghai | Chen Siming | 9-7 | Allison Fisher | Lin Yuan-chun |
| 2011 | Shanghai | Fu Xiaofang | 9–3 | Chen Siming | Lim Yun-mi |
| 2011 | Shanghai | Fu Xiaofang | 9–3 | Chen Siming | Jasmin Ouschan |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Kelly Fisher | 9–2 | Zhou Doudou | Fu Xiaofang |
| 2012 | Shanghai | Kelly Fisher | 9–2 | Zhou Doudou | Chen Siming |
| 2013 | Shanghai | Liu Shasha | 9–8 | Chen Siming | Allison Fisher |
| 2013 | Shanghai | Liu Shasha | 9–8 | Chen Siming | Kelly Fisher |
| 2014 | Shanghai | Han Yu | 9–5 | Kim Ga-young | Liu Shasha |
| 2014 | Shanghai | Han Yu | 9–5 | Kim Ga-young | Chen Siming |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Kim Ga-young | 9–6 | Fu Xiaofang | Han Yu |
| 2015 | Shanghai | Kim Ga-young | 9–6 | Fu Xiaofang | Chen Siming |
| 2016 | Shanghai | Han Yu (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Wang Xiaotong |
| 2016 | Shanghai | Han Yu (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Xue Chen |
| 2017 | Shanghai | Chen Siming (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Chezka Centeno |
| 2017 | Shanghai | Chen Siming (2) | 9–8 | Liu Shasha | Fu Xiaofang |
| 2018 | Shanghai | Fu Xiaofang (2) | 9–1 | Kelly Fisher | Kim Ga-young |
| 2018 | Shanghai | Fu Xiaofang (2) | 9–1 | Kelly Fisher | Liu Shasha |
| 2019 | Shanghai | Chen Siming (3) | 9–3 | Rubilen Amit | Liu Shasha |
| 2019 | Shanghai | Chen Siming (3) | 9–3 | Rubilen Amit | Han Yu |
| 2023 | Shanghai | Han Yu (3) | 9–7 | Liu Shasha | Chia Hua Chen |
| 2023 | Shanghai | Han Yu (3) | 9–7 | Liu Shasha | Pia Filler |
| 2024 | Shanghai | Han Yu (4) | 9–8 | Wang Xiaotong | Rubilen Amit |
| 2024 | Shanghai | Han Yu (4) | 9–8 | Wang Xiaotong | Chou Chieh-Yu |

## Top Performers

| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
| Han Yu | China | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Chen Siming | China | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Fu Xiaofang | China | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Liu Shasha | China | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Kelly Fisher | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Kim Ga-young | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Tsai Pei-chun | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Active participants are shown in bold.
* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.