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)TournamentLocationResult –22 January World Pool Series (Grand Final) USA (Astoria) Joshua Filler defeated Ralf Souquet, 17–11 –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) –31 March World Pool Masters Gibraltar David Alcaide defeated Alexander Kazakis, 9–8 –19 April WPA Players Championship USA (Las Vegas) Cheng Yu-hsuan defeated Carlo Biado 12–11 –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) –30 June World Cup of Pool England (Leicester) Austria defeated Philippines 11–3 –26 July WPA World Ten-ball Championship USA (Las Vegas) Ko Ping-chung defeated Joshua Filler 10–7 –21 September Kremlin World Cup Russia (Moscow) Tyler Styler defeated David Alcaide 8–7 –28 November Mosconi Cup USA (Las Vegas) Team USA defeated Team Europe 11–8 –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)TournamentLocationResult –10 February Leende Open Netherlands (Leende) Joshua Filler defeated Ruslan Chinakhov, 9–7 –11 May Treviso Open Italy (Treviso) Konrad Juszczyszyn defeated Ivar Saris 9–6 (m)Kristina Tkach defeated Marharyta Fjafilawa 7–1 (f) –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) –4 August Veldhoven Open Netherlands (Veldhoven) Mario He defeated Denis Grabe 9–2 (m) Jasmin Ouschan defeated Melanie Suessenguth 7–4 (f) –13 October Klagenfurt Open Austria (Klagenfurt) Alexander Kazakis defeated Marc Bijsterbosch 9–8 (m) Oliwia Czuprynska defeated Marharyta Fjafilawa 7–5 (f) –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)TournamentLocationResult –28 June WEPF World Eightball Championship UK (Blackpool) Amy Beauchamp defeated Sharon James 8–5 –19 December WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship China (Sanya) Kelly Fisher defeated Jasmin Ouschan
Southeast Asian Games Date(s)TournamentLocationResult –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) –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) –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)TournamentLocationResult–26 April World Matchplay Billiards Championship England (Leeds) David Causier defeated Peter Gilchrist, 8–7 –22 May European Open Ireland (Carlow) David Causier defeated Martin Goodwill, 1217–606. –31 May Pan-Am Cup Canada (Winnipeg) Peter Gilchrist defeated Dhruv Sitwala, 1500–507–14 June Pacific International Australia (Melbourne) Peter Gilchrist defeated Sourav Kothari, 1500–706 Hi-End Open Billiards Thailand (Bangkok) Peter Gilchrist defeated Matthew Bolton, 1148–436–12 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)TournamentLocationResult –10 December English billiards Philippines (Manila) Peter Gilchrist defeated Nay Thway Oo 3–0 –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)TournamentLocationResult – 3 February German Masters Germany (Berlin) Kyren Wilson defeated David Gilbert, 9–7–10 February World Grand Prix England (Cheltenham) Judd Trump defeated Ali Carter, 10–6.–17 February Welsh Open Wales (Cardiff) Neil Robertson defeated Stuart Bingham, 9–7–24 February Snooker Shoot Out England (Watford) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Michael Holt, 1–0 – 3 March Indian Open India (Kochi) Matthew Selt defeated Lyu Haotian, 5–3–10 March Players Championship England (Preston) Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson, 10–4 –17 March Gibraltar Open Gibraltar Stuart Bingham defeated Ryan Day, 4–1 –24 March Tour Championship Wales (Llandudno) Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Neil Robertson, 13–11–7 April China Open China (Beijing) Neil Robertson defeated Jack Lisowski, 11–4 – 6 May World Snooker Championship England (Sheffield) Judd Trump defeated John Higgins, 18–9–28 July Riga Masters Latvia (Riga) Yan Bingtao defeated Mark Joyce, 5–2–11 August International Championship China (Daqing) Judd Trump defeated Shaun Murphy, 10–3–29 September China Championship China (Guangzhou) Shaun Murphy defeated Mark Williams, 10–9–20 October English Open England (Crawley) Mark Selby defeated David Gilbert, 9–1 – 3 November World Open China (Yushan) Judd Trump defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, 10–5 –17 November Northern Ireland Open Northern Ireland (Belfast) Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan, 9–7 – 8 December UK Championship England (York) Ding Junhui defeated Stephen Maguire, 10–6–15 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)TournamentLocationResult–27 January Challenge Tour 9 England (Sheffield) Adam Duffy defeated Matthew Glasby, 3–1–7 March Challenge Tour 10 England (Gloucester) George Pragnall defeated Callum Lloyd, 3–2 – 1 September Challenge Tour 1 Germany (Nuremberg) Cheung Ka Wai defeated Oliver Brown, 3–1–22 September Challenge Tour 2 Belgium (Bruges) Ashley Hugill defeated Aaron Hill, 3–1 –6 October Challenge Tour 3 England (Leeds) Andrew Pagett defeated Robbie McGuigan, 3–0–20 October Challenge Tour 4 Belgium (Bruges) Ashley Hugill defeated Aaron Hill, 3–1
Non-ranking events Date(s)TournamentLocationResult–20 January The Masters England (London) Judd Trump defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan, 10–4 – 14 March Championship League England (Coventry and Barnsley) Martin Gould defeated Jack Lisowski, 3–1–25 August Paul Hunter Classic Germany (Fürth) Barry Hawkins defeated Kyren Wilson, 4–3–15 September Shanghai Masters China (Shanghai) Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Shaun Murphy, 11–9–26 October Haining Open China (Haining) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh defeated Li Hang, 5–3–10 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)TournamentLocationResult–13 May Vienna Snooker Open Austria (Vienna) Mark Joyce defeated Mark King, 5–4–23 July Pink Ribbon England (Gloucester) Stuart Bingham defeated Mark Allen, 4–3
Team event
Date(s)TournamentLocationResult–30 June World Cup China (Wuxi) Scotland defeated China, 4–0
Variant events Date(s)TournamentLocationResult–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)TournamentLocationResult–6 January Seniors Irish Masters Ireland (Kill) Jimmy White defeated Rodney Goggins, 4–1 Seniors 6-Red World Championship Northern Ireland (Belfast) Jimmy White defeated Aaron Canavan, 4–2 Seniors Masters England (Sheffield) Joe Johnson defeated Barry Pinches, 2–1-25 October UK Seniors Championship England (Hull) Michael Judge defeated Jimmy White, 4–2
Women's snooker Date(s)TournamentLocationResult1–3 February Belgian Women's Open Belgium (Bruges) Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 4–112–15 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, 2–020–23 June World Women's Snooker Championship Thailand (Bangkok) Reanne Evans defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 6–317 August Women's Tour Championship England (Sheffield) Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 1–015–17 September UK Women's Championship England (Leeds) Reanne Evans defeated Maria Catalano, 4–215–21 September IBSF Six-red Championship Myanmar (Mandalay) Nutcharut Wongharuthai defeated Amee Kamani, 4–217–20 October Australian Women's Snooker Open Australia (Sydney) Nutcharut Wongharuthai defeated Ng On-yee, 4–229 October – 9 November IBSF World Snooker Championship Turkey (Antalya) Ng On-yee defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai, 5–223–24 November Eden Women's Masters England (Gloucester) Reanne Evans defeated Ng On-yee, 4–2
Amateur snooker championships