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 . 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.
Results Men YearLocationWinnerScoreFinalistSemi-finalists2009 Shanghai Thorsten Hohmann11–5 Niels Feijen Yukio Akakariyama Lu Hui-chan2010 Chang Yu-lung11–7 Antonio Lining Lee Vann Corteza Liu Haitao2011 Chris Melling11–3 Hsu Kai-lun Niels Feijen Ronato Alcano2012 Dennis Orcollo11–9 Lu Hui-chan Chang Yu-lung Yukio Akakariyama2013 Lee Vann Corteza11–6 Fu Che-wei Omar Al-Shaheen Wu Jia-qing2014 Chang Yu-lung 11–5 Jeffrey Ignacio Chang Jung-lin Carlo Biado2015 Albin Ouschan11–8 John Morra Chu Bingjie Nick van den Berg2016 Wu Jia-qing11–4 Cheng Yu-hsuan Ko Pin-yi Wu Kun-lin2017 Joshua Filler11–6 Chang Jung-lin Thorsten Hohmann Cheng Yu-hsuan2018 Ko Pin-yi11–9 Jayson Shaw Wu Jia-qing Dang Jinhu2019 Wu Jia-qing 11–10 Anton Raga Shane Van Boening Eklent Kaçi2023 Joshua Filler (2)11 - 5 Anton Raga Wu Kun Lin Wojciech Szewczyk2024 Joshua Filler (3)11 - 6 Hayato Hijikata Naoyoki Oi Konrad Juszczyszyn2025 Wojciech Szewczyk 11 - 5 Dang Jinhu Daniel Macioł Fedor Gorst2026 Fedor Gorst11 - 3 Wu Kun-lin Daniel Macioł Alexander Kazakis
Top performers
Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals or better Joshua Filler3033 Wu Jia-qing224 Chang Yu-lung3 Ko Pin-yi112 Fedor Gorst Lee Vann Corteza Thorsten Hohmann Albin Ouschan1 Chris Melling Dennis Orcollo Wojciech Szewczyk
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
Women YearLocationWinnerScoreFinalistSemi-finalists2009 Shanghai Tsai Pei-chun9-5 Karen Corr Kelly Fisher Fu Xiaofang2010 Chen Siming9-7 Allison Fisher Karen Corr Lin Yuan-chun2011 Fu Xiaofang9–3 Chen Siming Lim Yun-mi Jasmin Ouschan2012 Kelly Fisher9–2 Zhou Doudou Fu Xiaofang Chen Siming2013 Liu Shasha9–8 Chen Siming Allison Fisher Kelly Fisher2014 Han Yu9–5 Kim Ga-young Liu Shasha Chen Siming2015 Kim Ga-young9–6 Fu Xiaofang Han Yu Chen Siming2016 Han Yu 9–8 Liu Shasha Wang Xiaotong Xue Chen2017 Chen Siming 9–8 Liu Shasha Chezka Centeno Fu Xiaofang2018 Fu Xiaofang 9–1 Kelly Fisher Kim Ga-young Liu Shasha2019 Chen Siming 9–3 Rubilen Amit Liu Shasha Han Yu2023 Han Yu 9–7 Liu Shasha Chia Hua Chen Pia Filler2024 Han Yu 9–8 Wang Xiaotong Rubilen Amit Chou Chieh-Yu2025 Chihiro Kawahara 9–7 Liu Shasha Fu Xiaofang Jasmin Ouschan2026 Liu Shasha9–5 Fu Xiaofang Rubilen Amit Shi Tianqi
Top performers Name Nationality Winner Runner-up Finals or better Han Yu4046 Chen Siming3258 Liu Shasha2469 Fu Xiaofang137 Kelly Fisher1124 Kim Ga-young3 Tsai Pei-chun011 Chihiro Kawahara
Active participants are shown in bold. In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.
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