China 9-Ball Open
Professional pool event, founded 2009
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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.[1] In the women's events, the racks are shortened to races to seven and nine respectively.[2]
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.[citation needed]
Results
Men
Top performers
| Name | Nationality | Winner | Runner-up | Finals | Semi-final or better |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Filler |  Germany |
3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wu Jia-qing |  China |
2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chang Yu-lung |  Chinese Taipei |
3 | |||
| Ko Pin-yi | Chinese Taipei |
1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Lee Vann Corteza |  Philippines | ||||
| Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | ||||
| Albin Ouschan |  Austria |
1 | |||
| Chris Melling |  United Kingdom | ||||
| Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | ||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk |  Poland |
- 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[10] | Shanghai |
Tsai Pei-chun |
9-5 |  Karen Corr |
 Kelly Fisher |
| Fu Xiaofang | |||||
| 2010[11] | Chen Siming |
9-7 | Allison Fisher |
Karen Corr | |
| Lin Yuan-chun | |||||
| 2011[5] | Fu Xiaofang |
9–3 | Chen Siming |
Lim Yun-mi | |
| Jasmin Ouschan | |||||
| 2012[6] | Kelly Fisher |
9–2 | Zhou Doudou |
Fu Xiaofang | |
| Chen Siming | |||||
| 2013[7] | Liu Shasha |
9–8 | Chen Siming |
Allison Fisher | |
| Kelly Fisher | |||||
| 2014 | Han Yu |
9–5 |  Kim Ga-young |
Liu Shasha | |
| Chen Siming | |||||
| 2015 | Kim Ga-young |
9–6 | Fu Xiaofang |
Han Yu | |
| Chen Siming | |||||
| 2016 | Han Yu (2) |
9–8 | Liu Shasha |
Wang Xiaotong | |
| Xue Chen | |||||
| 2017 | Chen Siming (2) |
9–8 | Liu Shasha |
Chezka Centeno | |
| Fu Xiaofang | |||||
| 2018[2] | Fu Xiaofang (2) |
9–1 | Kelly Fisher |
Kim Ga-young | |
| Liu Shasha | |||||
| 2019[8] | Chen Siming (3) |
9–3 | Rubilen Amit |
Liu Shasha | |
| Han Yu | |||||
| 2023[9] | Han Yu (3) |
9–7 | Liu Shasha |
Chia Hua Chen | |
| Pia Filler | |||||
| 2024 | Han Yu (4) |
9–8 | Wang Xiaotong |
Rubilen Amit | |
| Chou Chieh-Yu | |||||
| 2025 |  Chihiro Kawahara |
9–7 | Liu Shasha |
Fu Xiaofang | |
| Jasmin Ouschan |
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 | 7 |
| Liu Shasha | China |
1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| Kelly Fisher | United Kingdom |
1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kim Ga-young | South Korea |
3 | |||
| Tsai Pei-chun | Chinese Taipei |
0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chihiro Kawahara | Japan |
- Active participants are shown in bold.
- In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.