2015 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–30 October 2016
VenueMarriott Chesapeake
CityChesapeake, Virginia
CountryUnited States
Organisation(s)World Pool-Billiard Association
FormatDouble elimination
Final
ChampionChinese Taipei Kevin Cheng
Runner-upEngland Karl Boyes
Score13-6

The 2015 US Open 9-Ball Championship 2015 was the 40th U.S. Open 9-ball Championship event in the discipline of 9-Ball. The event was played between 25–30 October 2015 in the Marriott Chesapeake in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Kevin Cheng won the event, winning the final 13–6 against Englishman Karl Boyes and became the third Asian player after Efren Reyes (1994) and Alex Pagulayan (2005) to win the US Open.[1][2]

The previous year's winner Shane van Boening finished in 25th place.

Tournament format

The tournament was played as a Double-elimination tournament. The event was played as winner break, and as a race to 11 for the double elimination event, and race to 13 for the final.

Ranking

The following were the 32 best placed players.[3]

Place Player
1 Chinese Taipei Kevin Cheng
2 England Karl Boyes
3 China Liu Haitao
4 Germany Ralf Souquet
5 Scotland Jayson Shaw
Chinese Taipei Hsu Kai-lun
7 Philippines Dennis Orcollo
Russia Ruslan Chinachov
9 United States Corey Deuel
United States Justin Bergman
Philippines Jundel Mazon
Germany Oliver Ortmann
13 United States Mike Dechaine
Philippines Jeffrey Ignacio
Philippines Carlo Biado
United States Rodney Morris
Place Player
17 Philippines Francisco Felicilda
England Darren Appleton
Philippines Warren Kiamco
Finland Mika Immonen
Estonia Denis Grabe
Austria Albin Ouschan
China Dang Jinhu
China Li Hewen
25 England Daryl Peach
Philippines Roberto Gomez
United States Skyler Woodward
Germany Thorsten Hohmann
United States Shane Van Boening
Netherlands Nick van den Berg
Canada Jason Klatt
Netherlands Marco Teutscher

References

  1. ↑ "Yu-Hsuan Cheng becomes first Chinese Taipei US Open Winner". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Tournament Brackets". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "US Open 9-Ball Championships 2015 – Results". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
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