U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships
The U.S. Open ( officially: U.S. Open 9 -Ball Championships ) are an existing since 1976 and been transmitted annually snooker tournament. It will be held in the 9-ball competition. Current venue is the Marriott Chesapeake - Norfolk Convention Center in Norfolk, Virginia.
- 2.1 Prizes
History
The player with the most tournament wins so far is Earl Strickland, who has secured the title five times ( 1984, 1987, 1993, 1997 and 2000).
Current title holder Shane van Boening, who was able to defend his title from 2012 successfully. It was his third title at the U.S. Open. He is the fourth player to win the U.S. Open twice.
The U.S. Open 2011 won Darren Appleton, after he had already won the 2010 tournament. This was before him only two players. One of them is Mika Immonen, the 2009 prevailed in the finals against Ralf Souquet with 13:10 and thus successfully defended his title in 2008. This is according to Appleton Immonen and Nick Varner, the third player ever to have won the U.S. Open 9- ball twice in succession, and the second non-American with two wins at the tournament.
Ralf Souquet is the only German who won the U.S. Open. He succeeded in this 2002. 2004 Thorsten Hohmann reached the finals, losing to the Americans Gabe Owen. 2009 were Souquet in the finals of the Finn Mika Immonen.
For women, there is a separate tournament that is organized by the WPBA ( Women's Professional Billiard Association ). Current champion in the women 's Allison Fisher of England. In contrast to the men's tournament, in which everyone can participate, who paid the entry fee, you have to qualify for the women's tournament.
Venues
Regulate
The tournament is a double whacked System played. This means that a player is eliminated until after the second defeat of the tournament. In the preliminary round is played until one player has 11 games (so-called racks) won; in the final will be played to 13.
It always starts the player who has made the point in the previous Rack ( Winner B ), which is a big advantage especially in 9-Ball.
Prizes
The entry fee for the tournament in 2008 was U.S. $ 600. A total of U.S. $ 250,000 was paid out, although there were also a bonus for most, imposed at a time, lots addition to the prize money for the different placements.
The entry fee for the tournament in 2013 amounted to U.S. $ 500.