U.S. Open pool championships and U.S. Open pocket billiards championships are generic terms that may refer to various professional pool tournaments, not all of them affiliated with each other. "U.S. Open Pocket Billiards Championship" as a proper noun most often refers to the straight pool (14.1 continuous pool) championship, the oldest of the events. Though "U.S. Open Pool Championship" as a stand-in for an official event name most commonly refers to the nine-ball event, it may, depending upon context, refer to any of six different annual tournaments, some of comparatively recent inception.
U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship
editThis long-running nine-ball tournament began at Q-Master Billiards in Norfolk, Virginia in 1976. It remains one of the most prestigious titles in pool. Since 2018, the tournament has been organised by Matchroom Pool[1]
U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship
editThis the oldest U.S. Open pool championship.
U.S. Open One-pocket Championship
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| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 |  Cliff Joyner |
Billy Incardona
|
| 1995 |  Jose Parica |
Cliff Joyner
|
| 1996 | Jayme Goodwin |
Jose Parica
|
| 1997 | Leil Gay |
Jayme Goodwin
|
| 1998 | Jeremy Jones |
Jeff Carter
|
| 1999 | Cliff Joyner (2) |
Larry Nevel
|
| 2000 | Efren Reyes |
Larry Nevel
|
| 2004 | Cliff Joyner (3) |
Shannon Daulton
|
| 2005 | Scott Frost |
Gabe Owen
|
| 2006 | Nick Vita |
Shawn Putnam
|
| 2007 | Tony Chohan |
Gabe Owen
|
| 2011 | Efren Reyes (2) |
Chris Gentile
|
| 2012 | Shane Van Boening |
 Darren Appleton
|
| 2013 | Dennis Orcollo |
Corey Deuel
|
| 2014 | Dennis Orcollo (2) |
Shane Van Boening
|
| 2016 |  Alex Pagulayan |
Corey Deuel
|
| 2018 | Shane Van Boening (2) |
Ronnie Alcano
|
| 2019 | Warren Kiamco |
Shane Van Boening
|
| 2021 | Justin Hall |
Dennis Orcollo
|
| 2022 | Tony Chohan (2) |
Josh Roberts
|
| 2023 | Evan Lunda |
Billy Thorpe
|
| 2024 | Shane Van Boening (3)
|
Roland Garcia
|
U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship
edit| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Huidji See |
Louis Ulrich
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| 2010 | Lee Van Corteza |
 Lo Li-Wen
|
| 2011 | Shane Van Boening |
 David Alcaide
|
| 2012 | Dennis Orcollo |
Francisco Bustamante
|
| 2013 | Rodney Morris |
Dennis Orcollo
|
| 2014 | Ko Pin-yi |
Ko Ping-chung
|
| 2015 |  Thorsten Hohmann |
Justin Hall
|
| 2016 | Shane Van Boening (2) |
Rodney Morris
|
| 2017 | Shane Van Boening (3) |
Warren Kiamco
|
| 2018 | Shane Van Boening (4) |
Alex Pagulayan
|
| 2019 | Marco Teutscher |
Dennis Orcollo
|
| 2022 |  Fedor Gorst |
Lee Vann Corteza
|
| 2023 | Fedor Gorst (2) |
Roland Garcia
|
| 2024 | Shane Van Boening (5)
|
 Vitaliy Patsura
|
U.S. Open Eight-ball Championship
edit| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Shane Van Boening |
Carlo Biado
|
| 2014 | Ko Ping-chung |
Shane Van Boening
|
| 2015 | Dennis Orcollo |
Mike Dechaine
|
| 2016 | Shane Van Boening (2) |
Rory Hendrickson
|
| 2017 | Alex Pagulayan |
Shane Van Boening
|
| 2018 | Shane Van Boening (3) |
Alex Pagulayan
|
| 2019 | Skyler Woodward |
Chang Jung-lin
|
| 2022 | Carlo Biado |
Roland Garcia
|
| 2023 | Fedor Gorst |
 Mario He
|
| 2024 |  Wiktor Zieliński
|
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz
|
U.S. Open Bank Pool Championship
edit| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Shannon Daulton |
 Marco Marquez
|
| 2005 | Shannon Daulton (2) |
Brandon Shuff
|
| 2006 | John Brumback |
Gerald Reichle
|
| 2007 | John Brumback (2) |
Jason Miller
|
| 2018 | Shane Van Boening |
Neil Jacobs
|
| 2019 | Shane Van Boening (2) |
Billy Thorpe
|
| 2021 | Louis Demarco |
Dennis Orcollo
|
| 2022 | Scott Frost |
Carlo Biado
|
| 2023 | Billy Thorpe
|
Scott Frost
|
| 2024 | Shane Van Boening (3)
|
Lee Vann Corteza
|
References
edit- ^ "History". USOpen9BallChampionships.com. Norfolk, VA: Q-Master Billiards. 2009.
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