37th Annual US Open 9-Ball Championship is Underway
Oct 21, 2012
The U.S.Open is one of the most sought after titles in Professional Pool. Some may describe it as the toughest tournament in the world to win. Here is a list of the champions from the past:
2011
Darren Appleton
2010
Darren Appleton
2009
Mika Immonen
2008
Mika Immonen
2007
Shane Van Boening
2006
John Schmidt
2005
Alex Pagulayan
2004
Gabe Owen
2003
Jeremy Jones
2002
Ralf Souquet
2001
Corey Deuel
2000
Earl Strickland
1999
Johnny Archer
1998
Buddy Hall
1997
Earl Strickland
1996
Rodney Morris
1995
Reed Pierce
1994
Efren Reyes
1993
Earl Strickland
1992
Tommy Kennedy
1991
Buddy Hall
1990
Nick Varner
1989
Nick Varner
1988
Mike Lebrón
1987
Earl Strickland
1986
David Howard
1985
Jimmy Reid
1984
Earl Strickland
1983
Mike Sigel
1982
David Howard
1981
Allen Hopkins
1980
Mike Sigel
1979
Louie Roberts
1978
Steve Mizerak
1977
Allen Hopkins
1976
Mike Sigel
Live pay-per-view coverage is being offered by Accu-stats Video Productions. Stay tuned and find out who will be the 2012 champion. Here is the list of entries for this years open (as of Oct 16).
Yukio Akagariyama
JP
Salah Al-Rimawi
UAE
David Alcaide
ESP
Ronnie Alcano
PH
Hanni Al-howri
UAE
Majid Al-Zaabi
UAE
Edmundo Ambros
USA
Richard Andrews
USA
Darren Appleton
GRB
Joey Arbuckle
USA
Johnny Archer
USA
Chris Bartram
USA
Ernesto Bayaua
USA
Verjil Bedwin
USA
Roger Bellina
USA
Keith Bennett
USA
Carlo Biado
PH
James Blackburn
USA
Dave Bollman
USA
Karl Boyes
GRB
Lee Brett
USA
Sheri Bruner
USA
Chris Bruner
USA
Joe Brush
USA
Brittany Bryant
Canada
Phil Burford
GBR
Francisco Bustamante
PH
Reynaldo Campana
USA
Wang Can
USA
Juan Carlos Exposito
ESP
RJ Carmona
USA
Daniel Cintron
USA
Eddie Cirasella
Canada
Jeff Clare
Canada
Tim Colvin
USA
Ben Crawley
AUT
Carlos Cruz
USA
Ed Culhane
USA
Daniel Dagotdot
USA
Javier Del Santo-Sanz
ESP
Reinaldo Dendeariarena
USA
Brian Deska
USA
Corey Deuel
USA
Ernesto Dominguez
USA
Oscar Dominguez
USA
Bill Duggan
USA
Cary Dunn
USA
Bill Dunsmore
USA
Alan Duty
USA
Ralph Eckert
GRB
Nick Ekonomopoulos
GRB
Mitch Ellerman
USA
Jesse Engel
USA
Larry Faulk
USA
Niels Feijen
NED
Robert Ferrel
USA
John Foster
USA
Michael Fuller
USA
Chris Futrell
USA
Jose Garcia
USA
Michael Gaskins
USA
Vincent Goh
AUS
Mark Gray
GBR
Danny Green
USA
Christian Greene
USA
Mark Haddad
USA
Charles Hagan
USA
Liu Hai-Tao
CHN
Han Hao Xiang
CHN
Robert Hart
USA
Mario He
AUT
Lee He Wen
CHN
Rory Hendrickson
USA
Frankie Hernandez
USA
George Hershman
USA
Peter Hetherington
Canada
Erik Hjorleifson
Canada
Gregory Hogue
USA
Thorsten Hohmann
GR
John Holland
USA
Hoi Hoo Leung
Craig Houghton
USA
Raj Hundal
GRB
David Hunt
USA
Mika Immonen
FIN
Demetrius Jelatis
USA
Greg Jenkins
USA
Bob Jewett
USA
Dan Jin Hu
CHN
Tommy Kennedy
USA
Warren Kiamco
PH
Jason Klatt
Canada
Justin Kluznik
Canada
Richard Knight
USA
Kevin Kornelsen
USA
Jalo Kotinurmi
FIN
Matt Krah
USA
Larry Kressel
USA
Randy Labonte
USA
Tommy Lee Muldrow
USA
Charles Leeper
USA
Blair Levandowski
USA
Steve Lillis
USA
Nilbert Lim
USA
Jung Lin Chang
CHN
Bahram Lofty
DK
Hunter Lombardo
USA
Shane Longest
USA
Petri Makkonen
FIN
Sean Martinez
USA
Danny Mastermaker
USA
George McLanahan
USA
Michael McNaughton
USA
Craig McPartlin
USA
Anthony Meglino
USA
Chris Melling
GBR
Jason Michas
USA
Donny Mills
USA
Ramon Mistica
USA
Eric Moore
USA
Stevie Moore
USA
Randy Mooren
USA
Charles Mora
USA
John Morra
Canada
Mario Morra
Canada
Rodney Morris
USA
Josh Newman
USA
Mohammed Obaid
UAE
Alex Olinger
USA
Dennis Orcollo
PH
Oliver Ortmann
GRB
Craig Osborne
GRB
Albin Ouschan
AUT
Alex Pagulayan
Canada
Peter Panopoulos
USA
Jose Parica
PH
Daryl Peach
GBR
Bobby Petrocelli
USA
Larry Phlegar
USA
Ko Pin Yi
CHN
Robert Pole
USA
Shawn Putnam
USA
Chris Pyle
USA
Tony Ray Williams
USA
Rod Rentz
USA
Efren Reyes
PH
Eddie Richardson
USA
Jason Richko
USA
Tony Robles
USA
Jerome Rockwell
USA
Larry Ross
USA
Israel Rota
PH
Randy Russell
Canada
Robb Saez
USA
Santos Sambajon
USA
Omar Santiago
USA
Lee Scott
USA
Huidji See
NED
Jayson Shaw
GRB
So Shaw
GRB
Andrew Shaw
USA
Brad Shearer
USA
Mark Showalter
USA
Brandon Shuff
USA
Jani Siekkinen
FIN
Will Smiley
USA
James Smith
USA
Adam Smith
Canada
Steve Sones
USA
Jeremy Sossei
USA
John Souders
USA
ralf Souquet
GR
Frank Sparkman
USA
Don Stelle
USA
Brett Stottlemeyer
USA
Earl Strickland
USA
Courtney Symons
GRB
Matt Tetreault
USA
Kenichi Uchigaki
JP
Louis Ulrich
USA
Shane Van Boening
USA
Nick Van Den Berg
Den
Jose Vega-Hernandez
USA
Marc Vidal
USA
George Vlacich
USA
Nelson Weimer
USA
Randy Whitehead
USA
Charlie Williams
USA
Michael Wong
USA
Zhang Xiaodong
CHN
Michael Yednak
USA
Masato Yoshioka
JP
Zion Zvi
IS