DRAW MADE FOR US OPEN 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Apr 15, 2019

The draw for the 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship has been made, with Jayson Shaw to begin his defense against Marcus Weston at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas on Sunday, April 21.



The draw was seeded with a golf-style category system adopted, which took in rankings from across the pool world including WPA World Ranking, BCA Standings and Fargo Rating. As defending champion Shaw was seeded No.1, while five-time US Open champion Shane van Boening is seeded second as the highest ranked American player.



Broadcast details for the 2019 US Open 9-Ball Championship will be announced shortly. Live rack-by-rack scoring will be available throughout the event at www.matchroompool.com thanks to Matchroom Multi Sport’s partnership with CueScore.



The draw, brackets and match schedule can be viewed now at https://cuescore.com/tournament/US+Open+9-ball+Championship/5185877



Note: Should any players featured in the draw not participate in the event, they will be replaced directly by the first player on the event waiting list to accept a spot in the tournament, irrespective of where the new player would have featured in any seeding category.



All matches at the US Open 9-Ball Championship takes place April 21-26 at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas. Matches are race to 11, winner breaks, except the final which is race to 13. The draw and match schedule for the first stage of the tournament is available now at www.matchroompool.com.



Tickets for the 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship are still available at www.matchroompool.com from as little as $10 with VIP packages also available for the final three days of the tournament.



The tournament will be split into two stages with the full field playing double elimination down to the final 16 from Sunday April 21st until Tuesday April 23rd across multiple tables. From Wednesday April 24th until Friday April 26th the final 16 players will play straight knockout in the TV Arena in front of a global television audience.



US OPEN | ROUND ONE DRAWJayson Shawvs.Marcus WestenTom Staveleyvs.Jason WilliamsHunter Lombardovs.Kosuke TojoRadwan Jameel R Soroujivs.Tommy TokophNaoyuki Oivs.Marco VignolaAlex Montpelliervs.Jason KlattMartin Daiglevs.Patrick FlemmingAngelo Salzanovs.Corey DeuelPetri Makkonenvs.Marcel PricePeter Busaracvs.Amar KangFranklin Hernandezvs.Ellis BrownPaul Jaurezvs.Justin BergmanJames Aranasvs.Roderick MaloneMasato Yoshiokavs.Erik HjorleifsonStephen Folanvs.Jochen KlugeJon Demetvs.Toru KurabayashiFedor Gorstvs.Gary OnomuraStanley Waltonvs.Paul DuellOmar Al-Shaheenvs.David DimmittAmer Al-Darbanivs.Mateusz SniegokiDali Linvs.Fabio RizziJason Hitzfeldvs.Jeremy JonesPhilipp Stojanovicvs.Steve van NessDalibor Nikolinvs.Francisco Sanchez Ruiz(Kevin) Cheng Yu Hsuanvs.Christopher LawsonMohammed Ali N Al Eidvs.Ivo AartsRodney Morrisvs.Ken KuwanaDeomark Alpajoravs.Radoslaw BabicaMarc Bijsterboschvs.Ritchie OgawaGary Urinoskivs.Danny OlsonToan Nguyenvs.Bahram LoftyGiuseppe Iacobuccivs.Ko Pin-YiCarlo Biadovs.Fahad Salem N AlharbiKenichi Uchigakivs.Tyler FleshmanMatt Edwardsvs.Marco PentaHideaki Aritavs.Maksim DudanetsJeff De Lunavs.Torsten SchmittChris Robinsonvs.Rob HartMarco Teutschervs.Raymund FaraonYip Kin Ling Leovs.Dennis OrcolloDavid Alcaidevs.Jorg KellnerBlake Bakervs.Mitch EllermanSiming Chenvs.Mohamed BaabadJamal Oussivs.Hoang Duong QuocLiu Haitaovs.Patrick GriessMike Stalkvs.John SchmidtJustin Espinosavs.Nguyen Phuc LongKoh Yong Lee Randolphvs.Eklent KaciKo Ping-Chungvs.Sami KoyluCole Gibbonsvs.Brian SandersBrandon Shuffvs.Michael YednakRobert Hewingsvs.Michael DechaineKonrad Juszczyszynvs.John ChapmanLuis Guerrerovs.Hayato HijikataKenny Loftisvs.Corey HarperMichael Hutchesonvs.Thorsten HohmannJohnny Archervs.Kurt KobayashiKonrad Piekarskivs.Roberto GomezJani Siekkinenvs.Damian PongpanikBora Anarvs.Alex PagulayanSangin Pehlivanovicvs.Bryan FarahChing-Shun Yangvs.Milos VerkicKings Santyvs.Michael DelawderJason McClainvs.Alexander KazakisJoshua Fillervs.Matt KrahThomas Wellevs.David AndersonJalal Yousefvs.Henrik LarssonTom Griffithvs.Roman HyblerJeffery Ignaciovs.Lefteris GeorgiouJames Daveevs.Kostas KoukiadakisHsu Kai-Lunvs.Adam KingRalph Eckertvs.Mika ImmonenWu Kun Linvs.Kuo Szu-TingKang Leevs.Ernesto DominguezDarren Appletonvs.Terry SpaldingPatrick Holtzvs.Richard HallidayTyler Styervs.Kelii ChuberkoChe-Wei Fuvs.Josh RobertsJohn Bartonvs.Zachary BosJohann Dominik Hibervs.Wu JiaqingDennis Grabevs.Lee HeuwagenJeffrey Jimenezvs.Ronald RegliLiu Ri Tengvs.Gwyn SpoonerArnar Petersonvs.Chang Yu-LungWang Canvs.Dejan SipkovskiJonathan Mcdowell Pakietovs.Francisco BustamanteMax Eberlevs.Robert GoddardFlorida Pro Tourvs.Aloysius YappSkyler Woodwardvs.Luu Minh PhucStephen Holemvs.Imran MajidJason Theronvs.Katsuyuki YamamotoStan Tourangeauvs.Ruslan ChinakovWojciech Szewczykvs.Renato CamantigueJames Adamsvs.Marek KudlikBrendan Ngvs.Paddy McLoughlinBrian Parksvs.Niels FeijenChang Jung-Linvs.Roland StockJohn Moody Srvs.Adam LilleyNick Malajvs.Dimitri JungoFrancesco Candelavs.Tomasz KaplanMario Hevs.Michael PruittCheng-Chieh Liuvs.Tommy KennedyVilmos Foldesvs.Marc Vidal ClaramuntMax K Reyesvs.Billy ThorpeDang Jin Huvs.Ben CrawleyJamie Whitevs.Tony ChohanGabe Owenvs.Gary LutmanElliot Sandersonvs.Robbie CapitoWarren Kiamcovs.Mark ShowalterBrendon Bektashivs.Hsu Jui-AnPatrick Mannillovs.Melinda HuangRyo Yokawavs.Chris MellingRalf Souquetvs.Molrudee KasemchaiyananSeiji Kuwajimavs.Simon PickeringEarl Stricklandvs.Pedro BottaSteve Lingelbachvs.Dennis HatchDonny Millsvs.Eugene VillenaMark Fostervs.Shaun WilkieKim Laaksonenvs.Chris AlexanderSteven Lingafeltervs.Albin OuschanJohn Morravs.Marco SpitzkyAdam Msciszvs.Marlon ManaloAlejandro Carvajalvs.Dustin DixonPhilipps Yeevs.Johann ChuaMieszko Fortunksivs.Chris McDanielRobby Foldvarivs.Yukio AkagariyamaManny Perezvs.Nicolas CharetteAbdullah Saeed O Alshammarivs.Shane van Boening