List of U.S. Open pool championships

U.S. Open pool championship[s] and U.S. Open pocket billiards championship[s] (sometimes spelled "US") 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 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship

Often referred to as the "U.S. Open 14.1 Championship", "U.S. Open 14.1 Pocket Billiards Championship", or "U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship", this tournament has existed in several versions over the last several decades.

U.S. Open Bank Pool Championship

Sanctioned by the Billiard Congress of America (BCA) and sponsored by CueSports International (CSI)

U.S. Open Seven-ball Championship

U.S. Open Eight-ball Championship

Sanctioned by the BCA and sponsored by CSI.

U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship

This long-running nine-ball tournament began at Q-Master Billiards in Norfolk, Virginia in 1976. It remains one of the most prestigious and hotly contested competitions in pool. The present-day event is held at the Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake, Virginia, which has been its home since 1997.^[1] The 2010 event is scheduled for October 17–23.^[2] The event is open to all professional male players. The Women's Division is limited to members of the Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA).

The incumbent Men's Division title-holder, for the second year running, is Mika Immonen of Finland, the most-winning non-U.S. player in the event's history. Efren Reyes of the Philippines was the first non-American victor, in 1994. The most frequent U.S. Open 9-Ball Champion has been Earl Strickland of North Carolina (1984, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000). The very first champion was Mike Sigel of New York in 1976.^[1]

U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship

The ten-ball U.S. Open is sanctioned by the BCA and sponsored by CSI. The 2011 event is scheduled for May 16–21 at The Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unlike the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, the competition is by invitation only, though it is international in scope, and open to public spectators. ^[3]

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