2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
Cue sports tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 March–1 April |
| Venue | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Organisation(s) | World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International |
| Format | Double-elimination / single-elimination |
| Discipline | Ten-ball |
| Total prize fund | $226,000 |
| Winner's share | $60,000 |
| Defending champion |  Eklent Kaçi (ALB) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) |
| Runner-up |  Christopher Tévez (PER) |
| Score | 10–8 |
← 2021 | |
The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1.[1] The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.
The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.
Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.[2]
Knockout draw
The following results only show the single-elimination stage comprising the final 32 players. All matches at this stage were played as race-to-ten racks. Players in bold represent match winners.
| First round | Second round | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final | ||||||||||||||
 Naoyuki Ōi (JPN) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Blaine Barcus (USA) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Naoyuki Ōi | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chris Reinhold | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Schmidt (USA) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chris Reinhold (USA) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Naoyuki Ōi | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eklent Kaçi | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 Lee Vann Corteza (PHI) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Vann Corteza | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eklent Kaçi | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Alex Pagulayan (CAN) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eklent Kaçi (ALB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eklent Kaçi | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shane Van Boening (USA) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Macioł (POL) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Macioł | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edgie Geronimo | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edgie Geronimo (PHI) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Edgie Geronimo | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Dominguez (USA) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Denis Grabe | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eric Roberts (USA) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denis Grabe (EST) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wojciech Szewczyk | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Tévez | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mieszko Fortuński (POL) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Roberto Bartol (CRO) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mieszko Fortuński | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sanjin Pehlivanović | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Justin Martin (USA) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sanjin Pehlivanović (BIH) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sanjin Pehlivanović | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Jayson Shaw | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Jonas Souto (ESP) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jayson Shaw (SCO) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jayson Shaw | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
 Ralf Souquet (GER) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (ESP) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jayson Shaw | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Tévez | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Alcaide (ESP) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Tévez (PER) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Tévez | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carlo Biado | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 Michael Schneider (SUI) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Carlo Biado (PHI) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Tévez | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Darren Appleton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Sharik Sayed (SGP) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
 Robbie Capito (HKG) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robbie Capito | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Darren Appleton (ENG) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Mika Immonen (FIN) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Source:[3]
References
- ^ Paradise, Keith (March 28, 2022). "Predator World 10-Ball Championship Kicks Off Today". azbilliards.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ Paradise, Keith (April 2, 2022). "Szewczyk Survives to Win Predator World 10-Ball Championship". azbilliards.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Predator World 10-Ball Championship Brackets". probilliardseries.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
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