US Open titles and stats by region through the years

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While checking on some stats for the best 9 ball player ranking, I stuck the US Open results in Excel to sort them and here are some stats about represented countries. I expect to see a few more German and Slavic area winners in the next 10 years with Filler and Gorst, I am guessing they will get one title each in that time with a decent chance, and a good chance one of them will win it.

  • 1976-2000 every winner or 2nd place was from US or Philippines (including two in Puerto Rico from Mike Lebron)
  • Sigel is interesting here, in an interview he said he won the tournament that evolved into the US open twice before 76 so in some odd way he may have 5 wins if we ignore technicality of the name. This would give him 5 wins and 2 2nd place finishes making him the top US Open player so far.
  • 2000 saw a first 2nd place outside of those from Japan Takeshi Okumura, next one would be immediately in 2001 in Mika and again in 2004 in Thorsten
  • 2002 is the first Euro winner in Ralf Soquet.
  • It took another 6 years till 2008 to get another Euro winner but that came with a 4 year span of Mika and Darren both winning back to back which is the first repeat winner since 89/90 for Nick Varner. To this day only 4 players have defended the title 1976-2022.
  • After 2008 the US has only had one winner in SVB (but 4 times) with China, Scotland, Germany, Philipines and Spain having winners.
  • US and the Philipines by far dominate the US Open to this day, the Philippines are kings of 2nd place finishers compared to winning it.
  • Event not held in 2018 or 2020 which may have seen an additional 4 new Euro or Asia winners, likely IMHO in fact, but that was not to be.

Country 1st / 2nd place
US 31 / 21 (many players)
PH 3 / 11 (Efren, Alex P, Carlo Biado, with several others in 2nd place)
GER 2 / 2 (Ralf/Joshua)
UK 2 / 2 (Darren/Jayson/Karl) (England, Scotland)
FIN 2 / 1 (All Mika)
Taiwan 1 / 2
Couple of others with single digits in wins and 2nd places (Spain/Austria/Singapore/Albania)

Top 9 ballers picks in US Open

Reyes 1-W 3-2nd
Strickland 5-W 0-2nd
Sigel 3-W 2-2nd
Varner 2-W 2-2nd
Archer 1-W 2-2nd
Hall 2-W
SVB 5-W
 
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I know the other US opens are not quite as prestigious, but, would be interesting to see the results including them...
 
Dimeball said:
I know the other US opens are not quite as prestigious, but, would be interesting to see the results including them...
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You mean the ones that CSI did? 8 ball and 10 ball? Not really part of the same package, it's pretty much just using the name and it's a very recent thing.
 
hang-the-9 said:
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  • Sigel is interesting here, in an interview he said he won the tournament that evolved into the US open twice before 76 so in some odd way he may have 5 wins if we ignore technicality of the name. This would give him 5 wins and 2 2nd place finishes making him the top US Open player so far.
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The first in the recognized series of "U.S. Open Nine Ball Championships" was not called "U.S. Open" in the ads. I think the previous events were relatively small and primarily invitational. There were 13 to 15 players in the 1976 event -- I could not find a complete list of players.


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hang-the-9 said:
While checking on some stats for the best 9 ball player ranking, I stuck the US Open results in Excel to sort them and here are some stats about represented countries. I expect to see a few more German and Slavic area winners in the next 10 years with Filler and Gorst, I am guessing they will get one title each in that time with a decent chance, and a good chance one of them will win it.

  • 1976-2000 every winner or 2nd place was from US or Philippines (including two in Puerto Rico from Mike Lebron)
  • Sigel is interesting here, in an interview he said he won the tournament that evolved into the US open twice before 76 so in some odd way he may have 5 wins if we ignore technicality of the name. This would give him 5 wins and 2 2nd place finishes making him the top US Open player so far.
  • 2000 saw a first 2nd place outside of those from Japan Takeshi Okumura, next one would be immediately in 2001 in Mika and again in 2004 in Thorsten
  • 2002 is the first Euro winner in Ralf Soquet.
  • It took another 6 years till 2008 to get another Euro winner but that came with a 4 year span of Mika and Darren both winning back to back which is the first repeat winner since 89/90 for Nick Varner. To this day only 4 players have defended the title 1976-2022.
  • After 2008 the US has only had one winner in SVB (but 4 times) with China, Scotland, Germany, Philipines and Spain having winners.
  • US and the Philipines by far dominate the US Open to this day, the Philippines are kings of 2nd place finishers compared to winning it.
  • Event not held in 2018 or 2020 which may have seen an additional 4 new Euro or Asia winners, likely IMHO in fact, but that was not to be.

Country 1st / 2nd place
US 31 / 21 (many players)
PH 2 / 11 (Efren and Alex P, with several others in 2nd place)
GER 2 / 2 (Ralf/Joshua)
UK 2 / 2 (Darren/Jayson/Karl) (England, Scotland)
FIN 2 / 1 (All Mika)
China 1 / 2
Couple of others with single digits in wins and 2nd places (Spain/Austria/Singapore/Albania)

Top 9 ballers picks in US Open

Reyes 1-W 3-2nd
Strickland 5-W 0-2nd
Sigel 3-W 2-2nd
Varner 2-W 2-2nd
Archer 1-W 2-2nd
Hall 2-W
SVB 5-W
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China did not have a U.S. Open 9-ball champion. Taiwan did. International agreements with the IOC has Taiwan being called Chinese Tapei, but it’s for sure not China.
 
hang-the-9 said:
While checking on some stats for the best 9 ball player ranking, I stuck the US Open results in Excel to sort them and here are some stats about represented countries. I expect to see a few more German and Slavic area winners in the next 10 years with Filler and Gorst, I am guessing they will get one title each in that time with a decent chance, and a good chance one of them will win it.

  • 1976-2000 every winner or 2nd place was from US or Philippines (including two in Puerto Rico from Mike Lebron)
  • Sigel is interesting here, in an interview he said he won the tournament that evolved into the US open twice before 76 so in some odd way he may have 5 wins if we ignore technicality of the name. This would give him 5 wins and 2 2nd place finishes making him the top US Open player so far.
  • 2000 saw a first 2nd place outside of those from Japan Takeshi Okumura, next one would be immediately in 2001 in Mika and again in 2004 in Thorsten
  • 2002 is the first Euro winner in Ralf Soquet.
  • It took another 6 years till 2008 to get another Euro winner but that came with a 4 year span of Mika and Darren both winning back to back which is the first repeat winner since 89/90 for Nick Varner. To this day only 4 players have defended the title 1976-2022.
  • After 2008 the US has only had one winner in SVB (but 4 times) with China, Scotland, Germany, Philipines and Spain having winners.
  • US and the Philipines by far dominate the US Open to this day, the Philippines are kings of 2nd place finishers compared to winning it.
  • Event not held in 2018 or 2020 which may have seen an additional 4 new Euro or Asia winners, likely IMHO in fact, but that was not to be.

Country 1st / 2nd place
US 31 / 21 (many players)
PH 2 / 11 (Efren and Alex P, with several others in 2nd place)
GER 2 / 2 (Ralf/Joshua)
UK 2 / 2 (Darren/Jayson/Karl) (England, Scotland)
FIN 2 / 1 (All Mika)
China 1 / 2
Couple of others with single digits in wins and 2nd places (Spain/Austria/Singapore/Albania)

Top 9 ballers picks in US Open

Reyes 1-W 3-2nd
Strickland 5-W 0-2nd
Sigel 3-W 2-2nd
Varner 2-W 2-2nd
Archer 1-W 2-2nd
Hall 2-W
SVB 5-W
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PH should be 3 winning players. biado.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The first in the recognized series of "U.S. Open Nine Ball Championships" was not called "U.S. Open" in the ads. I think the previous events were relatively small and primarily invitational. There were 13 to 15 players in the 1976 event -- I could not find a complete list of players.


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A few years ago, I was doing some US Open research and came up with some other names from 1976 in addition to the names on the flyer:

Louie Roberts, Charlie Jones, Clyde Childress, Cary Dunn, Earl Herring, and Richie Florence

Somewhere along the line, I seem to remember seeing something that indicated Mike Fusco played that event as well. May have been a photo of the bracket I found. That would make 15 players in total.
 
hang-the-9 said:
While checking on some stats for the best 9 ball player ranking, I stuck the US Open results in Excel to sort them and here are some stats about represented countries. I expect to see a few more German and Slavic area winners in the next 10 years with Filler and Gorst, I am guessing they will get one title each in that time with a decent chance, and a good chance one of them will win it.

  • 1976-2000 every winner or 2nd place was from US or Philippines (including two in Puerto Rico from Mike Lebron)
  • Sigel is interesting here, in an interview he said he won the tournament that evolved into the US open twice before 76 so in some odd way he may have 5 wins if we ignore technicality of the name. This would give him 5 wins and 2 2nd place finishes making him the top US Open player so far.
  • 2000 saw a first 2nd place outside of those from Japan Takeshi Okumura, next one would be immediately in 2001 in Mika and again in 2004 in Thorsten
  • 2002 is the first Euro winner in Ralf Soquet.
  • It took another 6 years till 2008 to get another Euro winner but that came with a 4 year span of Mika and Darren both winning back to back which is the first repeat winner since 89/90 for Nick Varner. To this day only 4 players have defended the title 1976-2022.
  • After 2008 the US has only had one winner in SVB (but 4 times) with China, Scotland, Germany, Philipines and Spain having winners.
  • US and the Philipines by far dominate the US Open to this day, the Philippines are kings of 2nd place finishers compared to winning it.
  • Event not held in 2018 or 2020 which may have seen an additional 4 new Euro or Asia winners, likely IMHO in fact, but that was not to be.

Country 1st / 2nd place
US 31 / 21 (many players)
PH 2 / 11 (Efren and Alex P, with several others in 2nd place)
GER 2 / 2 (Ralf/Joshua)
UK 2 / 2 (Darren/Jayson/Karl) (England, Scotland)
FIN 2 / 1 (All Mika)
China 1 / 2
Couple of others with single digits in wins and 2nd places (Spain/Austria/Singapore/Albania)

Top 9 ballers picks in US Open

Reyes 1-W 3-2nd
Strickland 5-W 0-2nd
Sigel 3-W 2-2nd
Varner 2-W 2-2nd
Archer 1-W 2-2nd
Hall 2-W
SVB 5-W
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I thought Alex P was Canadian?
 
Monti said:
I thought Alex P was Canadian?
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The three wins for Philippines listed would be Efren, Alex and Carlo. Alex was representing the Philippines not Canada when he won in 2005. He represented the PI until 2012, and if memory serves (which it often doesn’t), he started representing the PI after 2004.
 
Bob Jewett said:
The first in the recognized series of "U.S. Open Nine Ball Championships" was not called "U.S. Open" in the ads. I think the previous events were relatively small and primarily invitational. There were 13 to 15 players in the 1976 event -- I could not find a complete list of players.


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Thanks, I don't know the exact event but I remember him saying a few times when people asked him how many times he won that he won it a few times before they called it the US Open in addition to the official US Open titles.
 
Cornerman said:
China did not have a U.S. Open 9-ball champion. Taiwan did. International agreements with the IOC has Taiwan being called Chinese Tapei, but it’s for sure not China.
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Yep, I remember that, players from Tawain all of sudden were being called from Chinese Tapei. I changed the post to Taiwan, hopefully I don't get an angry letter from the Chairman.
 
MHarris said:
A few years ago, I was doing some US Open research and came up with some other names from 1976 in addition to the names on the flyer:

Louie Roberts, Charlie Jones, Clyde Childress, Cary Dunn, Earl Herring, and Richie Florence

Somewhere along the line, I seem to remember seeing something that indicated Mike Fusco played that event as well. May have been a photo of the bracket I found. That would make 15 players in total.
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Here is the flowchart I pieced together from reports. It's not so easy when only part of the matches are mentioned.

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Cornerman said:
The three wins for Philippines listed would be Efren, Alex and Carlo. Alex was representing the Philippines not Canada when he won in 2005. He represented the PI until 2012, and if memory serves (which it often doesn’t), he started representing the PI after 2004.
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Thanks for the clarification
 
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