American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship

The International Straight Pool Open, formerly known as the American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship, is a professional tournament for straight pool (also known as continuous 14.1 pool) held in the United States since 2014. It was originally organized by promoter Peter Burrows and was played in Virginia.[1][2] Beginning with the 2024 edition, organization of the tournament has been assumed by Pat Flemming, promoter of the International Open nine-ball tournament in Florida, and has played back-to-back in the same venue.

Format

The tournament has been held in the fall over a 4 or 5 day period.

42 or 48 players are subjectively ranked by skill level and evenly distributed into groups of 6 or 7 players for the initial round-robin phase. After, the players with the best records from each group move on to a 24 players single-elimination tournament. The 8 players with the best records get a bye. Matches are races to 125 during the round-robin phase and to 150 during the single-elimination tournament except for the final which is a race to 175 or 200.[1]

In 2021, a women's division was added to the format. Fifteen women competed in 3 groups during the round-robin and eight of them move to a single elimination tournament. Kelly Fisher defeated Pia Filler in the finals with a score of 100-46.[3]

Events

Men[2][4]

Year Date Venue Location Winner Runner-up Score
2014 September 12-14 Diamond Billiards Midlothian, VA, USA England Darren Appleton Northern Ireland Karen Corr 150-28
2015 October 22-25 Diamond Billiards Midlothian, VA, USA England Darren Appleton (2) Germany Thorsten Hohmann 150-94
2016 October 12-16 Diamond Billiards Midlothian, VA, USA Netherlands Niels Feijen Finland Mika Immonen 150-114
2017 October 17-21 Diamond Billiards Midlothian, VA, USA Poland Konrad Juszczyszyn Philippines Dennis Orcollo 150-87
2018 October 16-19 Carom Cafe Billiards New York City, NY, USA Albania Eklent Kaçi Germany Thorsten Hohmann 200-168
2019 October 22-26 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA Russia Ruslan Chinakhov Canada Alex Pagulayan 175-(-2)
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 October 19-23 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA Germany Joshua Filler Russia Fedor Gorst 150-89
2022 October 24-29 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA Switzerland Dimitri Jungo Poland Wiktor Zielinski 175-132
2023 October 25-31 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA Austria Mario He Philippines Lee Vann Corteza 150-48
2024 November 23–26 Renaissance Resort Saint Augustine, FL, USA Austria Mario He Austria Max Lechner 150-131
2025 November 14–23 Renaissance Resort Saint Augustine, FL, USA Germany Thorsten Hohmann Estonia Denis Grabe 150–84

Women[2][4]

Year Date Venue Location Winner Finalist Score
2021 October 19-23 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA England Kelly Fisher Germany Pia Filler 100-46
2022 October 24-29 Q-Master Billiards Virginia Beach, VA, USA Russia Kristina Tkach Northern Ireland Karen Corr 100-14

References

  1. 1 2 "Home page". American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "AMERICAN 14.1 STRAIGHT POOL CHAMPIONSHIP". AzBilliards. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "American 14.1 Women's Championship". Cue Score. October 23, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Players". American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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