2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship
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| 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. 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.
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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.
