Darren Appleton Takes The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Title

After a run of nine straight matches, Darren Appleton beat out Corey Duel this weekend to take the 2010 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship title.

Read more from AZBilliards.com.

Final Brackets

Appleton For The Win Whoo!

News from the U.S. Open

The U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships is still going strong at the Chesapeake Convention Center in Chesapeake, VA. Of the 16 women who participated in the event for the first time, 13 have been eliminated.

Eliminations include: Angie Hawkins, Tracy Prescott, Loree Hon Hasson, Jackie Duggan, Borana Andonia, Morgan Steinman, Yomaylin Feliz, Belinda Beardon-Calhoun, Neslihan Gurel, Cheryl Pritchard, Ewa Laurance, Sarah Rousey, Amy Chen, and JoAnn Mason Parker.

Jennifer Barretta, the first woman to win a match in U.S. Open history, will square off against Gerda Hofstatter in order to win the extra $1,000 that event promoter Barry Behrman has promised to the top woman finisher.

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U.S. Open 10-Ball Tournament Starts Today; Live Scoring Available--Streaming Video Starts Tomorrow

The 2010 U.S. Open 10-Ball Tournament starts today and runs through Saturday, May 22 at the Riveria Hotel and Casino in fabulous Las Vegas.

128 players from around the globe will vie for the $89,000 purse.

Real-time live scoring is available here.

Live streaming coverage will be available starting tomorrow at TheActionReport.com

Player List

Yukio Akakariyama


Ernesto Dominguez


Po-Cheng Kuo


Jason Robichaud


David Alcaide


Tony Drago


Toru Kuribayashi


Tony Robles


Ronnie Alcano


Bill Dunsmore


Al Lapena


Sarah Rousey


Darren Appleton


Max Eberle


Bob Lewis


Beau Runningen


Johnny Archer


Tyler Edey


Steve Lillis


John Schmidt


Glenn Atwell


Tron EngebaKK


Melissa Little


Huidji See


James Baraks


Thomas Engert


Li-Wen Lo


Brandon Shuff


Jennifer Barretta


Kelly Fisher


Hunter Lombardo


Ryan Solleveld


Chris Bartram


Liz Ford


Dan Louie


Jeremy Sossei


Keith Bennett


Roberto Gomez


Fabian Louison


Ralf Souquet


Turk Berberoglu


Jayme Goodwin


Imran Majid


Bill Stock


Karl Boyes


David Grau


Rafael Martinez


Earl Strickland


Gus Briseno


Mark Gray


PJ Massicotte


Tommy Tokoph


Charlie Bryant


Mark Haddad


Veronique Menard


Stan Tourangeau


Francisco Bustamante


Greg Harada Jr.


Edwin Montal


Marco Tschudi


Sal Butera


Dennis Hatch


Stevie Moore


Kenichi Uchigaki


Carlos Cabello


Dan Heidrich


Rodney Morris


Louis Ulrich


Yu Ram Cha


Rory Hendrickson


Tommy Najar


Shane Van Boening


Marcus Chamat


Frankie Hernandez


Larry Nevel


Marc Vidal


Vince Chambers


Thorsten Hohmann


Kazuki Nishimura


Vivian Villarreal


Manny Chau


Allen Hopkins


Ben Nunan


James Wagner


Chieh Yu Chou


Raj Hundal


Sylver Ochoa


Robert Weimar


Karen Corr


Mika Immonen


Naoyuki Oi


Shaun Wilkie


Lee Van Corteza


Jeff Jimenez


Ryoko Onaga


Charlie Williams


Francis Crevier


Christian Johannenssen


Dennis Orcollo


Ronnie Wiseman


Brendan Crockett


Jeremy Jones


Oliver Ortmann


Youtarou Yamaguchi


Neil Cummins


Paul Juarez


Jasmin Ouschan


Ricky Yang


Kim Davenport


Warren Kiamco


Gabe Owen


Michael Yednak


Mike Davis


Adam Kielar


Jose Parica


Mike Dechaine


Ga Young Kim


Daryl Peach


Corey Deuel


Jason Klatt


Andrew Pettiger


Jonathan Pinegar


Peter Dimmick


Pin-Yi Ko


Efren Reyes


Oscar Dominguez


Matt Krah


James Roberts

2010 U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship Payouts

1st: $20,000
2nd: $12,500
3rd: $8,500
4th: $5,700
5-6th: $4,000
7-8th: $2,800
9-12th: $2,000
13-16th: $1,400
17-24th: $1,000
25-32nd: $700
Top Woman Finisher: $1,000 Bonus / 2nd Top Woman Finiaher $500 Bonus

2010 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships To (Finally) Include Women

In an open letter to AZBilliards.com, tournament promoter Barry Behrman announced that this year's U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships will finally include women.

His letter, which is reprinted from AZBilliards.com, is below.


US Open to include ladies - An Open Letter from Barry Behrman

The time has come and I am thrilled to share this news with each of you as I believe that the majority of you will be pleased to hear about the exciting plans that we have in store for the future of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. I have thought long and hard about this decision and there is no better time to share this wonderful news with our great fans, sponsors from within the billiard industry and beyond and especially with all of the players who absolutely love this great sport.

I am very pleased to announce that our 35th annual U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships slated for October 17-23rd, 2010 will be truly “open” to all players, both men and women from around the world, including of course, the USA.

After discussing this decision with my dear friends Ken Shuman, Jay Helfert, Jim Wych, Pat Fleming, Rob Sykora, and my daughter Shannon as well as many others we all believe that this is the best decision for everyone involved and most importantly the billiard industry. Upon reading the many post featured on AZBilliards, I found that 85% of the fans would like to see woman participate in the U.S. Open and if you know me, I aim to please.

This is an exciting time for all of us and a great opportunity for the U.S. Open and I plan on using this time to encourage more sponsorship, increase attendance, and of course more players and it all begins with this year, the groundbreaking , 35th Annual U.S. Open 9-ball Championships. I hope to see you there. Let’s get it on!
By Barry Behrman - 2010-03-30