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The U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship is a pool tournament held in the United States, and one of the few featuring the discipline of straight pool. After being disbanded for sixteen years, the event was resurrected in 2016.

Current tournament format

Up to 48 players participate in this event. The first phase of the tournament is a double-elimination format with the top 16 seeds receiving byes into the remaining 16 players enter a single-elimination phase with the top finisher in each group receiving a bye into the quarterfinals. Once 16 players remain, the single-elimination second phase is held to determine the champion.

Winners

Year Winner
1966[1] United States Irving Crane
1967[1] United States Jimmy Caras
1968[1] United States Joe Balsis
1969[1] United States Luther Lassiter
1970[1] United States Steve Mizerak
1971[1] United States Steve Mizerak
1972[1] United States Steve Mizerak
1973[1] United States Steve Mizerak
1974[1] United States Joe Balsis
1975[1] United States Dallas West
1976[1] United States Tom Jennings
1977[1] United States Tom Jennings
1983[1] United States Dallas West
1989[1] Germany Oliver Ortmann
1992[1] United States Mike Sigel
1993[1] Germany Oliver Ortmann
2000[1] Germany Ralf Souquet
2016[2][3] Philippines Dennis Orcollo
2017[4][5] Philippines Lee Vann Corteza
2019[6] United States Shane Van Boening

References

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  2. ^ AtLarge (May 10, 2014). "14.1 Stats -- 2016 US Open Straight-Pool Championship, April 2016". AzBilliards.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  3. ^ "2016 US Open Straight Pool Championship". SixPockets.de. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  4. ^ Kickin' Chicken (April 15, 2017). "A Few Pics From US Open Straight Pool Championship Final". AzBilliards.com. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ^ Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan (April 16, 2017). "Corteza wins big in 2017 US Open". SunStar DAVAO. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  6. ^ "Billiards Buzz July 2019". Issuu. Retrieved 2 July 2019.


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