2025 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Nine-ball |
| Location | Green Halls,Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | July 21–26, 2025 |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship,Matchroom Pool |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Carlo Biado (PHI) |
| Runner-up | Fedor Gorst (USA) |
The 2025 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a nine-ball pool tournament contested between 21 and 26 July, 2025, at the Green Halls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[1]
The tournament had a prize pool of $1,000,000,[1] with a $250,000 prize for the winner. The field consisted of 128 players with early rounds being played as a race-to-nine racks. Once the field was reduced to 64 players, matches were race-to-11. The final was a race-to-15. The defending champion was Fedor Gorst who won the 2024 edition of the event.[2] The tournament was won by Carlo Biado of the Philippines, who defeated Gorst in the final 15-13.[3]
Prize money
The event saw a total prize pool of $1,000,000.[4]
| Prize money | |
|---|---|
| Winner | 250.000 US$ |
| Final | 100.000 US$ |
| Semi-final | 50.000 US$ |
| Quarter-final | 15.000 US$ |
| Last 16 | 15.000 US$ |
| Last 32 | 7.000 US$ |
| Last 64 | 3.500 US$ |
| Last 96 | 2.500 US$ |
| Last 128 | 1.500 US$ |
| Total | 1.000.000 US$ |
References
- ^ a b "WPA World Pool Championship 2025". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "World Pool Championship 2024". azbilliards.com. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ Terrado, Jonas (July 26, 2025). "Carlo Biado makes history with second World Pool Championship title". inquirer.net. Retrieved July 26, 2025.
- ^ "WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2018". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.