Lee Vann Corteza

Lee Vann Corteza

Lee Vann Corteza at the 2013 U.S. Open Ten-ball Championship Picture by: Christopher Reyes
Medal record
Representing  Philippines

Men's Nine-Ball
Southeast Asian Games
1999 Bandar Seri Begawan Singles
2001 Kuala Lumpur Singles
2003 Ho Chi Minh City Doubles
2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Singles

Men's Eight-Ball
Southeast Asian Games
2001 Kuala Lumpur Singles
2003 Ho Chi Minh City Singles
2005 Manila Doubles
2005 Manila Singles

Lee Vann Corteza, also spelled Lee Van Corteza, (born 1 March 1979 in Davao City, Philippines) is a Filipino professional pool player.[1] He is nicknamed "Van Van", and started playing pool in 1993.[2]

Early life

Corteza is the oldest of five brothers. His parents named him after American actor Lee Van Cleef. At 13, Corteza first took up pool after a buddy of his brought him to a pool parlor. Although he got blacklisted from the place after he accidentally did some damage on the table, Corteza continued his passion for pool in another pool parlor.[3]

Career

Corteza has won four Gold Medals and one Silver Medal at the Southeast Asian Games, and was the winner of the 2004 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour tournament in the Philippines as well, beating fellow countryman Francisco Bustamante 13-11 in the final.[4][5]

On March 31, 2007, Corteza won the Philippine National Championship by defeating Marlon Manalo with a score of 13-11. Corteza was the runner up of the 2009 WPA World Ten-ball Championship.[6]

Lee Vann Corteza is currently managed by Jonathan Sy of the Negros Billiards Stable and JSY Sports.

In 2017, Corteza defeated Thorsten Hohmann 300-183 to win the World Tournament, thus becoming the first Filipino and Asian to do so.[7][8]

Titles and tournament achievements

  • 2013 China Open 9-Ball Men's Division[11]
  • 2013 Southern Classic 9-Ball Division[12]
  • 2011 Manny Pacquiao International 10-Ball Championships[13]
  • 2011 San Miguel Beer Oktoberfest 9-Ball Open[14]
  • 2011 3rd Golden Break 9-Ball Invitational Championship[15]
  • 2010 US Open Ten-Ball Championship[16]
  • 2010 Hard Times 10-Ball Open[17]
  • 2010 Predator International 10-Ball[18]
  • 2007 Turning Stone Classic IX[20]
  • 2007 Philippine National Championship[21]
  • 2006 All Japan Championship[21]

Other achievements

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Second time lucky for Van Corteza"[sic] Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine., World Pool-Billiard Association
  2. ↑ "Player Profile: Lee Van Corteza", ESPNStar.com
  3. ↑ Ted Lerner. "Next in Line". Billiards Digest. p. 2. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  4. ↑ "San Miguel Asian 9-Ball Tour Stop" Archived 2006-04-22 at the Wayback Machine., AZBilliards.com
  5. ↑ "Villanueva, Corteza advance to the World Pool tourney" Archived 2007-10-18 at the Wayback Machine., Manila Times (online edition), 2006; retrieved November 29, 2006.
  6. ↑ "Immonen wins World 10-Ball Championship". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. 1 2 Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan (April 16, 2017). "Corteza stuns four-time champ Hohmann for title". SunStar DAVAO. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  8. ↑ Roy Luarca (October 13, 2017). "Corteza makes history". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  9. ↑ Marianne L. Saberon-Abalayan (April 16, 2017). "Corteza wins big in 2017 US Open". SunStar DAVAO. Retrieved 2017-04-16.
  10. ↑ "World Cup of Pool 2013". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ "China Open Men's Div. 2013". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Southern Cl. 2013 9B Div". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Manny Pacquiao International 10B C'ship". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  14. ↑ "SMB Oktoberfest". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Corteza wins 9 Ball Invitational Championship in Malaysia". http://www.cuesports.org.tw. August 21, 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
  16. ↑ "US Open 10-Ball 2010". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Hard Times 10B 2010". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Predator 10B 2010 Spain". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
  19. ↑ "DCC 2009 10B Challenge". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
  20. ↑ "Turning Stone IX". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  21. 1 2 "Lee Van Corteza". Propool.info.
  22. ↑ "San Miguel Tour 2004 Stop 5". Azbilliards.com. Retrieved May 30, 2004.
  23. ↑ "Lee Van Corteza", Inside Pool magazine (online edition)
  24. ↑ "Knock out stages 2006 World Pool Championship" Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine., World Pool Billiard Association, 2006
  25. 1 2 "Bata Leads Billiards 'Dream Team' for RP to SEA Games", Manila Times (online edition), 2003
  26. 1 2 3 "Southeast Asian Games Medallists" Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine., Philippine Olympic Committee
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