United States National Snooker Championship

United States National Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Country USA
Established 1991 (1991)
Organisation(s) United States Snooker Association
Format National event
Recent edition 2018
Current champion(s) United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed

The United States National Snooker Championship is an annual snooker competition played in the USA and is the highest ranking amateur event in the USA.

The competition was established in 1991 and was won by Tom Kollins, who currently holds the record for most championship wins, having won the title again in 1992, 1998, 1999 and 2001.[1] Both the winner and runner-up are automatically selected to represent the United States in the following IBSF World Snooker Championship.[2] The championship is currently held by New York's Ahmed Aly Elsayed, who won his fourth title at the Prince Snooker Club in Brooklyn, New York.

From 2014, due to a ruling by the IBSF, the Championship is now only open to U.S. Citizens having previously also been open to U.S. permanent residents.

Winners

[3]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
1991 United States Tom Kollins United States John Abruzzo 4–2 Oakbrook
1992 United States Tom Kollins United States John Lewis 4–3 Aurora
1993 United States David Yao United States Mike Massey 5–0 Aurora
1994 United States David Yao United States Tom Kollins 5–2 Aurora
1995 United States Tang Hoa United States Orwin Ham 5–1 San Gabriel
1996 United States Peter Ong United States Piya Potanan 5–0 San Gabriel
1997 United States George Lai United States Truman Wu 5–3 Monterey
1998 United States Tom Kollins United States Tom Karabotsos 5–4 Grayslake
1999 United States Tom Kollins United States Murali Venkat 5–0 Grayslake
2000 United States Ajeya Prabhakar United States Tom Kollins 5–3 Grayslake
2001 United States Tom Kollins United States Ajeya Prabhakar 5–0 Grayslake
2004 United States Kenny Kwok United States Raymond Fung 4–2 Manhattan
2005 United States George Lai United States Kenny Kwok 4–2 San Gabriel
2006 United States Paul Kimura United States Romil Azemat 5–3 San Gabriel
2007 United States Jack Kung United States George Lai 5–3 San Gabriel
2008 United States George Lai United States Jian Qiang Wang 5–2 San Gabriel
2009 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed United States Ajeya Prabhakar 5–4 Brooklyn
2010 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed United States Yi Fei Mei 5–4 San Gabriel
2011[4] United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed United States Ajeya Prabhakar 5–3 Brooklyn
2012[5] United States Sargon Isaac United States Ajeya Prabhakar 5–2 San Gabriel
2013[6] United States Corey Deuel United States Sargon Isaac 5–1 Houston
2014[7] United States Ajeya Prabhakar United States Raymond Fung 5–2 Brooklyn
2015[8][9] United States Sargon Isaac United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–3 Brooklyn
2016[10] United States Sargon Isaac United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–1 Houston
2017[11] United States Raymond Fung United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed 5–4 Manhattan
2018[12] United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed United States Raymond Fung 5–2 Brooklyn

Stats

Finalists

Rank Name Winner Runner-up Finals
1 Tom Kollins 5 2 7
2 Ahmed Aly Elsayed 4 3 7
3 Sargon Isaac 3 1 4
3 George Lai 3 1 4
5 Ajeya Prabhakar 2 4 6
6 David Yao 2 0 2
7 Raymond Fung 1 3 4
8 Kenny Kwok 1 1 2
9 Tang Hoa 1 0 1
9 Peter Ong 1 0 1
9 Paul Kimura 1 0 1
9 Jack Kung 1 0 1
9 Corey Deuel 1 0 1
14 John Abruzzo 0 1 1
14 John Lewis 0 1 1
14 Mike Massey 0 1 1
14 Orwin Ham 0 1 1
14 Piya Potanan 0 1 1
14 Truman Wu 0 1 1
14 Tom Karabotsos 0 1 1
14 Murali Venkat 0 1 1
14 Romil Azemat 0 1 1
14 Jian Qiang Wang 0 1 1
14 Yi Fei Mei 0 1 1

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profiles - Tom Kollins". United States Snooker Association. Santa Clara, CA. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  2. ↑ "About The Championship". United States Snooker Association. Santa Clara, CA. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  3. ↑ "United States National Snooker Championship - Champions Roll Of Honor". snookerusa.com. United States Snooker Association. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Almighty Aly Secures Third U.S. National Snooker Title". snookerusa.com. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sensational Sargon Claims U.S Title". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Corey Shows His Deuel Talent". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "AJEYA PRABHAKAR WINS THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". snookerclub.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "ISAAC FULFILS AMERICAN DREAM". World Snooker. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Isaac Captures Second National Snooker Title". snookerusa.com. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "ISAAC DEFENDS TITLE TO BECOME A FANTASTIC THREE TIMES CHAMPION". SnookerUSA.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Fung finally achieves his American snooker dream". SnookerUSA.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Aly back to winning ways with fourth National Snooker Championship title". SnookerUSA.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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