Fu Che-wei

Fu Che-wei born December 21, 1973 (Traditional Chinese: 傅哲偉; Tongyong Pinyin: Fù Ché-Wěi) is a Taiwanese professional pool player, nicknamed "the Draw Shot Prince."

Fu Che-Wei
Born (1973-12-21) 21 December 1973
Sport country Chinese Taipei
Nickname"Draw Shot Prince"
Professional2004
Pool games8-Ball, 9-ball, 10-ball
Best finishRunner up at 2012 WPA World Eight-ball Championship
Ranking info
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu.

Career

Fu made his first notable appearance when he finished among the top 32 competitors in the 2004 WPA World Nine-ball Championship (losing to Earl Strickland). He made a comeback at the 2006 event, he was eventually eliminated by runner-up Ralf Souquet in the semi-finals.[1] The performance would win earn him a place in the following years event, but was eliminated in the second round to Mika Immonen.[2]

Che-Wei reached the final of the 2012 WPA World Eight-ball Championships; defeating Huidji See in the quarter finals 9-4, and Liu Haitao 9-3 in the semi-final,[3] before losing in the final to Chang Jung-lin 11-6.[4] Fu has also competed at the WPA World Ten-ball Championships, reaching the last 16 in 2008.[5]

References
  1. "WPA World Pool Championship 2006". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. "WPC Field cut by Half". azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. Lerner, Ted. "All Chinese Taipei finals set for World 8-Ball". azbilliards.com. World Pool Association. Archived from the original on March 20, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. Lerner, Ted. "Jun Lin Chang wins World 8-Ball Championship". azbilliards.com. World Pool Association. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. "Players: Che Wei Fu :: ProPool.info". propool.info. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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