American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship
The American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship (formerly the Maryland 14.1 Straight Pool Championship) is a professional straight pool (also known as continuous 14.1) invitational tournament held in the United States since 2005. It is organized by promoter Peter Burrows.[1][2]
Format
In recent years, the tournament has been held in the fall over a 4 or 5 days period.
42 or 48 players are subjectively ranked by skill level and evenly distributed into groups of 6 or 7 players for the initial round-robin phase. After, the players with the best records from each group move on to a 24 players single-elimination tournament. The 8 players with the best records get a bye. Matches are races to 125 during the round-robin phase and to 150 during the single-elimination tournament except for the final which is a race to 175 or 200.[1]
In 2021, a women's division was added to the format. Fifteen women competed in 3 groups during the round-robin and eight of them move to a single elimination tournament. Kelly Fisher defeated Pia Filler in the finals with a score of 100-46. [3]
Events
| Year | Date | Venue | Location | Div | Winner | Finalist | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | August 8th | 150-67 | |||||
| 2006 | November 19th | 150-89 | |||||
| 2007 | June 10th | 150-59 | |||||
| 2008 | June 12th | 150-140 | |||||
| 2009 | June 28th | 150-28 | |||||
| 2010 | June 20th | 150-94 | |||||
| 2011 | July 24th | 150-74 | |||||
| 2012 | August 18-19 | Big Daddy's Billiards | Glen Burnie, MD, USA | 150-21 | |||
| 2013 | September 15-16 | Top Hat Cue Club | Parkville, MD, USA | 150-111 | |||
| 2014 | September 12-14 | Diamond Billiards | Midlothian, VA, USA | 150-28 | |||
| 2015 | October 22-25 | Diamond Billiards | Midlothian, VA, USA | 150-94 | |||
| 2016 | October 12-16 | Diamond Billiards | Midlothian, VA, USA | 150-114 | |||
| 2017 | October 17-21 | Diamond Billiards | Midlothian, VA, USA | 150-87 | |||
| 2018 | October 16-19 | Carom Cafe Billiards | New York City, NY, USA | 200-168 | |||
| 2019 | October 22-26 | Q-Master Billiards | Virginia Beach, VA, USA | 175-(-2) | |||
| 2020 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | October 19-23 | Q-Master Billiards | Virginia Beach, VA, USA | Men | 150-89 | ||
| Women | 100-46 | ||||||
References
- "Home page". American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "AMERICAN 14.1 STRAIGHT POOL CHAMPIONSHIP". AzBilliards. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- "American 14.1 Women's Championship". Cue Score. October 23, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
- "Players". American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship. Retrieved 20 October 2018.