Born | Murcia, Spain | 29 December 1991
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Sport country | Spain |
Pool games | 9-Ball, 8-Ball |
Tournament wins | |
Major | U.S. Open (2022) |
World Champion | 8-Ball (2022), 9-Ball (2023) |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991, in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player and the reigning World champion in nine-ball.
Career
Sánchez won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final.[1]
In 2016, Sánchez won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3.[2][3] He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura.[4][5]
Sánchez was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He.[6]
In 2022 Sánchez won the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13-10. He then won his first world title at the WPA World Eight-ball Championship over Wiktor Zieliński in the same year.
Sánchez won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship in 2023.
Titles and achievements
- 2023 Mosconi Cup
- 2023 Premier League Pool
- 2023 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
- 2022 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
- 2022 Mosconi Cup
- 2022 Euro Tour Petrich Open
- 2022 WPA World Eight-ball Championship
- 2022 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship
- 2022 PRP Nine-Ball Open
- 2022 World Cup of Pool - with (David Alcaide)[7]
- 2022 Derby City Classic 9-Ball
- 2021 Euro Tour Lasko Open
- 2021 Euro Tour Antalya Open
- 2019 Spanish Amateur Snooker Championship
- 2018 Spanish Amateur Snooker Championship
- 2017 World Pool Series Cheqio Challenge
- 2016 European Pool Championship 9-Ball
- 2015 Spanish Pool Championship 10-Ball
- 2015 Spanish Pool Championship 9-Ball
- 2015 Spanish Pool Championship 8-ball
- 2014 Spanish Pool Championship 9-Ball
- 2014 Spanish Pool Championship 8-ball
- 2013 Spanish Pool Championship 9-Ball
- 2012 Spanish Pool Championship 8-ball
- 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship
- 2008 Spanish Pool Championship 8-ball
- 2007 Spanish Pool Championship 9-Ball
References
- ↑ "Billiard Education Foundation - Page not found (404)". billiardeducation.org. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
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: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ "9-Ball Titles for Khodjaeva, Larsson and Sanchez-Ruiz". azbilliards.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Filler Through to Semifinal". azbilliards.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "European Championships 2016 – Men, Women & WheelChair". sixpockets.de. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Matches - Draw and Results". billiardapps.com. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ "Mario He Takes the Title on Home Turf". azbilliards.com. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "World Cup of Pool".
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