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unusual facts about 2010 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship



Cecil Mamiit

By winning, Strode received a USTA wild card into the 2010 U.S. Open singles qualifying draw.

Christie Vilsack

In October 2009, Vilsack told WHO-DT she was considering a possible run against Republican Senator Chuck Grassley in the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Iowa.

Darren Appleton

Darren Appleton also won the 2010 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship against Corey Deuel of the United States in a match that went into extra racks.

David Alcaide

During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Rodolfo Luat.

Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar

In May 2010 the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a moratorium on all deepwater drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, pending a six-month review by a White House appointed panel.

In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued a six-month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water.

IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship

The IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball tournament held in Reno, Nevada by the International Pool Tour.

James L. Dennis

Dennis is one of three judges on a panel that will hear the appeal to Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, a case challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior six month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water that was adopted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill.

Kevin Uzzell

During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages and the round of 64, but was eliminated in the round of 32 by Pat Holtz.

Lee Fisher

In the 2010 U.S. Senate election, Fisher won the Democratic primary and was the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat held by the retiring Republican George Voinovich, losing to Republican nominee Rob Portman.

Marlin Stutzman

He ran for the Republican nomination for the 2010 U.S. Senate election in a bid to replace retiring incumbent Evan Bayh.

Stutzman was a candidate in the 2010 U.S. Senate election, but was defeated in the primary election in May 2010 by former Senator Dan Coats.

Reed Pierce

The 20th Annual US Open Nine-ball Championship was captured by Reed Pierce in 1995, defeating Efren Reyes, the 1994 US Open Nine-ball Champion, 11-6 in the finals, denying Reyes back-to-back wins.

Thorsten Hohmann

However, Efren Reyes beat the record shortly afterwards winning $500,000 in the 2006 IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship, the second major IPT event.

U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships

Shane Van Boening is the winner of the largest first-place prize ever offered at the event, $50,000, on October 20, 2007.

United States House of Representatives election in the United States Virgin Islands, 2010

The election is part of the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election and coincides with other local elections in the Virgin Islands, including the 2010 gubernatorial race.

W. Eugene Davis

Davis is one of three judges on a panel that will hear the appeal to Hornbeck Offshore Services LLC v. Salazar, a case challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior six month moratorium on exploratory drilling in deep water that was adopted in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the subsequent oil spill.

Women's cue sports in Australia

Tammy Cantoni of Victoria, a multiple-time women's Australian national title-holder in both pool and snooker, and the runner-up in the 2009 open (mixed-gender) division of the Australian Nine-ball Championship, won the 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship (women's division).

World Pool-Billiard Association

In March 1990, the inaugural WPA World Nine-ball Championship was held in Bergheim, Germany.

WPA World Championship

WPA World Nine-ball Championship, also known as the "World Pool Championship" for promotional purposes, an international, professional pocket billiards (pool) tournament in the game of nine-ball, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association and often sponsored by Matchroom Sport

WPA World Eight-ball Championship, an international, professional pocket billiards (pool) tournament in the game of eight-ball, sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association

WPA World Eight-ball Championship

The 2011 WPA World Eight-ball Championship was held 19–26 February at the Fujairah Exhibition Centre, with prize monies totaling $205,000.


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