United States National Snooker Championship

United States National Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Country	USA
Established	1991
Organisation(s)	United States Snooker Association
Format	National event
Recent edition	2015
Current champion(s)	Sargon Isaac

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 first established back in 1991 which 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 California's Sargon Isaac, who previously won the championship in 2012.

Winners

^[3]

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

Stats

Finalists

Rank	Name	Winner	Runner-up	Finals
1	Tom Kollins	5	2	7
2	George Lai	3	1	4
2	Ahmed Aly Elsayed	3	1	4
4	Ajeya Prabhakar	2	4	6
5	Sargon Isaac	2	1	3
6	David Yao	2	0	2
7	Kenny Kwok	1	1	2
8	Tang Hoa	1	0	1
8	Peter Ong	1	0	1
8	Paul Kimura	1	0	1
8	Jack Kung	1	0	1
8	Deuel, CoreyCorey Deuel	1	0	1
13	Raymond Fung	0	2	2
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.