2016 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship
# 2016 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship

The 2016 US Open 9-Ball Championships 2016 was an international pool tournament in the discipline 9-Ball, from 16 to 22 October 2016 at Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It was the 41st entry of the U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships. The American Shane Van Boening won the event with a 13–9 final victory against the Taiwanese Chang Jung-Lin to win his fifth US Open. van Boening's fifth title put him equal for the most wins with Earl Strickland. Third place went to Jayson Shaw .

Defending champion was the Kevin Cheng. However, after defeats against Hsieh Chia-chen and Antonio Lining, Cheng lost in the double elimination round without a win.

## Tournament format

The tournament was played as a double-elimination tournament and as a race to 11 under winner break rules.

## Rankings

The following were the 32 best placed players.

| Place | Player |
| - | - |
| 1 | Shane Van Boening |
| 2 | Chang Jung-Lin |
| 3 | Jayson Shaw |
| 4 | Dennis Orcollo |
| 5 | Jeremy Jones |
| 5 | David Alcaide |
| 7 | Alex Pagulayan |
| 7 | Chang Yu-lung |
| 9 | Ko Ping-chung |
| 9 | Brandon Shuff |
| 9 | Abdullah al-Shammari |
| 9 | Ko Pin-yi |
| 13 | Hsieh Chia-chen |
| 13 | Mike Dechaine |
| 13 | Carlo Biado |
| 13 | Warren Kiamco |
| Place | Player |
| 17 | Josh Roberts |
| 17 | Naoyuki Ōi |
| 17 | Mark Gray |
| 17 | Daryl Peach |
| 17 | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz |
| 17 | Imran Majid |
| 17 | Hsu Kai-lun |
| 17 | Justin Bergman |
| 25 | Jeremy Sossei |
| 25 | Eklent Kaçi |
| 25 | Mario He |
| 25 | Corey Deuel |
| 25 | Mika Immonen |
| 25 | Nick van den Berg |
| 25 | Radosław Babica |
| 25 | Wu Kun-lin |
