2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

2022 Predator World 10-Ball Championship

Tournament information
Dates	28 March–1 April
Venue	Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
City	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Organisation(s)	World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International
Format	Double-elimination / single-elimination
Discipline	Ten-ball
Total prize fund	$226,000
Winner's share	$60,000
Defending champion	Eklent Kaçi (ALB)
Final
Champion	Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Runner-up	Christopher Tévez (PER)
Score	10–8
← 2021

The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1.^[1] The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.

The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.

Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.^[2]

The following results only show the single-elimination stage comprising the final 32 players. All matches at this stage were played as race-to-ten racks. Players in bold represent match winners.

	First round				Second round				Quarter-final				Semi-final				Final
	Naoyuki Ōi (JPN)	10
	Blaine Barcus (USA)	4
					Naoyuki Ōi	10
					Chris Reinhold	5
	John Schmidt (USA)	6
	Chris Reinhold (USA)	10
									Naoyuki Ōi	9
									Eklent Kaçi	10
	Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL)	7
	Lee Vann Corteza (PHI)	10
					Lee Vann Corteza	6
					Eklent Kaçi	10
	Alex Pagulayan (CAN)	3
	Eklent Kaçi (ALB)	10
													Eklent Kaçi	9
													Wojciech Szewczyk	10
	Shane Van Boening (USA)	6
	Daniel Macioł (POL)	10
					Daniel Macioł	8
					Edgie Geronimo	10
	Edgie Geronimo (PHI)	10
	Marc Bijsterbosch (NED)	6
									Edgie Geronimo	9
									Wojciech Szewczyk	10
	Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)	10
	Oscar Dominguez (USA)	6
					Wojciech Szewczyk	10
					Denis Grabe	6
	Eric Roberts (USA)	4
	Denis Grabe (EST)	10
																	Wojciech Szewczyk	10
																	Christopher Tévez	8
	Mieszko Fortuński (POL)	10
	Roberto Bartol (CRO)	9
					Mieszko Fortuński	7
					Sanjin Pehlivanović	10
	Justin Martin (USA)	2
	Sanjin Pehlivanović (BIH)	10
									Sanjin Pehlivanović	4
									Jayson Shaw	10
	Jonas Souto (ESP)	3
	Jayson Shaw (SCO)	10
					Jayson Shaw	10
					Francisco Sánchez Ruíz	5
	Ralf Souquet (GER)	5
	Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (ESP)	10
													Jayson Shaw	6
													Christopher Tévez	10
	David Alcaide (ESP)	6
	Christopher Tévez (PER)	10
					Christopher Tévez	10
					Carlo Biado	8
	Michael Schneider (SUI)	7
	Carlo Biado (PHI)	10
									Christopher Tévez	10
									Darren Appleton	3
	Sharik Sayed (SGP)	7
	Robbie Capito (HKG)	10
					Robbie Capito	9
					Darren Appleton	10
	Darren Appleton (ENG)	10
	Mika Immonen (FIN)	5

Source:^[3]