Yu Han

Yu Han
nation	People's Republic of China
birthday	1991 or 1992
Medal table
9-ball World Cup 2 × 0 × 1 × 10-ball world championship 0 × 0 × 2 ×
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location	3 (as of July 2, 2020)

Yu Han (* 1991 or 1992 ) is a Chinese pool player . She became world champion in the 9-ball discipline in 2013 and 2016 .

Career

singles

After reaching the semi-finals in 2007 and the quarter-finals of the All Japan Championship in 2008, Yu Han won the tournament in 2009 by beating South Korean Lim Yun-mi in the final . In addition, she reached the last 16 of the Amway World Open in 2009 and 17th place at the China Open . In 2010 she made it to the quarter-finals at the Amway World Open and the last 16 at the 10-ball World Championship . After she had also reached the round of 16 at the Philippines Open and the China Open 2011 , she made it to the semi-finals of a world championship for the first time at the WPA 9-Ball World Cup in September 2011 , but lost to her compatriot Chen Siming with 7 : 9. In November 2011, she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 10-Ball World Cup against future world champion Kelly Fisher . A few days later she reached the quarterfinals of the All Japan Championship.

In 2012, Yu Han reached the quarter-finals of the 9-ball World Cup and the second round of the China Open . In August 2013 she moved into the final at the 9-ball world championship after victories against Allison Fisher and Tan Ho-yun and became world champion with a 9-1 final win against the Taiwanese Lin Yuan-chun . A few weeks later, she was eliminated in the semifinals of the 2013 10-Ball World Cup . In June 2014, Yu Han won the China Open with a 9: 5 victory in the final against South Korean Kim Ga-young . At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2014, she lost to Kim in the quarter-finals 8: 9. In 2015, she reached third place at the Chinese 8-Ball World Championship and the China Open, and the quarter-finals at the 9-Ball World Championship , in which she was beaten 5: 9 by Chou Chieh-yu from Taiwan .

In June 2016, Yu Han reached the semi-finals of the Amway Cup , losing 8: 9 to the eventual tournament winner Chezka Centeno . Two months later she won the China Open by beating Liu Shasha 9-8 in the final . In December 2016, Yu Han became the 9-ball world champion for the second time with a 9: 7 victory in the final against the Japanese Chihiro Kawahara .

team

With the Chinese national Yu Han was in 2014 World Cup -Third.

successes

All Japan Championship :	2009
9-ball world champion :	2013 , 2016
China Open :	2014 , 2016

Web links

• Yu Han at azbilliards.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Ted Lerner: Hands down for Han! (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , August 12, 2013, archived from the original on August 9, 2016 ; accessed on December 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Han Yu - 2007 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Han Yu - 2008 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
4. ^ The 42th All Japan Championship 2009. In: cuesports.org.tw. Asian Pocket Billiard Union , August 19, 2009, accessed December 16, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Han Yu - 2009 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Han Yu - 2010 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Ted Lerner: The Prodigy vs. the upstart. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association, September 25, 2011, archived from the original on December 21, 2016 ; accessed on December 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Han Yu - 2011 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Han Yu - 2012 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Han Yu - 2013 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Han Yu - 2014 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Han Yu - 2015 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Kyle Nolan: Centeno becomes the youngest player to ever win the Amway Cup. In: kozoom.com. Kozoom , June 24, 2016, accessed December 16, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Han Yu - 2016 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yu is the family name here, Han is the first name.