The World Nineball Tour returns to Hanoi, Vietnam from July 3-6 for the bronze-ranked Universal x CPBA 99 Open at the 99 Billiards Club.
World number two and UK Open champion Aloysius Yapp leads the 128-player field alongside fellow Reyes Cup stars Mickey Krause and Carlo Biado, with the winner receiving $16,000 in prize money.
Vietnamese number one Duong Quoc Hoang, Naoyuki Oi, Robbie Capito and Nguyen Anh Tuan are also involved, while the Philippines are well-represented by the likes of Lee Van Corteza, James Aranas, Anton Raga, Jefrey Roda, Michael Feliciano, Bernie Regalario, Harry Vergara and teenager AJ Manas.
The Taiwanese players involved include Fu Che-Wei, Chang Yu-Lung, Wang Hung-Hsiang, Liu Ri-Teng, World 8-Ball Championship runner-up Hsu Jui-An and Wu Kun-Lin.
The tournament will be double elimination until 32 players remain, it will race-to-nine racks, winner breaks (race-to-eight on the one-loss side) until the race-to-11 semi-finals and race-to-13 final.
Coverage will be shown via the Vietnam Billiards Promotion YouTube channel as well as WNT TV for subscribers.
2025 UNIVERSAL X CPBA 99 OPEN
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Vietnam Billiards Community website
Last 16
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 9-10 Zhu Xihe 🇨🇳
🇻🇳 Bui Truong An 4-10 Lin Ta-Li 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-7 Dean Castronuevo 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Baseth Mocaibat 8-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Patric Gonzales 3-10 Alexis Ferrer 🇵🇭
🇻🇳 Bui Van Huy 9-10 AJ Manas 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 James Aranas 8-10 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
🇹🇼 Hsu Jui-An 10-6 Jesson Marabi 🇵🇭
Quarter-Finals
🇨🇳 Zhu Xihe 10-9 Lin Ta-Li 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 8-10 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 AJ Manas 8-10 Alexis Ferrer 🇵🇭
🇹🇼 Wu Kun-Lin 10-8 Hsu Jui-An 🇹🇼
Semi-Finals
🇨🇳 Zhu Xihe 9-11 Chang Yu-Lung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Alexis Ferrer 11-6 Wu Kun-Lin 🇹🇼
Final
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 10-13 Alexis Ferrer 🇵🇭
Prize Fund
Champion – $16,000
Runner-up – $6,000
Semi-finalists – $3,000
Quarter-finalists – $1,000
Last 16 – $500
Losers Qualification – $250
Total – $40,000
