The Professional Players Championship at the Super Billiards Expo returns from April 9-12 for its 32nd staging, as Dutchman Niels Feijen defends his title at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center.
World number one Fedor Gorst will headline the field for the World Nineball Tour ranking tournament, alongside the likes of US Open champion Aloysius Yapp, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and 2024 winner Jayson Shaw.
Two-time world champion Albin Ouschan is also amongst the title favourites in Pennsylvania, as are the likes of European Open winner Moritz Neuhausen, Eklent Kaci, David Alcaide, Alex Kazakis and Pijus Labutis.
Other notable entrants include the legendary Ralf Souquet and Darren Appleton, Max Lechner, Mario He, Jonas Souto and Daniel Maciol, as well as Konrad Juszczyszyn, Mieszko Fortunski, Oliver Szolnoki, Denis Grabe, Naoyuki Oi and Brits Elliott Sanderson and Fraser Patrick.
The greatest hopes of an American winner are in the hands of recent ranking event winner Lukas Fracasso-Verner, while Tyler Styer, Billy Thorpe, Thorsten Hohmann and Oscar Dominguez will also be representing on home turf.
Three-time women’s world champion Han Yu will make her WNT ranking event debut, competing alongside fellow female stars in American teenagers Sofia Mast and Savannah Easton.
The tournament will feature more than 160 players and will be single elimination from the last 64 onwards, with matches played over race-to-10 racks throughout, while coverage will be shown via WNT TV for subscribers.
Super Billiards Expo 2025
Professional Players Championship
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Last 32
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 10-4 Alex Bausch 🇺🇸
🇨🇦 John Morra 10-6 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-6 Jesus Atencio 🇻🇪
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-8 Dimitris Loukatos 🇬🇷
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 10-7 Billy Thorpe 🇺🇸
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 2-10 Dominik Jastrzab 🇵🇱
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 9-10 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇦🇱 Eklent Kaci 8-10 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 🇧🇦
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 4-10 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 10-5 Oscar Dominguez 🇺🇸
🇺🇦 Vitaliy Patsura 5-10 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-8 Denis Grabe 🇪🇪
🇬🇧 Fraser Patrick 10-2 Paul Song 🇺🇸
🇦🇹 Albin Ouschan 6-10 Naoyuki Oi 🇯🇵
🇦🇹 Mario He 8-10 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
🇳🇴 Emil Gangflot 10-6 Jeremy Seaman 🇺🇸
Last 16
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 6-10 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-4 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 9-10 Dominik Jastrzab 🇵🇱
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 10-7 Thorsten Hohmann 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Tyler Styer 9-10 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-10 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 10-6 Fraser Patrick 🇬🇧
🇳🇴 Emil Gangflot 7-10 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Quarter-Finals
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-8 John Morra 🇨🇦
🇧🇦 Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9-10 Dominik Jastrzab 🇵🇱
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 10-9 Elliott Sanderson 🇬🇧
🇯🇵 Naoyuki Oi 6-10 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Semi-Finals
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-5 Dominik Jastrzab 🇵🇱
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 9-10 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Final
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 10-4 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
Prize Fund
Champion – $16,000
Runner-up – $10,000
Semi-finalists – $7,000
Quarter-finalists – $5,000
Last 16 – $3,000
Last 32 – $1,000
Total – $100,000
