Wu Chia-ching – Chinese TaipeiAge - 17 (Born 9 February ’89) Based - Taipei, Taiwan Nickname - Little Genius Hobbies - Pool Cue Used - Southwest Achievements - 2005 WPA World Pool Champion. 2005 WPA World 8 Ball Champion. 2005 Asian 9-Ball Tour Singapore Leg Runner-Up. Silver Medallist 2004 World Junior Pool Championship. Third Place, 2004 Philippines Invitational.
There can’t have been many 16 year-olds in the history of any sport who could claim to be a double world champion in their first full time competitive year. That’s what happened to Taiwanese terror Wu Chia-ching last year, though, as he created pool history. In July, he ran undefeated through the knock-out rounds to become the youngest ever winner of the WPA World Pool Championship and he followed that up in the Fujeirah in November when he beat Nick van den Berg in the championship match to takes the WPA 8 Ball crown. In Kaohsiung last summer, overshadowed by his more established countrymen, Wu took out some of the best names in world pool en route to the final. Chamat, Hohmann and Manalo all fell to the fearless young potter from Taipei. It was countryman Kuo Po-cheng who stood between Wu and ultimate glory, though. Trailing 12 – 16 in the race to 17 final, all looked lost for Wu but a mistake from Kuo allowed him to run the last four racks for the title. This will be the ‘Little Genius’s’ second visit to the Masters – he lost 8-7 to Thomas Engert in the quarters last year. |
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