Wu Chia-ching

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wu.

Wu Chia-ching (Traditional Chinese: 吳珈慶, b. February 9, 1989 in Taiwan) is a professional pool player. He is nicknamed the "Little Genius" ("Taisun"). In 2005, Wu became the youngest player (at 16 years, 5 months old) ever to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship. He was the top seed at the 2006 Men's Championship, but lost in the quarter-final round to Ronato Alcano of the Philippines.

Wu also won the 2005 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, making him the first person to hold the World Nine-ball and Eight-ball titles in the same year. Previously, he was the runner-up at the 2004 Juniors Nine-ball World Championship.

[edit] Career titles

2002 Taiwan National Youth Champion
2002 Taiwan National Pro Tour (pool), third place
2004 WPA Juniors World Nine-Ball Championship, 2nd place

2005 WPA Men's World Nine-Ball Champion
2005 WPA World Eight-ball Champion
2005 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, Singapore Leg, runner-Up

2006 WPA Asian Nine-ball Tour, 4th place
2006 World Pool Masters Tournament, semi-finalist
2006 World 9-Ball Championship, quarter-finalist

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Preceded by Alex Pagulayan	WPA Men's World Nine-ball Champion 2005	Succeeded by Ronato Alcano
Preceded by Efren Reyes	WPA Men's World Eight-ball Champion 2005-2006	Succeeded by Ronato Alcano

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