SEEDING CATEGORIES Seed Defending Champion 1 Jayson Shaw (SCO) US No.1 (BCA Ranking) 2 Shane Van Boening (USA) Players in the top 25 of the WPA World Ranking 3 Joshua Filler (GER) 4 Alexander Kazakis (GRE) 5 Carlo Biado (PHI) 6 Niels Feijen (NED) 7 Chang Jung Lin (TPE) 8 Ko Pin-Yi (TPE) 9 Fedor Gorst (RUS) 10 Chris Melling (ENG) 11 Dennis Grabe (EST) 12 Eklent Kaci (ALB) 13 Ko Ping-Chung (TPE) 14 Wu Jiaqing (CHN) 15 Ralf Souquet (GER) 16 Toru Kuribayashi (JPN) 17 Petri Makkonen (FIN) 18 Albin Ouschan (AUT) 19 Wu Kun Lin (TPE) 20 Thorsten Hohmann (GER) 21 David Alcaide (ESP) 22 Aloysuis Yapp (SIN) 23 Dang Jin Hu (CHN) 24 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) 25 Cheng Yu Hsuan (TPE) Players in the top 10 of the BCA Standings 26 Billy Thrope (USA) 27 Skyler Woodward (USA) 28 Dennis Orcollo (PHI) 29 Johnny Archer (USA) 30 Mika Immonen (FIN) 31 John Morra (CAN) Players ranked 26-50 in the WPA World Ranking 32 Corey Deuel (USA) 33 Naoyuki Oi (JPN) 34 Johann Chua (PHI) 35 Jeffrey Ignacio (PHI) 36 Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 37 Jeffrey De Luna (PHI) 38 Ruslan Chinakov (RUS) 39 Mario He (AUT) 40 Radoslaw Babica (POL) 41 Lin Dali (TPE) 42 Robbie Capito (HK) 43 Wang Can (CHN) 44 Hoang Duong Quoc (VIE) 45 Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) 46 Richard Halliday (RSA) Players ranked 11-25 on the BCA Standing 47 Donnie Mills (USA) 48 Justin Bergman (USA) 49 James Aranas (PHI) 50 Dennis Hatch (USA) Players from the 2018 Mosconi Cup 51 Tyler Styer Players ranked 1-30 on the Fargo World Ranking 52 Mike Dechaine (USA) 53 Liu Haitao (CHN) 54 Chang Yu-Lung (TPE) 55 Warren Kiamco (PHI) Players ranked 1-25 on the EuroTour Ranking 56 Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) 57 Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) 58 Tomasz Kaplan (POL) 59 Wojciech Szewczky (POL) 60 Maksim Dudanets (POL) 61 Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) 62 Roman Hybler (RUS) Players 51-75 on the WPA World Ranking 63 Mieszko Fortunski (POL) 64 Tommy Tokoph (USA) 65 Hunter Lombardo (USA) 66 Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 67 Jalal Yousef (VEN) 68 Ching-Shun Yang (TPE) 69 Matt Edwards (NZE) 70 Marek Kudlik (POL) 71 Nick Malaj (GRE) 72 Tomoya Iima (JPN) 73 Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) 74 Hsu Jui-An 75 Liu Ri-Teng (TPE) Players Ranked 26-50 on the BCA Standings 76 John Schmidt (USA) 77 Brandon Shuff (USA) 78 Josh Roberts (USA) 79 Earl Strickland (USA) 80 Erik Hjorleifson (CAN) 81 Franklin Hernandez (USA) 82 Shaun Wilkie (USA) Players 31-50 on the Fargo World Ranking 83 Darren Appleton (ENG) 84 Hayato Hijikata (JPN) 85 Siming Chen (CHN) 86 Francisco Bustamante (PHI) Previous Winners of the US Open 9-Ball Championship 87 Gabe Owen (USA) 88 Jeremy Jones (USA) 89 Rodney Morris (USA) 90 Tommy Kennedy (USA) Players 76-120 on the WPA World Ranking 91 Jason Theron (RSA) 92 Rob Hart (USA) 93 Jani Siekkinen (FIN) 94 Kostas Koukiadakis (GRE) 95 Alejandro Carvajal (CHI) 96 Jason Klatt (CAN) 97 Martin Daigle (CAN) 98 Marlon Manalo (PHI) Players 51-75 on the Fargo World Ranking 99 Hsu Kai-Lun 100 Roberto Gomez (PHI) 101 Marco Teutscher (NZE) 102 Imran Majid (ENG) 103 Vilmos Foldes (HUN) Players 26-50 on the EuroTour Ranking 104 Ivo Aarts (NED) 105 Philipp Stojanovic (CRO) Players 1-50 on the Fargo USA Ranking 106 Tony Chohan (USA) 107 Max Eberle (USA) 108 Mitch Ellerman (USA) 109 Kenny Loftis (USA) 110 Ernesto Dominguez (USA) Players 76-100 on the Fargo World Ranking 111 Kim Laaksonen (FIN) 112 Amar Kang (USA) Winners of official US Open Qualifying Events 113 Steve Folan (USA) 114 Simon Pickering (CAN) 115 John Barton (USA) 116 Brian Sanders (USA) 117 Justin Espinosa (USA) 118 Ronald Regli (SUI) 119 Patrick Mennillo (SUI) 120 Paul Duell (CAN) 121 Toan Nguyen (NZL) 122 Adam Lilley (NZL) 123 Brendan Ng (NZL) 124 Tyler Fleshman (USA) 125 Kings Santy (USA) 126 David Anderson (RSA) 127 Manny Perez (USA) 128 Jason Williams (USA)