SEEDING CATEGORIES Seed Defending Champion 1 (GER) US No.1 (BCA Ranking) 2 (USA) Players in the top 10 of the Matchroom World Ranking 3 (AUT) 4 Alexander Kazakis (GRE) 5 Max Lechner (AUT) 6 David Alcaide (ESP) 7 Eklent Kaci (ALB) 8 Jayson Shaw (GBR) 9 Naoyuki Oi (JPN) Players in the top 10 of the WPA World Ranking 10 (NED) 11 (GER) 12 Tyler Styer (USA) Players Ranked 11-20 on the Matchroom Pool & WPA World Rankings 13 Chang Jung-Lin (TPE) 14 James Aranas (PHI) 15 Skyler Woodward (USA) 16 Billy Thorpe (USA) 17 Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) 18 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) 19 Johann Gonzales Chua (PHI) 20 Oliver Szolnoki (HUN) 21 (CAN) 22 Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) 23 (RUS) 24 Denis Grabe (EST) Players Ranked In The Top 16 of the WST World Ranking 25 Judd Trump (GBR) Players Ranked 21-50 on the Matchroom Pool & WPA World Rankings 26 (GBR) 27 Carlo Biado (PHI) 28 Chris Reinhold (USA) 29 (PHI) 30 Thorston Hohmann (GER) 31 Tomasz Kaplan (POL) 32 Aloysuis Yapp (SIN) 33 Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) 34 Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 35 Mieszko Fortunski (POL) 36 Corey Deuel (USA) 37 Marco Teutscher (NED) 38 (FIN) 39 Masato Yoshioka (JPN) 40 Jeremy Sossei (USA) 41 Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) 42 Roberto Gomez (PHI) 43 Hunter Lombardo (USA) 44 Wu Kun Lin (TPE) 45 John Morra (USA) 46 Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) 47 Aleksa Pecelj (SRB) 48 Bahram Lotfy (DEN) 49 Jonas Souto Comino (ESP) 50 Mario He (AUT) 51 Pijus Labutis (LTU) 52 Jeffrey Ignacio (PHI) Matchroom Pool Events 53 Jeffrey De Luna (PHI) 54 Waleed Majid (QAT) Players in the Top 25 of the BCA Standings

Players Ranked 1-30 on the Fargo World Ranking

Players Ranked 1-5 on the WPA Women's Ranking 55 Kelly Fisher (GBR) Players Ranked 51-75 on the Matchroom Pool & WPA World Rankings 56 Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) 57 Hsieh Chia-Chen (TPE) 58 Radoslaw Babica (POL) 59 Badar Al Awardi (KUW) 60 Daniel Schnieder (USA) 61 Ivica Putnik (CRO) 62 Marc Vidal Claramunt (USA) 63 Mortiz Neuhausen (GER) 64 Muhummed Daydat (RSA) 65 Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH) 66 Stephen Holem (CAN) 67 Wiktor Zielinski (POL) 68 (USA) 69 Brandon Shuff (USA) 70 Danny Olson (USA) 71 Jason Theron (RSA) Players 26-50 on the BCA Standings 72 Josh Roberts (USA) Players 31-50 on the Fargo World Ranking 73 Roland Garcia (PHI) Players Ranked 6-25 on the WPA Women's Ranking 74 Kristina Tkach (RUS) Former Champions of the US Open Pool Championship 75 Jeremy Jones (USA) 76 Allen Hopkins (USA) Players Ranked 76+ on the WPA & Matchroom Pool Rankings 77 Shaun Wilkie (USA) 78 Sullivan Clark (NZL) 79 DJ McGinley (USA) 80 Mickey Krause (DEN) 81 Mohammad Ali Berjawi (LBN) 82 Warren Kiamco (PHI) 83 Christopher Lawson (USA) 84 Donny Mills (USA) 85 Toh Lian Han (SNG) 86 Rob Hart (USA) 87 Lukas Fracasso-Verner (USA) 88 Shane Wolford (USA) 89 Abdullah Alshammari (KSA) 90 Blaine Barcus (USA) 91 Michael Yednak (USA) Players Ranking 26-76 on the WPA Women's Ranking 92 Pia Filler (GER)