China Open pool prize money
The China Open has paid £1,678,873 across 14 tournaments from 2010 to 2026. In 2026 Fedor Gorst took £30,075.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the tournament paid in all
| YEAR | WINNER | TOP PRIZE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Fedor Gorst | £30,075£30k | £120,301£120k |
| 2025 | Wojciech Szewczyk | £30,075£30k | £120,301£120k |
| 2024 | Joshua Filler | £30,075£30k | £120,301£120k |
| 2023 | Joshua Filler | £30,075£30k | £120,301£120k |
| 2019 | Jia-Qing Wu | £30,075£30k | £118,797£119k |
| 2018 | Pin-Yi Ko | £30,075£30k | £118,797£119k |
| 2017 | Joshua Filler | £30,075£30k | £118,797£119k |
| 2016 | Jia-Qing Wu | £30,075£30k | £120,301£120k |
| 2015 | Albin Ouschan | £30,075£30k | £116,541£117k |
| 2014 | Yu-Lung Chang | £30,075£30k | £117,895£118k |
| 2013 | Lee Vann Corteza | £30,075£30k | £130,075£130k |
| 2012 | Dennis Orcollo | £30,075£30k | £133,835£134k |
| 2011 | Chris Melling | £30,075£30k | £121,880£122k |
| 2010 | Yu Long Zhang | £30,075£30k | £100,752£101k |
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The 2026 China Open payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | PLAYERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1 | £30,075£30k | £30,075£30k |
| 2nd | 1 | £15,038£15k | £15,038£15k |
| T3 | 2 | £7,519£8k | £15,038£15k |
| T5 | 4 | £4,511£5k | £18,045£18k |
| T9 | 8 | £2,256£2k | £18,045£18k |
| T17 | 16 | £1,504£2k | £24,060£24k |
Every cheque by name is on the 2026 China Open payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the China Open
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
| # | PLAYER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Filler | Germany | 3 | £103,008£103k |
| 2 | Jia-Qing Wu | China | 2 | £81,053£81k |
| 3 | Lee Vann Corteza | Philippines | 1 | £51,805£52k |
| 4 | Pin-Yi Ko | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £49,774£50k |
| 5 | Albin Ouschan | Austria | 1 | £45,489£45k |
| 6 | Jung-Lin Chang | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £43,233£43k |
| 7 | Yu-Lung Chang | Chinese Taipei | 1 | £42,707£43k |
| 8 | Fedor Gorst | United States | 1 | £41,353£41k |
| 9 | Wojciech Szewczyk | Poland | 1 | £41,353£41k |
| 10 | Kun Lin Wu | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £38,346£38k |
| 11 | Chris Melling | Great Britain | 1 | £37,444£37k |
| 12 | Dennis Orcollo | Philippines | 1 | £37,368£37k |
| 13 | Jin-Hu Dang | China | 0 | £36,090£36k |
| 14 | Carlo Biado | Philippines | 0 | £31,203£31k |
| 15 | Yu Long Zhang | China | 1 | £30,977£31k |
| 16 | Jeffrey Ignacio | Philippines | 0 | £30,677£31k |
| 17 | Anthony Raga | Philippines | 0 | £30,075£30k |
| 18 | Che-Wei Fu | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £26,992£27k |
| 19 | Naoyuki Oi | Japan | 0 | £23,910£24k |
| 20 | Haitao Liu | China | 0 | £22,782£23k |
| 21 | Yu-Hsuan Cheng | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £22,556£23k |
| 22 | Kai Lun Hsu | Chinese Taipei | 0 | £22,180£22k |
| 23 | Hayato Hijikata | Japan | 0 | £21,654£22k |
| 24 | Thorsten Hohmann | Germany | 0 | £21,429£21k |
| 25 | Niels Feijen | Netherlands | 0 | £21,278£21k |
The top 12 here
Other pool tournaments
The tournaments either side of the China Open by prize money paid
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the 2026 China Open?
Fedor Gorst took £30,075. The whole tournament paid £120,301 across 32 players.
How much prize money has the China Open paid?
£1,678,873 across 14 editions from 2010 to 2026. The richest was the China Open 2012 Men's Division, at £133,835.
Who has won the most money at the China Open?
Joshua Filler, with £103,008 and 3 wins. Jia-Qing Wu is next on £81,053.
Who has won the China Open the most times?
Joshua Filler, 3 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the China Open rank for prize money?
3rd of the 310 pool tournaments we hold, by total prize money paid.
Where to next
Every pool tournament and player is ranked on pool prize money. The latest edition is the 2026 China Open, and the one before it the 2025 China Open. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's pool prize money. How much of the pot a pool winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.