Taiwan
Name:
Wu Chia-ching
Nickname:
Taisun (little genius)
Home town:
Taipei County, Taiwan.
Date of birth:
February 9, 1989.
Family:
Grandmother, father, older brother and younger sister.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months: 2008 PPT 10-ball Champion, 2008 ESPN Guinness Asian Tour, Singapore leg - Runner up.
Career achievements:
2005 World 9-ball and 8-ball Champion, 2007 the 40th All Japan championship Champion.
Biggest disappointment:
Losing in 2008 World 8-ball Championship.
Favourite player:
Yang Ching-Shun
Sponsors:
None.
Cues used:
Southwest.
Hobbies:
Listening to music, playing video games and all kinds of sports.
Home pool room:
My grandmother runs the pool room, the name is Athlete Pool Room.
Like about pool:
You have to keep concentrating on it, then you forget about other things and have fun.
Dislike about pool:
Sometimes you rely on being lucky.
Occupation other than pool:
Student at a university
Describe yourself:
I'm looking forward to exploring the world and have courage to confront all kinds of challenges.
Name:
Wang Hung-Hsiang
Nickname:
-
Home town:
Taipei County.
Date and place of birth:
1981.04.07.
Family:
-
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
2008 ESPN Asian Guinness Asian Tour - Malaysia leg runner-Up, 2008 World 8-ball Championship 16th place.
Career achievements:
2005 Taiwan Open Champion.
Biggest disappointment:
Just a little miss and I lost to Chang, Jung-Lin in ESPN Tour - Malaysia leg.
Favourite pool player:
Yang, Ching-Shun.
Sponsors:
None.
Cues used:
Jerry Oliver.
Hobbies:
Reading and movies.
Home pool room:
None.
Like about pool:
Exciting
Dislike about pool:
Slow breaking
Occupation other than pool:
Staff in pool room and sometimes for TV pool sports entertainment show.
Describe yourself:
I will not give up and will do my best to win the World Championship.
World Cup of Pool record
2006
(Wang Hung-hsiang and Yang Ching-shun)
QF - Lost 4-9 to Germany (Oliver Ortmann and Thomas Engert)
L16 - Won 9-4 against Japan (Satoshi Kawabata and Maasaki Tanaka)
R1 - Won 9-6 against India (Alok Kumar and Dharminder Singh Lilly)
2007 (Wu Chia-ching and Yang Ching-shun)
R1
- 8-3 v Denmark (Bahram Lotfy and Kasper Kristoffersen).
L16 6-8 v Belgium (Serge Das and Noel Bruynooghe)
2008 Campaign
R1 (Wednesday, October 8 - evening session) v Holland B (Roy Gerards and Gijs van Helmond)
