The 2021 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the sixth WPA World Ten-ball Championship and the first since 2019, as the 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | September 6–10, 2021 |
| Venue | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino |
| City | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Organisation(s) | World Pool-Billiard Association CueSports International |
| Format | Double-elimination / single-elimination |
| Discipline | Ten-ball |
| Winner's share | $35,000 |
| Defending champion |  Ko Ping-chung (Chinese Taipei) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Eklent Kaçi (ALB) |
| Runner-up |  Naoyuki Ōi (JPN) |
| Score | 10–6 |
← 2019 2022 → | |
The tournament began with 64 players in a double-elimination bracket (playing race-to-8 matches) until 16 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format (playing race-to-10 matches).[2] Eklent Kaçi of Albania defeated Naoyuki Ōi of Japan in the championship match.[3]