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Born | Moscow, Russia | 25 January 1992
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Sport country | ![]() |
Nickname | "The Kid", "The Siberian Express" |
Pool games | Nine-ball |
Tournament wins | |
Minor | 2017 Dutch Open |
Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov ( Russian: Руслан Юрьевич Чинахов; born 25 January 1992) is a Russian professional primarily nine-ball pool player. Ruslan was the world nine-ball Juniors champion in 2009. [1] Chinakhov has won several events, including the Euro Tour Dutch Open 2017, defeating Christoph Reintjes in the final. [2]
Ruslan entered his first tournament in 2005, at the age of 13, at the Russian pool championships. [3] The following year, he won the 2006 Kremlin Cup 9-Ball event. [4] Chinakhov reached his first semi-finals of a Euro Tour event the following year in 2007, doing so at the Netherlands Open 2007, losing to Imran Majid 10–7. [4] [5]
Chinakhov's career took off in 2009, at the age of 17, he won his first world championship, winning the junior 2009 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, winning 11–7 in the final. [6] The following year, Chinakhov made the semi-finals of the 2010 WPA World Eight-ball Championship defeating number one seed Mika Immonen, Yukio Akakariyama and Jeffrey de Luna before a loss to Karl Boyes. [7]
Chinakhov's most successful season came in 2017, when he won the European Pool Championships, and his first Euro Tour event at the 2017 Dutch Open. [8] [9] [10]
In 2019, Chinakhov would reach the final of the 2019 Leende Open, and play Joshua Filler. [11] Despite having a two rack advantage at 6–4, Chinakhov would later lose 9–7. [12]
Chinakhov has also competed at snooker at various levels, and was a wildcard player at the World Series of Snooker in Moscow. Despite losing in the first round to world champion Mark Selby, he won a frame, losing 4–1. [13]
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