Born | Murcia, Spain | 29 December 1991
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Sport country | Spain |
Pool games | Nine-ball, eight-ball |
Tournament wins | |
Major | U.S. Open (2022) |
World Champion |
Eight-ball (
2022), Nine-ball ( 2023) |
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz (born December 29, 1991, in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish professional pool player, nicknamed "The Ferrari" and by his initials "FSR". [1] He won both the 2022 WPA World Eight-ball Championship and the 2023 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.
Ruiz won the World Nine-ball Junior Championship in 2010, defeating Jesse Engel 11–6 in the final. [2]
In 2016, Ruiz won the 2016 European Pool Championship in nine-ball defeating Joshua Filler in the final, 9–3. [3] [4] He also reached the final of the eight-ball event, but lost 7–8 to Vitaly Pazura. [5] [6]
Ruiz was the runner-up at the 2017 Austrian Open, defeated in the final 9-2 by Mario He. [7]
In 2022, Ruiz alongside David Alcaide won the World Cup of Pool, defeating Aloysius Yapp and Toh Lian Han of Singapore 11–6 the final. [8] He then won the U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship defeating Max Lechner in the final 13–10. [9] Ruiz won his first world title at the 2022 WPA World Eight-ball Championship after defeating Wiktor Zieliński 10–6 in the final at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan. [10] Ruiz was named Billiard Digest Player of the year in 2022. [11]
In 2023, Ruiz won his second world title at the World Nine-ball Championship after defeating Mohammad Soufi 13–10 in the final held in Kielce, Poland. [12] [13]
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