Aloysius Yapp (; zh, s=叶浚惟, p=Yè Jùnwéi; born 2 May 1996) is a Singaporean professional

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player. He was world junior champion in

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in 2014 and runner-up in the 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship.

Career

Yapp began playing pool at age eight. An alumnus of Saint Patrick's School, he dropped out of school in 2011 to turn professional, although he eventually completed his

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examinations at Coleman College. Reportedly the first professional pool player from Singapore, he won the inaugural Asian Junior Pool Championship in 2014. Later that year, he became the first Singaporean to claim a world title in pool when he won the World Junior Pool Championships (Under-19) in

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, beating Hsu Jui-an 11–10. In 2021, he claimed the Singapore National Snooker Championship, defeating defending champion Peter Gilchrist 4–2. In the quarter-finals of the 2021

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, Yapp defeated

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, which moved him up to 8th in the world rankings; he ultimately finished in third place. In the 2021 U.S. Open Pool Championship, Yapp survived a scare against

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in the third round of the winners bracket by winning 11–10, before scoring upsets in quick succession against defending champion Joshua Filler 11–4 in the fourth round of the winners bracket and

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11–5 in the Last 16. He went on to defeat both Rodrigo Geronimo and

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by a scoreline of 11–6 in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively, before losing to

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8–13 in the final, concluding his best finish in a major tournament. The following week, he won the CueSports International (CSI) Michigan 10-Ball Open, defeating Roberto Gomez 4–0, 4–2 in the final. He successfully defended his Michigan Open title the following year, defeating Robbie Capito 4–2, 4–1 in the final. The following month, he beat Chang Jung-Lin 7–6 in the final of the Sandcastle 9-Ball Open. In 2022, he won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Games in

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for nine-ball.

Titles

* 2022 Meucci Classic 10-Ball * 2022 Meucci Classic 9-Ball * 2022 Pro Billiard Series Michigan Open * 2022 Sandcastle 9-Ball Open * 2021 Pro Billiard Series Michigan Open * 2017 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Doubles * 2017 Golden Break 9-ball Open * 2014 WPA World Nine-ball Junior championship

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yapp, Aloysius 1996 births Living people Singaporean pool players People from Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in cue sports Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2022 World Games 20th-century Singaporean people 21st-century Singaporean people