Jeffrey de Luna (born February 14, 1984) is a Filipino professional

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player from

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. De Luna reached the semifinals of the 2019 U.S. Open Pool Championship, but would lose to eventual champion Joshua Filler of Germany. De Luna is well known for his cue power and having one of the most powerful breaks of any player; hence, he was nicknamed "the Bull". He breaks the ball with tremendous power while jumping straight up into the air. In one match against Ruslan Chinaknov, de Luna made an incredible six balls in a break, playing nine balls.

Career

During the 2006 Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by

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. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the tournament. At the 2006

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, de Luna made to the final of the

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singles. However, he lost to his compatriot

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in the final and had to settle for a silver medal. In 2009, de Luna was also a runner-up to Ricky Yang in the first-ever Philippine Open Ten-ball Championship. In 2007, de luna recorded an 11-9 victory in an all-Filipino finals over compatriot

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to win the

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International Nine-ball Open held at Entertainment Center

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, Pasay City, Philippines. The tournament that featured 128 elite players field from around the world and netted P1-million total purse. In 2014, the tandem of de Luna and Jeffrey Ignacio emerged triumphant in the

International Open Doubles tournament after dismantling the top-seeded pair of

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and John Morra with a score of 11-6 in the final and taking home $40,000 in price money. In 2019, de Luna and

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booked a spot in the final of 2019 World Cup of Pool by beating the Netherlands duo of Neils Feijen and Marc Bijsterbosch, 9–6 in the semifinal but eventually fell short in the finals against Albin Ouchan and

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of Austria, yielding an 11-3 decision. Also in 2019, de Luna reached the semi-finals of the 2019 U.S. Open Nine-ball Championship losing to eventual champion Joshua Filler.

Personal life

De Luna is married.

Titles and achievements

* 2024 The Cue International Ten-ball Open * 2024 Mansion Sports Nine-ball Open * 2023

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Ten-ball Open * 2022 JRX

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Ten-ball Open * 2021 Sunshine State Pro Am Tour * 2021 Sunshine State Pro Am Tour * 2020 Meucci Classic Ten-ball * 2020 Meucci Classic Nine-ball * 2019 Bogies Classic Ten-ball * 2018 Jakarta Ten-ball Open * 2018 Sunshine State Pro-Am Tour * 2018 Annual Cole Dickson Nine-ball * 2017 Q City Nine-ball Tour Stop * 2014

Cup Ten-ball Doubles Championship * 2011 Star Billiards Ten-ball * 2007

International Nine-ball Open * 2007 World Nine-ball Challenge

References

External links

Billiard Philippines profile
Living people 1984 births Filipino pool players Sportspeople from Manila Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in cue sports Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games {{Philippines-sport-bio-stub