Jeffrey Ignacio

Jeffrey Ignacio is a professional Filipino pool player from Las Piñas, Philippines. He won both the U.S. Open Eight-ball bar box and the U.S. Open Ten-ball bar box Championships in 2015.

Career

In November 2013, Ignacio reached the quarterfinals of the All Japan Championship, but would lose to Thorsten Hohmann. At the 2014 China Nine-ball Open, he made it to the final after victories over Karol Skowerski and Mika Immonen but he fell short of the title after he was defeated by Taiwanese Chang Yu-Lung 5–11.

In September 2014, he teamed up with Jeffrey de Luna to win the Manny Pacquiao Cup Ten-ball Doubles. They defeated the top-seeded pair of Thorsten Hohmann and John Morra with a score of 11-6, winning the top prize of $40,000. In November 2014, he was eliminated again in the quarterfinals at the Japan Open, losing to Chang Yu-Lung.

At the 2015 Derby City Classic, Ignacio placed third in the Bigfoot Ten-ball Challenge. In February 2015, he won the U.S. Bar Box Championship in Eight-ball beating Justin Bergman. He was also able to win the title in U.S. Open Ten-ball Bar box by taking down Skyler Woodward in the final. A few days earlier he had won the Chuck Markulis Memorial Nine-ball. Ignacio won the Kanto Open in 2016 in Japan, defeating Japanese veteran Hayato Hijikata in the final.

Ignacio reached the finals of the inaugural 2023 Universal Chinese Taipei Open in Taipei, Taiwan, but fell short in his title bid as he lost to Ko Ping Chung of Chinese Taipei, 11-2.

In 2024, Ignacio snapped off his first major international title as he dominated Filipino Hongkong born Robbie Capito in the final, 10–3, to rule the inaugural Indonesia International Ten-ball Open held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

On the way to the title, Ignacio defeated Vietnam's number one player Duong Quoc Hoang, 10–6, in the last 32, Dimitris Loukatos of Greece, 10–3, in last 16, he went on to eliminate compatriot James Aranas in the quarterfinals, 10–7, and stunned world rank number one Francisco Sanchez Ruiz from Spain in the semifinal with a score of 10-6 before setting up a final match against Capito.

Ignacio won the top prize of $25,000 for his efforts while Capito pocketed the runner-up purse of $12,000.

Just a week ago, Ignacio continued his hot streak as he secured another championship title in Jakarta, Indonesia, when he won the Inaugural Mantra International Ten-ball tournament after taking down his compatriot and Hall of Famer Dennis Orcollo in a heart-pounding hill-hill finish of 11-10. Ignacio has earned $35,000 for his back-to-back title success in Indonesia.

Titles and achievements

• 2024 Mantra International Ten-ball Open
• 2024 Indonesia International Open Ten-ball
• 2023 Joy Heyball International Open (Malaysia Stop)
• 2023 Manny Pacquiao Cup Ten-ball Doubles - with (James Aranas)
• 2021 Hardtimes Ten-ball Cup
• 2016 Kanto Ten-ball Open
• 2015 Chuck Markulis Memorial Nine-ball
• 2015 U.S. Open Ten-ball Barbox Championship
• 2015 U.S. Open Eight-ball Barbox Championship
• 2015 Q-City Nine-ball Tour
• 2014 Manny Pacquiao Cup Ten-ball Doubles - with (Jeffrey De Luna)

References

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