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{{Short description|Annual pool competition in the United States}}
The '''World Straight Pool Championship''' is a top-level competition for [[straight pool]], also known as "14.1 continuous".

==History==
In 1910, [[Jerome Keough]] invented straight pool as a way to increase the challenge over previous continuous games.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theworldtournament.com/hall-of-fame |title=The World Tournament – Hall of Fame |work=TheWorldTournament.com |publisher=Dragon Promotions}}</ref> Soon after the new rules were adopted for world championship play. The championship was the most prestigious pool tournament until the late 20th century, when the game of [[Nine-ball]] surpassed straight pool as the most prominent game for professional players. Other straight pool tournaments which are still held annually such as the [[American 14.1 Straight Pool Championship]] and the [[European Pool Championship]] 14.1, have gained prominence in recent years.{{when|date=October 2024}}

The event was revived in 2006, in part to restore straight pool's popularity in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3053 |title=The World Straight Pool Championship |work=AZ Billiards |date=September 29, 2005 |access-date=August 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613202856/http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?id=3053 |archive-date=2011-06-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The World Straight Pool Championship was sanctioned by the [[World Pool-Billiard Association]] (WPA) in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2010.<ref name="WPA Champions">{{cite web |url=http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/world_champions |title=Players: World Champions |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> |work=WPA-Pool.com |publisher=[[World Pool-Billiard Association]] |location=Sydney, Australia |date=November 2011 |access-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120215042523/http://www.wpa-pool.com/web/world_champions |archive-date=February 15, 2012}}</ref> The tournament continued unsanctioned from 2011 to 2019. 

[[Ralph Greenleaf]] and [[Willie Mosconi]] are the most successful players having both won the tournament on 19 occasions. The oldest player to win the tournament is [[Irving Crane]] at 59 years old at the time of his victory. The youngest player to win the tournament is [[Ralph Greenleaf]] at 20 years old at the time of his first victory.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Format==
In the most recent format of the tournament, all 64 players are divided into 8 groups where they play in [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] format. Each {{Cuegloss|Match|match}} in this round is a {{Cuegloss|Race|race}} to 100 points. The leading 4 players in each group proceed to the next round.<ref name="World 14.1">{{cite web |url=http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.php?storynum=5629 |title=2008 Predator World 14.1 Championship Group Pairings |work=AZ Billiards |date=August 24, 2008 |access-date=August 25, 2008}}</ref>

The games of the last-32 round are played in [[Double-elimination tournament|double-elimination]] format until 16 players remain. Matches are extended to races to 150 points.<ref name="World 14.1" /> 

The games in the last-16 round are played in [[Single-elimination tournament|single-elimination]] format, and matches are extended, to races to 200 points.<ref name="World 14.1" /> The finals match is further extended to a race to 300 points (with a half-hour break occurring when a player reaches 150).<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/10/11/17/billiards-corteza-becomes-1st-asian-to-win-world-141-straight-pool-title |title=Billiards: Corteza becomes 1st Asian to win World 14.1 Straight Pool title |date=October 11, 2017 |access-date=October 11, 2017 |work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>

==Winners==
{{anchor|Early tournaments|reason=Original heading name.}}

;Sanctioned World Championship events
{{Colour key|#F5F5F5|No sanctioning body (1912 to 1920)}}
{{Colour key|#CCCCCC|NBAA – National Billiard Association of America (1921 to 1940)}}
{{Colour key|#FFCCCC|BAA – Billiard Association of America (1941 to 1947)}} 
{{Colour key|#E0FFFF|BCA – Billiard Congress of America (1948 to 1974)}}
{{Colour key|#BDB76b|BRPAA – Billiard Room Proprietors Association of America (1963 to 1969)}} 
{{Colour key|#FFEBCD|PPPA – Professional Pool Players Association (1976 to 1986)}} 
{{Colour key|#DCDCDC|PBA – Professional Billiards Association (1988 to 1990)}}
{{Colour key|#D8BFD8|WPA – World Pool-Billiards Association (2006 to 2010)}}

===World Straight Pool Championship===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: left;"
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner-up
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1912 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Ralph]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Maturo]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1912 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Ralph]]  ||  {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1912 || {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Ralph]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1912 || {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Sherman]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1913 || {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Maturo]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1913 || {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hueston]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1913 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] ||  {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Alfredo De Oro]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1913 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Weston (pool player)|Charles Weston]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1914 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Maturo]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1914 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Ralph]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1914 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Pratt (pool player)|Ray Pratt]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1914 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Maturo]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Emmett Blankenship]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Layton]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Layton]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Emmett Blankenship]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Johnny Layton]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1916 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Edward Ralph]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[James Maturo]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louis Kreuter]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Stoutenberg]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph Concannon]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1917 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Louis Kreuter]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1918 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5
| 1919 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]] 
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 1920 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Woods (pool player)|Arthur Woods]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1921 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Woods (pool player)|Arthur Woods]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1922 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hueston]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1922 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Franklin (billiard player)|Walter Franklin]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1922 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1922 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Church (pool player)|Arthur Church ]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1923 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hueston]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1924 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bennie Allen]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1926 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1927 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1927 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] ||  {{flagicon|USA}} [[Harry Oswald]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1927 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hueston]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1927 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Thomas Hueston]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1927 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Pasquale Natalie]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1928 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Woods (pool player)|Arthur Woods]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1928 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Jean (pool player)|Andrew Jean]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1928 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Frank Taberski]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1929 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1930 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1931 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[George Kelly (pool player)|George Kelly]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1932 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1933 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] 
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1933 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1934 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1935 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1936 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1937 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1937 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1938 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#CCCCCC;
| 1940 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1941 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1941 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1942 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1942 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1943 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1943 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1944 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]] 
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1945 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Greenleaf]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1946 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1946 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1946 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1947 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFCCCC;
| 1947 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1948 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1949 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1950 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1951 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1952 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1953 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph Procita]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1954 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joseph Procita]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1955 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1955 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1956 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Caras]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1956 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1963 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cowboy Jimmy Moore|Jimmy Moore]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1964 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Cranfield (pool player)|Arthur Cranfield]] 
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1964 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Arthur Cranfield (pool player)|Arthur Cranfield]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1965 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cisero Murphy]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1965 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Balsis]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cowboy Jimmy Moore|Jimmy Moore]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1966 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cisero Murphy]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1966 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Balsis]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Willie Mosconi]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1966 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cisero Murphy]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1967 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Breit (pool player)|Jack Breit]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1968 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Luther Lassiter]]
|-
|- style="background:#BDB76b;
| 1969 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ed Kelly (pool player)|Ed Kelly]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Cisero Murphy]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1970 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Mizerak]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1971 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Martin (pool player)|Ray Martin]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Balsis]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1972 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lou Butera]]
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1973 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lou Butera]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Irving Crane]] 
|-
|- style="background:#E0FFFF;
| 1974 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Martin (pool player)|Ray Martin]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1976 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry Lisciotti]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Mizerak]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1977 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Margo]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1978 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Martin (pool player)|Ray Martin]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]] 
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1979 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigel]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joe Balsis]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1980 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick Varner]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigel]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1981 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigel]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick Varner]] 
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1982 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Mizerak]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Danny DiLiberto]]
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1983 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Mizerak]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Fusco]] 
|-
|- style="background:#FFEBCD;
| 1986 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nick Varner]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]]
|-
|- style="background:#DCDCDC;
| 1988 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Sigel]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Allen Hopkins (pool player)|Allen Hopkins]] 
|-
|- style="background:#DCDCDC;
| 1990 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Hunter]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ray Martin (pool player)|Ray Martin]] 
|-
| colspan=3 style="text-align: center; background-color: grey" | ''Not held from 1991 to 2005''
|- style="background:#D8BFD8; 
| 2006 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thomas Engert]]
|-
|- style="background:#D8BFD8; 
| 2007 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Ortmann]] || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Huidji See]]
|-
|- style="background:#D8BFD8; 
| 2008 || {{flagicon|NED}} [[Niels Feijen]] || {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Francisco Bustamante]]
|-
|- style="background:#D8BFD8; 
| 2010 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Ortmann]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mika Immonen]]
|}
<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=477240 |title=2018 78th World 14.1 - News |website=Forums.AZBilliards.com|date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

==Top performers==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nationality
! Winner
|-
|rowspan="2" |1
|align="left" | [[Ralph Greenleaf]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|rowspan="2" |19
|-
|align="left" | [[Willie Mosconi]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|-
|2
|align="left" | [[Frank Taberski]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|14
|-
|3
|align="left" | [[Luther Lassiter]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|7
|-
|rowspan="2" |4
|align="left" | [[Irving Crane]]
|align="left"| {{USA}}
|rowspan="2" |6
|-
|align="left" | [[Bennie Allen]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |5
|align="left" | [[Erwin Rudolph]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|rowspan="2" |5
|-
|align="left" | [[Jimmy Caras]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |6
|align="left" | [[Andrew Ponzi]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|rowspan="2" |4
|-
|align="left" | [[Alfredo de Oro]]
|align="left"|{{CUB}}
|-
|rowspan="3" |7
|align="left" | [[Mike Sigel]]
|align="left"| {{USA}}
|rowspan="3" |3
|-
|align="left" | [[Ray Martin (pool  player)|Ray Martin]]
|align="left"| {{USA}}
|-
|align="left" | [[Joe Balsis]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|-
|rowspan="5" |8
|align="left" | [[Edward Ralph]]
|align="left"|{{USA}}
|rowspan="5" |2
|-
|align="left" | [[Nick Varner]]
|align="left"| {{USA}}
|-
|align="left" | [[Oliver Ortmann]]
|align="left"| {{GER}}
|-
|align="left" | [[Steve Mizerak]]
|align="left"| {{USA}}
|}

* In the event of identical records, players are sorted in alphabetical order by first name.

==Dragon 14.1 Tournament==
In 2009, [[Charlie Williams (pool player)|Dragon Promotions]] created the Dragon 14.1 Tournament, later known as the World 14.1 Tournament.

{{Colour key|#F5F5F5|No sanctioning body (2009 to 2019)}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: left;"
|-
! Year !! Winner !! Runner-up
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2009 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stephan Cohen]] || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mika Immonen]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2011 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mike Davis (pool player)|Mike Davis]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2012 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Schmidt (pool player)|John Schmidt]] || {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Efren Reyes]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2013 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]] (2) || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Darren Appleton]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2014 || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Darren Appleton]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shane Van Boening]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2015 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]] (3) || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Darren Appleton]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2016 || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Mika Immonen]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Earl Strickland]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2017 || {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Lee Vann Corteza]] || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2018 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Thorsten Hohmann]] (4) || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Robles]]
|-
|- style="background:#F5F5F5;
| 2019 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Shane Van Boening]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Corey Deuel]]
|}

<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=477240 |title=2018 78th World 14.1 - News |website=Forums.AZBilliards.com|date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Cue sports}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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