The most surprising winner of a professional nine-ball event in 2005 was Taiwan's 16-year-old Wu Chia-ching, who took the $75,000 first prize at the World Pool–Billiard Association (WPA) world championship, held in July in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wu topped a field of 128 players from 43 countries. Another surprise champion was 23-year-old Raj Hundal of England, who in September won the World...