PHILIPPINES OPEN
Johann Chua wins the 2026 Philippines Open
Chua beat fellow Filipino Anton Raga 11–9 in the final in Quezon City to take the $20,000 first prize. He went through the draw without losing a match, beating No. 2 Carlo Biado 10–1 in the quarter-finals.
Johann Chua is the 2026 Philippines Open champion. The Filipino beat fellow Filipino Anton Raga 11–9 in the final in Quezon City on Saturday and takes home $20,000.
He won seven matches in the 128-player, single-elimination draw and never lost one. Chua gave up just 24 racks in his first six matches and 33 in all.
His run to the title
- Round 1: d. Tony Piazza 10–1
- Round 2: d. Jaycee Garcia 10–5
- Round 3: d. James Aranas 10–8
- Last 16: d. Aleksa Pecelj 10–7 (Team Europe Mosconi Cup qualifier)
- Quarter-finals: d. Carlo Biado 10–1 (No. 2 on the WNT prize-money rankings)
- Semi-finals: d. Bernie Regalario 10–2 (No. 18 on prize money)
- Final: d. Anton Raga 11–9
The quarter-final was the statement. Chua beat Biado 10–1, one of the biggest names in the field, and followed it with a 10–2 win over Regalario in the semi-finals.
An all-Filipino final
Anton Raga reached the final by beating Jhon Narvaez, Rommel Janael Santos, Bryant Saguiped, Jefrey Roda, Jayson Shaw 10–4 and Baseth Mocaibat 10–6. He takes $10,000 as the runner-up. Regalario and Mocaibat each earned $7,000 as semi-finalists.
All four semi-finalists were from the Philippines, as we reported on Friday. Between them they knocked out the top three players on the WNT prize-money list (Aloysius Yapp, Biado and Francisco Sánchez Ruiz) and defending champion David Alcaide.
What it means
Chua came into the week at No. 10 on the WNT prize-money rankings. Wikipedia lists him as the 2024 Hanoi Open champion and this year's Pattaya Open winner.
David Alcaide won last year's edition, beating Arseni Sevastyanov 13–3 in the final. This time the title stays home. See every result on the Scores page and our Philippines Open recap.
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