Antonio Lining
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | "Nikoy" | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1963 | ||||||||||||||
| Pool career | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||
| Pool games | Nine-ball, Ten-ball | ||||||||||||||
| Best finish |
| ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Antonio Lining (born May 9, 1963, in Mindoro, Philippines) is a Filipino pool player, nicknamed "Nikoy". He is one of the few left-handed Asian players.[1] Lining reached the semifinals of the WPA World Ten-Ball Championship in 2009 and the WPA World Nine-Ball Championship in 2010.
Lining's most notable appearance was in the Motolite International Nine-ball Tournament in 2000, where he finished second to Francisco Bustamante, having beaten Efren Reyes in the quarter-finals.[2] Also in 2000, Lining won the All Japan Championship Nine-ball, beating Chao Fong-pang in the final.
At the 2002 Busan Asian Games, Lining and Bustamante won the gold medal at the nine-ball doubles event.[3]
Between 1992 and 2017, Lining has played in one or more of the All Japan Championship (Nine Ball), U.S. Open Championship (Nine Ball) and the World Pool Championship (Nine Ball).[4]
Achievements
[edit]- 2024 Tokai Grand Prix
- 2024 KKKing Imperial X Han Billiards Nine-ball
- 2016 Taom Tips Tour Stop 1
- 2015 Kantō Ten-ball Open
- 2014 Japan Open Ten-ball
- 2006 Japan Open Nine-ball
- 2005 Brunswick Tokyo Open
- 2002 Asian Games Nine-ball doubles
- 2001 Southeast Asian Games Nine-ball Singles
- 2000 All Japan Championship Nine-ball
- 1999 Muntinlupa Nine-ball Open
- 1998 Hokuriku Nine-ball Open
- 1998 Amagasaki Nine-ball Open
- 1997 Davao Nine-ball Open
- 1995 Davao Nine-ball Open
- 1994 Asian Nine-ball Championship
- 1994 Indonesian Nine-ball Open
- 1993 JJ's Billiards Nine-ball Open
- 1992 Tung Pa Nine-ball Open
- 1992 Himeji Nine-ball Open
- 1989 Scratch Nine-ball Open
References
[edit]- ↑ kencomienda. "After Django Bustamante, Antonio Lining is the World's No.1 Pool Player". Retrieved December 20, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Motolite Tournament Results Archived April 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "After Busan, Django Wins In Baltimore". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 11, 2002. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ↑ "Antonio Lining: Profile". Retrieved August 17, 2019.
External links
[edit] | This biographical article related to pool is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
  | This biographical article relating to sport in the Philippines is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |