Ruslan Chinakhov

Ruslan Yuryevich Chinakhov, born on 25 January 1992, is a Russian professional pool player who plays primarily nine-ball. He was the world nine-ball juniors champion in 2009 and has won several events, including the 2017 Euro Tour Dutch Open, where he beat Christoph Reintjes in the final. He entered his first tournament in 2005 at age thirteen at the Russian pool championships and the following year won the 2006 Kremlin Cup nine-ball event. He reached his first Euro Tour semi-final at the 2007 Netherlands Open, losing to Imran Majid 10 to 7, and his career took off in 2009 at seventeen when he won his first world championship, the junior WPA World Nine-ball Championship.