2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship

The 2022 WPA World Ten-ball Championship was a professional pool tournament for the discipline of ten-ball organised by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and CueSports International. It was the seventh WPA World Ten-ball Championship. Held in Las Vegas, the event started on March 28 with the championship match on April 1. The event featured a prize fund of $226,000.

2022 Predator World 10-Ball Championship
Tournament information
Dates28 March1 April
VenueRio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
CityLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Organisation(s)World Pool-Billiard Association
CueSports International
FormatDouble-elimination / single-elimination
DisciplineTen-ball
Total prize fund$226,000
Winner's share$60,000
Defending champion Eklent Kaçi (ALB)
Final
Champion Wojciech Szewczyk (POL)
Runner-up Christopher Tévez (PER)
Score10–8
2021

The competition began with 128 participants, selected according to world and continental pool rankings as well as qualifying events. The tournament was played as a double-elimination bracket until 32 players remained, at which point it changed to a single-elimination format.

Defending champion Eklent Kaçi of Albania reached the semi-finals before being eliminated, as did Jayson Shaw of Scotland. In the championship match, Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland defeated Christopher Tévez of Peru, 10–8.

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