Pool Career
By the age of 17, he went professional and took 5th place in the 1969 US Open Nine-ball Championship.
In 1977, Hopkins earned the title in that event again as well as the PPPA World Nine-ball Championship and the World Straight Pool Championship. By 1981, he won the US Open Nine-ball Championship, and in 1983 won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship. In both 1986 and 1987, Hopkins was the champion of the Japan World Open.
Hopkins' professional career began in the 1970s and spanned over three decades. He served on the board of the now-defunct Professional Pool Players Association as well as president of the MPBA.
At the 1979 PPPA World Open 14.1 Pocket Billiard Championship in New York City, New York, Hopkins posted the largest victory margin in the event, defeating Richie Florence, 150-1.
In 1993, he saw victory in the Challenge of Champions.
Allen Hopkins has had a high run of 410 in straight pool (14.1 continuous), and has run 15-and-out three times, in the game of one-pocket.
In 2002, Hopkins triumphed in the Denver Ten-ball Open, defeating Earl Strickland, Filipino champion Jose Parica, Corey Deuel, David Matlock, and faced Shannon Daulton in a thrilling double-hill finals.
In 2008, he was inducted to the BCA Hall of Fame by the Billiard Congress of America.
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