2018 Klagenfurt Open

2018 Klagenfurt Open
Tournament information
Dates10–12 October 2018
VenueSportpark Klagenfurt
CityKlagenfurt
CountryAustria
Organisation(s)Euro Tour
FormatSingle Elimination, Double elimination
Total prize fund€36,000
Winner's share€4,500
Final
Champion Mario He
Runner-up Mark Gray
Score9–8[1]
2017
2019

The Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018 (sometimes known as the 2018 Austrian Open) was the fifth and penultimate Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2018.[2] The event was won by Austria's Mario He who defeated England's Mark Gray 9–8 in the final. This was He's 4th championship, and second of the Euro Tour season - having already won the 2018 Veldhoven Open.[3]

Ralf Souquet was the defending champion, after having won the 2017 Klagenfurt Open, but lost matches to Kim Laaksonen and Maksim Dudanets in the double elimination round.[4]

Tournament format

The event saw a total of 193 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination.[5]

Prize fund

The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with 4,500 for the winner of the event.[6]

Prize Money
Winner 4.500
Finalist 3.000 €
Semifinalist 1.750 €
quarterfinalist 1.250 €
last 16 1.000 €
Last 32 500 €
33–48 Place 250 €
Total 36.000 €

Tournament results

[5][6]

1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Joshua Filler 9
David Alcaide 7
Joshua Filler 9
Mohammad Soufi 6
Mohammed Soufi 9
Imran Majid 8
Joshua Filler 4
Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Wojciech Sroczynski 9
Konstantin Koukiadakis 7
Konstantinos Koukiadakis 5
Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Arjan Matrizi 3
Marc Bijsterbosch 5
Mark Gray 9
Kim Laaksonen 3
Mateusz Śniegocki 9
Mateusz Śniegocki 6
Mark Gray 9
Mark Gray 9
Matjaz Erculj 8
Mark Gray 9
Niels Feijen 6
'Wojciech Szewczyk 9
Sanjin Pehlivanovic 8
Wojciech Szewczyk 8
Niels Feijen 9
Niels Feijen 9
Wiktor Zielinski 6
Mark Gray 8
Mario He 9
Roman Hybler 9
Damianos Giallourakis 2
Roman Hybler 5
Jakub Koniar 9
Jakub Koniar 9
Ivo Aarts 3
Jakub Koniar 5
Mario He 9
Alexander Kazakis 9
Maksim Dudanets 3
Alexander Kazakis 5
Mario He 9
Mario He 9
Jani Uski 4
Mario He 9
Oliver Szolnoki 5
Denis Grabe 9
Sergey Lutsker 6
Denis Grabe 6
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 9
Ivar Saris 5
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 9
Francisco Sánchez Ruíz 5
Oliver Szolnoki 9
Jan Wolf 6
Oliver Szolnoki 9
Oliver Szolnoki 9
Christian Fischer 4
Radosław Babica 6
Christian Fischer 9

References

  1. ^ "Scoresheet". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Klagenfurt features another". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Mario He Keeps the Trophy in Austria". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ranking Event". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Matches - Draw and Results". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b "2018 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.