2018 Klagenfurt Open

2018 Klagenfurt Open

Tournament information
Dates	10–12 October 2018
Venue	Sportpark Klagenfurt
City	Klagenfurt
Country	Austria
Organisation(s)	Euro Tour
Format	Single Elimination, Double elimination
Total prize fund	€36,000
Winner's share	€4,500
Final
Champion	Mario He
Runner-up	Mark Gray
Score	9–8[1]
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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. "Matches - Draw and Results". billiardapps.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
6. "2018 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

External links

• 2018 Klagenfurt Open at azbilliards.com