2019 Klagenfurt Open

The 2019 Klagenfurt Open was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the sixth of seven Euro Tour events of the 2019 Euro Tour season. The men's event was be held between 11 and 13 October, whilst the women's event was held from 13 to 14 October 2019, held at the Sportpark Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt, Austria. The event featured a total prize fund of €38,000, with the winner of each event winning €4,500.

Tournament information
Dates11–14 October 2019
VenueSportpark Klagenfurt
CityKlagenfurt
CountryAustria
Organisation(s)Euro Tour
FormatSingle Elimination, Double elimination
Total prize fund€38,000
Winner's share€4,500
Defending champion Mario He (AUT) (m) /  Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) (f)
Final
Champion Alexander Kazakis (GRE) (m) /  Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) (f)
Runner-up Marc Bijsterbosch (NED) (m) /  Marharyta Fefilava (BLR) (f)
Score9–8 (m), 7–5 (f)
← 2018

Mario He was the defending champion of the men's event, having defeated Mark Gray 9–8 in the final of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open. He reached the last 32 of the competition, before losing 9–1 to Eklent Kaçi. Greece's Alexander Kazakis won the event, defeating Dutch player Marc Bijsterbosch in the final 9–8. The defending champion of the women's event was Austrian player Jasmin Ouschan who defeated Ana Gradišnik in the 2018 final. Poland's Oliwia Czuprynska won the event, defeating Ouschan in the semi-finals, and Belarusian Marharyta Fefilava in the final 7–5.

Tournament format

The event was held from 11 to 13 October for the men's event, and 13 to 14 October for the women's event.[1][2][3] The event was played as a double elimination knockout tournament, until the last-32 stage for the men's event, and the last-16 for the women; where the tournament was contested as a single elimination bracket.[4] Matches were all played as race-to-nine-racks in the men's, and race-to-seven-racks in the women's event.[4][5][6]

The defending champions for the event were Austrian players Mario He and Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Eklent Kaçi and Oliwia Czupryńska respectively in the finals of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open.[7][8]

Prize fund

The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with €4,500 awarded to the winner of both event.[4][9]

Prize Money
Winner€4.500
Finalist€3.000
Semi finalist€1.750
Quarter finalist€1.250
last 16€1.000
Last 32€600
33–48€275
Total€38.000

Tournament results

Men's event

The following matches are from the round of 32 onward. Players in bold denote match winners.[4][10]

1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Germany Joshua Filler 9
Czech Republic Jakub Koniar 6 Germany Joshua Filler 9
Greece Nikos Ekonomopoulos 8 Hungary Oliver Szolnoki 7
Hungary Oliver Szolnoki 9 Germany Joshua Filler 8
Spain Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 3 Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk 9 Poland Wojciech Szewczyk 7
Poland Wojciech Szewczyk 8 Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch 9 Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch 9
Portugal Miguel Silva 9 Estonia Denis Grabe 8
Switzerland Sascha Specchia 4 Portugal Miguel Silva 9
United Kingdom Mark Gray 9 United Kingdom Mark Gray 4
Poland Piotr Ostrowski 2 Portugal Miguel Silva 8
Russia Maksim Dudanets 9 Estonia Denis Grabe 9
Finland Petri Makkonen 7 Russia Maksim Dudanets 2
Poland Daniel Maciol 5 Estonia Denis Grabe 9
Estonia Denis Grabe 9 Netherlands Marc Bijsterbosch 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9 Greece Alexander Kazakis 9
Greece Dimitris Loukatos 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanjin Pehlivanovic 5
Poland Wiktor Zielinski 9 Poland Wiktor Zielinski 9
Austria Albin Ouschan 6 Poland Wiktor Zielinski 4
Greece Damianos Giallourakis 9 Norway Mats Schjetne 9
Poland Tomasz Kapłan 4 Greece Damianos Giallourakis 6
Finland Jani Siekkinen 5 Norway Mats Schjetne 9
Norway Mats Schjetne 9 Norway Mats Schjetne
Austria Maximilian Lechner 1 Greece Alexander Kazakis
Russia Ruslan Chinachov 9 Russia Ruslan Chinachov 8
Denmark Mickey Krause 3 Russia Fedor Gorst 9
Russia Fedor Gorst 9 Russia Fedor Gorst 6
Greece Alexander Kazakis 9 Greece Alexander Kazakis 9
Spain David Alcaide 5 Greece Alexander Kazakis 9
Austria Mario He 1 Albania Eklent Kaçi 7
Albania Eklent Kaçi 9

Women's event

Below is the brackets from the single elimination round. Players in brackets denote match winners.[11][12]

last-16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Kristina Tkach (RUS) 7
 Diana Stateczny (GER) Russia Kristina Tkach 7
 Monika Margeta (SWE) Sweden Louise Furberg
 Louise Furberg (SWE) 7 Russia Kristina Tkach 3
 Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER) Belarus Marharyta Fefilava 7
 Marharyta Fefilava (BLR) 7 Belarus Marharyta Fefilava 7
 Ana Gradišnik (SLO) 7 Slovenia Ana Gradišnik
 Pia Filler (GER) Belarus Marharyta Fefilava 5
 Kristina Zlateva (BUL) 7 Poland Oliwia Czuprynska 7
 Ina Kaplan (GER) Bulgaria Kristina Zlateva
 Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) 7 Poland Oliwia Czuprynska 7
 Tamara Peeters (NED) Poland Oliwia Czuprynska 7
 Melanie Suessenguth (GER) 7 Austria Jasmin Ouschan 6
 Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL) Germany Melanie Suessenguth
 Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) 7 Austria Jasmin Ouschan 7
 Monika Zabek (POL)

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