2018 Klagenfurt Open

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]

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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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