title: 2018 Klagenfurt Open
text: # 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. 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.
  
  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.
  
  ## 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.
  
  ### Prize fund
  
  The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other Euro Tour events, with €4,500 for the winner of the event.
  
  | | 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
  
  | 1st Round | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 2nd Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Joshua Filler | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | David Alcaide | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | David Alcaide | 7 | Joshua Filler | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Mohammad Soufi | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mohammed Soufi | 9 | Mohammad Soufi | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | Imran Majid | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Imran Majid | 8 | | | Joshua Filler | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Marc Bijsterbosch | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Wojciech Sroczynski | 9 | | | | | Marc Bijsterbosch | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Konstantin Koukiadakis | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Konstantin Koukiadakis | 7 | Konstantinos Koukiadakis | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Marc Bijsterbosch | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Marc Bijsterbosch | 9 | Marc Bijsterbosch | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Arjan Matrizi | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Arjan Matrizi | 3 | | | | | | Marc Bijsterbosch | 5 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Mark Gray | 9 | | | |
  | Kim Laaksonen | 3 | | | | | | | | Mark Gray | 9 | | | |
  | Mateusz Śniegocki | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Mateusz Śniegocki | 9 | Mateusz Śniegocki | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Mark Gray | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mark Gray | 9 | Mark Gray | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Matjaz Erculj | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Matjaz Erculj | 8 | | | Mark Gray | 9 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Niels Feijen | 6 | | | | | | |
  | 'Wojciech Szewczyk | 9 | | | | | Niels Feijen | 6 | | | | | | |
  | Sanjin Pehlivanovic | 8 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Sanjin Pehlivanovic | 8 | Wojciech Szewczyk | 8 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Niels Feijen | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Niels Feijen | 9 | Niels Feijen | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Wiktor Zielinski | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Wiktor Zielinski | 6 | | | | | | | | | Mark Gray | 8 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | Mario He | 9 |
  | Roman Hybler | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | Mario He | 9 |
  | Damianos Giallourakis | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Damianos Giallourakis | 2 | Roman Hybler | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Jakub Koniar | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Jakub Koniar | 9 | Jakub Koniar | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Ivo Aarts | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Ivo Aarts | 3 | | | Jakub Koniar | 5 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Mario He | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Alexander Kazakis | 9 | | | | | Mario He | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Maksim Dudanets | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Maksim Dudanets | 3 | Alexander Kazakis | 5 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Mario He | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Mario He | 9 | Mario He | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Jani Uski | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Jani Uski | 4 | | | | | | Mario He | 9 | | | |
  | | | | | | | | Oliver Szolnoki | 5 | | | |
  | Denis Grabe | 9 | | | | | | | | Oliver Szolnoki | 5 | | | |
  | Sergey Lutsker | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Sergey Lutsker | 6 | Denis Grabe | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Ivar Saris | 5 | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 9 | | | Francisco Sánchez Ruíz | 5 | | | | | | |
  | | | | | Oliver Szolnoki | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Jan Wolf | 6 | | | | | Oliver Szolnoki | 9 | | | | | | |
  | Oliver Szolnoki | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Oliver Szolnoki | 9 | Oliver Szolnoki | 9 | | | | | | | | |
  | | | Christian Fischer | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | Radosław Babica | 6 | Christian Fischer | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | Christian Fischer | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
  