2019 Leende Open
dynamic billard leende open sometimes known netherlands open nineball pool tournament first euro tour event event held – february golden tulip jagershorst hotel leende netherlands event germany joshua filler defeated ruslan chinakhov – final filler first euro tour win previously runnerup three previous event shane van boening defending champion defeated eklent kaçi – final leende open van boening however take part competition event played double elimination knockout tournament last stage tournament contested single elimination bracket match played race rack tournament prize fund similar euro tour event € awarded winner event tournament began alternative break format february match played race rack event featured field player playing double elimination tournament final player compete single elimination bracket event featured top euro tour player exception mario serving suspension drug violation match live streamed via euro tour website specific match broadcast facebook event also saw guest commentary match player joshua filler previous year winner shane van boening take part event thorsten hohmann played first euro tour event since bosnia herzegovina open although tied – michal turkowski hohmann first round match – hohmann would advance knockout round following – loser round loss croatia philipp stojanovic first round imran majid defeated wpa world number alexander kazakis – kazakis would reach knockout round thanks – victory david alcaide wpa world number chris melling would also lose first round match losing local player joey haegmans – deciding rack haegmans snookered fluked shot running remaining ball melling would qualify knockout round would lose greece dimitris loukatos loser bracket – already behind match christian brehme euro tour number one ranked player eklent kaçi also reach last stage losing ukraine vitaliy patsura loser th round field reduced final player final played single elimination tournament held – february highest ranked player oliver ortmann failed progress last stage defeated – greece damianos giallourakis niels feijen also defeated junior world champion sanjin pehlivanovic – last stage last stage several match saw two former winner euro tour event face ralf souquet defeated fedor gorst first – set match wiktor zieliński ruslan chinachov would also defeat niels feijen – deciding rack former euro tour runnerup francisco sánchez ruíz also defeated former winner imran majid decider quarterfinal event saw ralf souquet defeat youngest ever winner euro tour event wiktor zieliński – would match go deciding rack ruslan chinachov joshua filler maximilian lechner quarterfinal match – defeating francisco sánchez ruíz mark gray albin ouschan respectively semifinal maximilian lechner took – lead joshua filler losing straight rack go behind – lechner would win next rack however filler would win final rack reach final – semifinal successful euro tour player history ralf souquet played russian ruslan chinachov chinachov would take – lead eventually winning – joshua filler met ruslan chinachov final featured guest commentary mark gray imran majid match would remain even difference score one – chinachov levelled – filler would run rack take – lead chinachov scratched break filler cleared table win event – filler first euro tour title despite reigning world nineball champion final filler stated event world euro tour next goal win u open championship win moved filler second euro tour ranking behind eklent kaçi despite making final chinachov would advance st tour ranking leende open azbilliardscom official website