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2017 Dutch Open
The 2017 Dynamic Dutch Open, was the fourth Euro Tour 9-Ball pool event in 2017. The event was won by Russia's Ruslan Chinakhov who defeated Germany's Christoph Reintjes Christoph Reintjes is a German professional pool player. He is best well known for being the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch Open. Career Reintjes first competed in Euro Tour events in 2007, where he reached the last 32 in his first professional co ... 9–4 in the final. Tournament format The event saw a total of 1199 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as single elimination. Prize fund Tournament results References External links {{Euro Tour Euro Tour Sports competitions in Heeze-Leende 2017 Euro Tour events ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leende
Leende is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Heeze-Leende, approximately 12 km southeast of Eindhoven. History The village was first mentioned in 1253 as Lieende. The etymology is unclear. Leende is a village which developed in the Early Middle Ages along the Groote Aa. A church has been known to exist since 1285. The choir of St. Petrus' Banden Church dates from around 1400. The tower is from the late-15th century. The church was restored in stages during the early 20th century. Leende was home to 1,607 people in 1840. Leende was a separate municipality until 1997, when it merged with Heeze. Local parts Heeze, Leende, Leenderstrijp and Sterksel. Neighbouring communities Geldrop-Mierlo, Someren, Cranendonck, Hamont-Achel, Valkenswaard, Waalre and Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Dudanez
Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment * ''Maxim'' (magazine), an international men's magazine ** ''Maxim'' (Australia), the Australian edition ** ''Maxim'' (India), the Indian edition * Maxim Radio, ''Maxim'' magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio *''Maxim'', a fictional ship in the manga and anime series '' One Piece'' *Maxim, the hero of the video game '' Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals'' and its remake, '' Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals'' Literature and language *A species of adage, aphorism, or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim * ''Maxims'' (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry *'' Maximes'' (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) Organizations *Mary Maxim, craft and needlework mail-order company in Canada * Maxim Brewery, brewing company in England * Maxim's Catering, chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong *Maxim Healthcare Services, medical staffing and ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiktor Zieliński
Wiktor Zieliński (born 11 January 2001) is a Polish professional pool player. He is the youngest player to ever win a Euro Tour event, winning the 2017 Treviso Open at the age of 16. Career Zielinski began playing pool at aged 8 in 2009, and in 2013 entered his first competition, the Junior European championships. Zielinski played his first men's event in 2015, at the 2015 Italian Open. The following season, he won his first European championship. He won both the 9-ball and straight pool events at the European Youth Championships(under 16s). He defeated Fedor Gorst in the straight ball final 75–66, and Keskutis Zadeikis 7–5 in the 9-ball final. He won the junior straight pool championship again in 2017, whilst also finishing runner-up at the 9-ball and 8-ball events as well. In 2017, aged 16, he became the youngest player to win an event on the Euro Tour, when he won the 2017 Treviso Open. Zielinski won the final over Mario He 9–1. The same season, he reached the quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedor Gorst
Fedor Alekseyevich Gorst (russian: Фёдор Алексеевич Горст; born May 31, 2000, in Moscow) is a Russian-born American professional pool player. Career In December 2018, Gorst reached 8th in the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) world rankings. Gorst won the U19 8-Ball European Pool Championship in 2017, before winning the 2018 Treviso Open on the Euro Tour. Gorst is also a Junior 9-ball world champion, winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Junior Championship in the boys (Under 19) event. Gorst won the 2019 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, defeating Chang Jung-lin in the final 13–11. Titles and achievements * 2024 Turning Stone Classic 9-Ball * 2023 Peri 9-Ball Open * 2023 Turning Stone Classic 9-Ball * 2023 CSI U.S. Open 8-Ball Championship * 2023 CSI U.S. Open 10-Ball Championship * 2023 Skinny Bob's One Pocket Classic * 2023 Skinny Bob's 9-Ball Classic * 2023 Derby City Classic Master of the Table * 2023 Derby City Classic 9-Ball * 2023 Derby Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Malai
Nikolaos "Nick" Malai (born 9 April 1987) is an Albanian professional pool player. Malai is a former winner of an event on the Euro Tour, winning the ''2012 North Cyprus Open''. Career In February 2008, Malai reached his first Euro Tour knockout round at the ''2008 French Open''. In the round of the last 32, however, he lost against Sweden's Marcus Chamat. Malai played at the 2011 European Pool Championships reaching the knockout stage in 9-ball before losing to eventual champion Nick van den Bergwith 3–9. In January 2012 Malai finished third at the Paris Open. In the 2012 European Pool Championships he reached the semi-finals in the 9-ball and lost 6–9 against to the eventual champion Francisco Díaz-Pizarro. In July 2012, Malai first participated in the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship reaching the round of the last 64, in which he lost against Ralf Souquet. At the 2012 North Cyprus Open after victories against Daryl Peach, Jasmin Ouschan and Dominic Jentsch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Stepanow
Konstantin Stepanov (born 26 September 1983) (russian: Константин Степанов) is a Russian professional pool player. In 2002 he was the Russian 8-ball champion. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ralf Souquet. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the event. He was a banner member of the Russian World Team Pool Cup in 2010. Titles * Mosconi Cup (2007) * Euro Tour ** Italy Open (2013) ** North Cyprus Open (2013) * European Pool Championship ** Eight-Ball (2010) * Russian Pool Championship ** Straight Pool (2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020) ** Nine-Ball (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017) ** Ten-Ball (2015, 2016) ** Eight-Ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Ortmann
Oliver Ortmann (born 11 June 1967) is a German professional pool player from Gelsenkirchen. Ortmann is a three-time world champion, winning the 1995 WPA World Nine-ball Championship and the 2007 and 2010 World Straight Pool Championship. Ortmann became the second player (after Earl Strickland) to win three WPA world championships. With fourteen wins, he the second most successful player (after Ralf Souquet) at the European Pool Championships. Ortmann is also the second most successful player (after Ralf Souquet) on the Euro Tour, winning fourteen events. Ortmann was the first non-American player to win the U.S. Open Straight Pool Championship, in 1989. He has represented Europe eight times in the annual Mosconi Cup competition between 1994 and 2004, and was on the winning side in 1995 and 2002. With 44 German national medals and 16 German Pool Championships, Ortmann is one of the most successful German pool players of all time. In 1996, he was the first cue sports player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niels Feijen
Niels Feijen (born 3 February 1977, The Hague) is a Dutch professional pool player, from the Hague. His nickname is "the Terminator". In 2014 he won the WPA World 9-ball championship. Career In 2001, Feijen reached the finals of a nine-ball tournament in Tokyo, Japan. The event had a field of more than 700 players and offered the largest prize money at that time. However, he lost to Efren Reyes. In 2004, he won the inaugural Skins Billiards Championship with prize money of US$42,500. Feijen has won the European straight pool championship five times. In 2005 he was the winner of the Big Apple Nine-ball Championship, held in Queens, New York, an event with 128 of the world's best players. He represented Europe in the 2001, 2004–5, 2007-9 and 2011-16 Mosconi Cup events. Feijen won the 2007 $50,000 winner-take-all International Challenge of Champions by defeating Lee Van Corteza. In 2008, Feijen won the World Straight Pool Championship with a victory over Francisco Busta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Van Den Berg
Nick van den Berg (born 24 May 1980) is a Dutch professional pool player. He was the runner up at the 2005 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, where he lost to Wu Chia-ching 11–5 in the final. He is a multiple time winner of events on the Euro Tour, winning 10 tournaments between 2002 and 2017, the fourth highest in the history of the tour. A six-time winner of the European Pool Championships, Van den Berg has represented Europe at the Mosconi Cup on eight occasions, winning the event on six occasions as well as tying the event in 2006. Career Van den Berg's best performance in a world championship was in 2005, where he reached the final of the WPA World Eight-ball Championship. At the event, he defeated Christian Reimering 10–4, Naif Aljaweni 10–4 and Francisco Bustamante 10–8 on route to a final against Wu Chia-ching. Chia-ching would win the final 11–5, who won both the nine-ball and eight-ball world championships in the same season. Van den Berg has won ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephan Cohen
Stephan Cohen (born 14 August 1971) is a French pocket billiards player. In 2009, he won the Dragon 14.1 Tournament by defeating Mika Immonen of Finland. Achievements * 2009 Dragon 14.1 Tournament * 2011 European Pool Championship European Pool Championship (also called Dynamic European Championships) is a pool competition organized by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The tournament is held annually since 1980. It should not be confused with the series of small ... 10-Ball References French pool players 1971 births Living people World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 2009 World Games 21st-century French people {{Pool-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Juszczyszyn
Konrad Juszczyszyn (born 28 November 1993) is a Polish professional pool player. Juszczyszyn won the 9-Ball event at the 2018 European Pool Championship. Juszczyszyn is also a runner-up on the Euro Tour, reaching the final of the 2015 German Open, losing in the final to Petri Makkonen 3–9. Juszczyszyn later won the 2019 Treviso Open, defeating Ivar Saris in the final 6–9. Titles & achievements * American Straight Pool Championship (2017) * Euro Tour ** Treviso Open (2019) * European Pool Championship ** Nine-Ball (2018) * Polish Pool Championship ** Nine-Ball (2015, 2016) * Polish Amateur Snooker Championship (2021) * 2023 Pro Billiard Series Puerto Rico Open The Puerto Rico Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was first played in 2008. It is the only PGA Tour event ever held in Puerto Rico. The tournament is played at the Coco Beach Golf Course (previously Trump International ... References External links Living people Polish pool playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Szewczyk
Wojciech Szewczyk (Born 1 September 1994) is a Polish professional pool player. Szewczyk is a two time junior European Pool Championship winner, winning the 8-ball event in 2010, defeating Finn Eschment in the final, and the 9-ball event in 2011 defeating Lars Kuckherm in the final. He is also a former Euro Tour event runner-up, losing in the final of the 2012 Austria Open, losing in the final to Nikos Ekonomopoulos 9–4. Achievements * World Championships ** WPA World Ten-ball Championship (2022) * PRP Nine-Ball Open (2023) * Longoni 9-Ball League - with (Mieszko Fortuński) (2023) * European Pool Championship ** 10-Ball (2021) * Polish Pool Championship ** Nine-Ball (2018, 2020, 2021) ** Eight-Ball Eight-ball (also spelled 8-ball or eightball, and sometimes called solids and stripes, spots and stripes or rarely highs and lows) is a discipline of pool played on a billiard table with six pockets, cue sticks, and sixteen billiard balls ... (2019, 2020) * Predator B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |