The 2018 Dynamic Billiard Leende Open, was the fourth

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pool event in 2018. The event was won by America's

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who defeated Albania's

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9–8 in the final. Unlike other Euro Tour events, the field was open to other nations outside of Europe. Van Boening became the only American after

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in 2000 to win a Euro Tour event. In making the final, Eklent had been in the semi-final or better of the last 5 Euro Tour events. Ruslan Tschinachow was the defending champion, but did not reach the knockout stages of the event. A women's event held in Braga at the same time as the event was held in

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. The event was won by Kristina Tkach defeating Marharyta Fefilava in the final 7–0.

Tournament format

The event saw a total of 159 players compete, in a double-elimination knockout tournament, until the last 32 stage; where the tournament was contested as

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Prize fund

The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other

events, with

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4,500 for the winner of the event.

Tournament results

References

External links

official website
{{Euro Tour Euro Tour September 2018 sports events in the Netherlands Leende Open 2018 Euro Tour events International sports competitions hosted by the Netherlands Sports competitions in Heeze-Leende