The 2019 Klagenfurt Open was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the sixth of seven

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events of the 2019 Euro Tour season. The men's event was held between 11 and 13 October, whilst the women's event was held from 13 to 14 October 2019, held at the Sportpark Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt, Austria. The event featured a total prize fund of

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38,000, with the winner of each event winning €4,500.

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was the defending champion of the men's event, having defeated Mark Gray 9–8 in the final of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open. He reached the last 32 of the competition, before losing 9–1 to

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. Greece's

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won the event, defeating Dutch player Marc Bijsterbosch in the final 9–8. The defending champion of the women's event was Austrian player

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who defeated

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in the 2018 final. Poland's Oliwia Czuprynska won the event, defeating Ouschan in the semi-finals, and Belarusian Marharyta Fefilava in the final 7–5.

Tournament format

The event was held from 11 to 13 October for the men's event, and 13 to 14 October for the women's event. The event was played as a

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knockout tournament, until the last-32 stage for the men's event, and the last-16 for the women; where the tournament was contested as a

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bracket. Matches were all played as -to-nine- in the men's, and race-to-seven-racks in the women's event. The defending champions for the event were Austrian players

and

, who defeated

and Oliwia Czupryńska respectively in the finals of the 2018 Klagenfurt Open.

Prize fund

The tournament prize fund was similar to that of other

events, with €4,500 awarded to the winner of both event.

Tournament results

Men's event

The following matches are from the round of 32 onward. Players in bold denote match winners.

Women's event

Below is the brackets from the single elimination round. Players in brackets denote match winners.

References

External links

Official Website
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