Christoph Reintjes is a

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professional

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player. He is best well known for being the runner-up at the 2017 Dutch Open.

Career

Reintjes first competed in

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events in 2007, where he reached the last 32 in his first professional competition, at the 2007 German Open. He would play

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, but lose 9-10. He would enter three competitions this season, but would only make the knockout round on this occasion. In 2008, he would once again reach the knockout rounds of

events, at the Swiss and Austrian Opens, losing to

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8–9, and Bruno Muratore 5–9. A year later, Reintjes went further at the

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. He would defeat Imran Majid 9–8 in the last 32, before losing to Mark Gray 9–3 in the last 16. Following 2009, Reintjes would take a sabbatical from pool, only playing in the 2011 Hungary Open before 2017. However, in 2017, he would play in the 2017 Leende Open. Reintjes would defeat Murat Teker 9–8, John Abiven 9–1,

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9-8 and

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9–3 to reach the knockout rounds. In the last 32, Reintjes would defeat Jakub Koniar 9–6, before defeating former winner

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9–5 in the last 16. Reintjes then defeated

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9–6 in the quarterfinals, and

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9–6 to reach the final of the event. In the final, he would play Russia's

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, and despite having a 4–2 lead, eventually lost 4–9.

Titles

* 2021

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- with (

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) * 2018 German Pool Championship 14.1 * 2017 German Pool Championship 9-Ball

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