Denis Grabe (born February 22, 1990, in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

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), is an Estonian professional

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player. Grabe won the Las Vegas open in 2025 beating Joshua Filler in the finals. Sets 2-2 and in shootout 4-3, winning his biggest tournament of his career. Grabe won Maldives Open in 2024 beating Alexandros Kazakis 10-9. Grabe reached the semifinal of 2024 WPA World Ten-ball Championship losing to

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of Japan 2-3 in sets, he beat Aloysious Yapp in the last 16 and

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in the last 8 to achieve a bronze medal. Grabe reached the quarter-final of the

2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship The 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was the 25th edition of the 9-Ball pool World Championships. It took place from July 30 to August 4, 2016 in the al-Attiya Sports Arena of the Al-Arabi Sports Club in Doha. The Qatari capital was the s ...

, before losing to

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11–3. Grabe won two consecutive ''Euro Tour'' tournaments in a row in 2014, at the Austria Open, and Slovenian Open. In 2018, he also reached the final of the 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, losing the final 9–5 to

Alexander Kazakis Alexander Kazakis (Born July 16, 1991) is a Greek professional pool player. Kazakis is a former European 10-ball champion, and regular 9-ball player. In 2018, he was the number one ranked player by the World Pool-Billiard Association. Career In ...

Titles & Achievements

* 2025 Predator

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Open Ten-ball * 2024 Maldives Open Ten-ball Championship * 2019

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Antalya Open * 2018 World Pool Series 9-Ball Championship New York * 2014

Austria Open * 2014

Slovenian Open

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Denis Grabe
at AZBilliards 1990 births Living people Estonian pool players Sportspeople from Tallinn {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub