2019 Treviso Open
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8–11 May 2019 |
| Venue | Best Western Premier BHR Treviso Hotel |
| City | double-elimination |
| Total prize fund | €38,000 |
| Winner's share | €4,500 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) (m)  Kristina Tkach (RUS) (f) |
| Runner-up |  Ivar Saris (NED)  Marharyta Fefilava (BLR) (f) |
| Score | 9–6 (m) / 7–5 (f) |
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The 2019 Treviso Open (sometimes known as the 2019 Dynamic Billard Italian Open) was a nine-ball pool tournament, and the second Euro Tour event of the 2019 season. The event was held from 8 to 11 May 2019, at the Best Western Premier BHR Treviso Hotel in Treviso, Italy. The event had a total prize pool of €38,000 with the winner of each event receiving €4,500. The event followed the Leende Open, and preceded the Austria Open.
The event was won by Polish player
Tournament format
The men's event was held from 8 to 11 May, and the Women's took place between 9 and 11 May.
Prize fund
Both the men's and women's event's prize fund was similar to those of other Euro Tour events, totalling €38,000, with €4,500 being awarded to the winners of the event.[1][5]
| Place | Prize money |
|---|---|
| Winner | €4,500 |
| Finalist | €3,000 |
| Semi finalist | €1,750 |
| Quarter finalist | €1,250 |
| Last-16 | €1,000 |
| Last-32 | €600 |
| 33–48 | €275 |
| Total | €38,000 |
Tournament Summary
Men's event
208 participants entered the men's event held from 8 to 11 May.
In the single-elimination round, six-time winner Mark Gray defeated Sebastian Staab 9–8 in the last-32 stage.[9] Gray led 4–2, but Staab won four consecutive racks to lead 6–4.[9] The pair shared the next four racks with Staab leading 8–6.[9][10] Gray won the next three racks to win the match. Post-match, Gray commented he was mystified as to how he won the game.[9] Francisco Sánchez Ruíz and Mario He also finished on a deciding rack. Sánchez Ruíz won the match, despite not leading before that point.[11]
Polish player Konrad Juszczyszyn reached his second Tour final, defeating Alexander Kazakis, Casper Matikainen, and Pijus Labutis.[8] His opponent was Ivar Saris, who was playing in his first Euro Tour final, after defeating David Alcaide, Ruslan Chinachov, and Mateusz Śniegocki.[8] Neither player had won a Tour event prior.[12] The final was played, and had an increased number of jump shots, with Juszczyszyn leading throughout.[12][13] He led at 4–3 and 6–4 before Saris won the next two to tie the match at 6–6. Juszczyszyn won the next three racks to win his first Euro Tour event 9–6.[12][13][14]
Women's event
A total of 44 participants played in the women's event between 9 and 11 May.[15][16] This was the first event of the 2019 season for the women, as the Leende Open had no women's division.[15] Number one ranked Kristina Tkach defeated Sara Rocha 7–2 and Veronika Ivanovskaia to progress to the single-elimination round.[17][18][19] Second ranked Jasmin Ouschan had to win two deciding racks to progress, after defeating both Kristina Jaeger and Veronika Hubrtová 7–6. Euro Tour third ranked player Marharyta Fefilava completed a whitewash of Nathalie Seichter, before a 7–4 win over Poland's Iza Lacka.[18][19] Ana Gradišnik played Turkey's Eylul Kibaroglu in the qualification round. Kibaroglu led 6–3, and had two balls to pot to win the match.[18] She accidentally snookered herself behind the 9-ball. Gradišnik took advantage and won the following four racks to claim a victory and progress to the single-elimination rounds.[18]
In the last-16 stage, Ouschan lost to Ivanovskaia 7–4, resulting in Tkach being guaranteed to remain as the highest ranked player after the event.
Results
Men's competition
The results for the men's knockout round is shown below. Players in bold denote match winners.[1][5][22]
Women's event
The following results are from the knockout stages following the round of 16. Players in bold denote match winners:[23]
| First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Kristina Tkach (RUS)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Kristina Zlateva (HUN)
| 3 | Kristina Tkach
| 7 | ||||||||||||
 Vania Franco (POR)
| 3 | Sara Rocha
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sara Rocha (POR)
| 7 | Kristina Tkach
| 7 | ||||||||||||
 Ana Gradišnik (SLO)
| 7 | Ana Gradišnik
| 6 | ||||||||||||
 Monika Margeta (SWE)
| 2 | Ana Gradišnik
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| Melissa Rademakers (HUN)
| 3 |  Pia Filler
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| Pia Filler (GER)
| 7 | Kristina Tkach
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| Marharyta Fefilava (BLR)
| 7 | Marharyta Fefilava
| 5 | ||||||||||||
| Melanie Suessenguth (GER)
| 2 | Marharyta Fefilava
| 7 | ||||||||||||
| Natalia Seroshtan (RUS)
| 7 | Natalia Seroshtan
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Oliwia Czupryńska (POL)
| 4 | Marharyta Fefilava
| 7 | ||||||||||||
 Kateryna Polovnchuk (UKR)
| 7 | Kateryna Polovnchuk
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ewa Bak (POL)
| 5 | Kateryna Polovnchuk
| 7 | ||||||||||||
 Jasmin Ouschan (AUT)
| 4 | Veronika Ivanovskaia
| |||||||||||||
| Veronika Ivanovskaia (GER)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
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