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 Eklent Kaçi 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

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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