Dominic Jentsch (born 20 November 1991) is a German professional pool player. In 2006 he reached the final of the Under 17 European championships in

9-Ball Nine-ball (sometimes written 9-ball) is a discipline of the cue sport pool. The game's origins are traceable to the 1920s in the United States. It is played on a rectangular billiard table with at each of the four corners and in the middle of e ...

. Two years later, he was again runner-up at the 2008 European championships, this time in the age group this time for straight pool, for under 19s. Jentsch's biggest success so far was reaching the last 16 at the World Straight Pool Championship in 2008 before losing 38–200 against Nick van den Berg. He won his first Euro Tour event at the

2012 Treviso Open 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

. Jentsch is a three-time German champion, winning the 8-ball national championship in 2009 and 2012, and 9-ball in 2010. At the

2011 European Pool Championships The 2011 European Pool Championships was a series of professional pool (billiards), pool championships that took place at the Steel Palace, in Brandenburg, Germany. The events were played between 23 March and 3 April 2011 were part of the Eur ...

, Jentsch won his first European championship in 8-ball, through a final victory over Ralf Souquet. The following season, at the

2012 European Pool Championships The 2012 European Pool Championships was a professional pool tournament held 21–31 March 2012 in ''Alvisse Parc Hotel'' in Luxembourg City hosted by the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF). The disciplines were played eight-ball, ni ...

he won the event for a second time, winning the

10-Ball Ten-ball is a rotation pool game similar to nine-ball, but using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the "" Although the game has existed for since the early 1960s, its popularity has risen since the early 2000s a ...

event through an 8–5 win over Stephan Cohen.

Titles

* 2011 European Pool Championship 8-Ball * 2012 European Pool Championship 10-Ball * 2012 Euro Tour Italy Open

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1991 births People from Dachau Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria German pool players Living people {{cue-sports-bio-stub