The 2019 Antalya Open (also known as the 2019 Dynamic Billiard Antalya Open) was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from 7 to 10 November 2019 in the Limak Atlantis Resort in Antalya, Turkey. The event was the sixth and final Euro Tour event of 2019, following the Klagenfurt Open. The men's event was won by Estonia's Denis Grabe, who won his third Tour win, defeating Eklent Kaçi 9âÂÂ2. The women's event was won by Poland's Oliwia Zalewska, who won her first Tour event. She defeated Tina Vogelmann in the final 7âÂÂ6.
The 2019 Antalya Open was a professional nine-ball event, the sixth and final Euro Tour event held in 2019. The event featured two brackets, held from 7 to 9 November 2019 for the men's event, and 8 to 10 November for the women's event. Both events were first played as a double-elimination tournament. It was held at the Limak Atlantis Resort in Antalya, Turkey. The men's event became a single-elimination bracket at the round-of-32, while the women's event remained a double-elimination tournament until the round-of-16. All matches were played as -to-nine .
The tournament was the first Euro Tour event held in Turkey since the 1999 Turkish Open won by Germany's Ralph Eckert.
Both the men's and women's event's prize fund was similar to those of other Euro Tour events, totalling , of which was awarded to both of the winners of the event.
The men's event was held from 7âÂÂ9 November 2019 with 181 participants. The double-elimination stage featured nine rounds. Nick Malai defeated former winner Ruslan Chinakhov 9âÂÂ1 in the opening round, however, both players won their remaining matches and reached the single-elimination round. British players Mark Gray and Darren Appleton also met in the first round; the 2012 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Appleton won 9âÂÂ5. Gray commented post-match that his was to blame, and that the "better player undoubtedly won". Having won, Appleton qualified for the winner's third round, but decided to sleep prior to the match. Instead of waking in time for his 4:30pm GMT match with Albin Ouschan, Appleton overslept, forfeited the match, and also his loser's qualification round match, scheduled to also be against Gray. Two several-time Euro Tour winners Mario He and Thorsten Hohmann met in the loser's qualification round. Hohmann led 6âÂÂ3, before He won five of the next six racks to lead 8âÂÂ7, however Hohmann won the next two frames to eliminate He.
The single-elimination round was played on the 8 and 9 November. Hohmann met fellow German player and reigning WPA World Nine-ball champion Joshua Filler. Filler outplayed Hohmann, and won 9âÂÂ3. Mark Gray defeated Tomasz Kapà Âan 9âÂÂ2 to meet Filler in the last 16, where Filler won 9âÂÂ7. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz defeated Albin Ouschan 9âÂÂ2 in the last 32 before defeating Wiktor Zielinski 9âÂÂ1 to reach the quarter-finals. At the quarter-final stage, Sanchez-Ruiz was defeated by Russian youngster Fedor Gorst 5âÂÂ9. Elsewhere, Denis Grabe defeated Mieszko Fortunski 9âÂÂ6, Eklent Kaçi defeated Sanjin Pehlivanovic 9âÂÂ5 and David Alcaide defeated Joshua Filler 9âÂÂ7. The first semi-final saw Kaci defeat Alcaide 9âÂÂ4, whilst Grabe defeated Gorst 9âÂÂ6.
The final was held at 5:30pm GMT between Grabe and Kaci. Grabe was playing in his fourth Tour final, having won two prior events in 2014, whilst Kaci was playing in his fifth final, having won two prior events including the 2019 Austria Open prior in the season. With Grabe leading 4âÂÂ1, Kaci missed a shot on the and conceded the rack in frustration. Referee Nikola Peà ¡o deemed the act as unsportsmanlike and awarded both rack six and an additional rack to Grabe. Leading 6âÂÂ1, Grabe won three of the next four racks to win the tournament.
The women's event took place from 8 to 10 November, with 34 participants. The double-elimination round lasted six rounds. The top four ranked players on the Tour all reached the last 16. Russia's Kristina Tkach (first seed) won her matches 7âÂÂ1 and 7âÂÂ3 to draw Veronika Ivanovskaia in the knockout round. Tkach won the match 7âÂÂ6 to reach the quarter-finals. Belarusian player Marharyta Fefilava (second seed) won her two qualifying matches 7âÂÂ0 and 7âÂÂ2 to meet Kamila Khodjaeva in the last 16. Fefilava defeated Khodjaeva 7âÂÂ4 to reach the quarter-finals. Both Ana Gradià ¡nik (third seed) and Kateryna Polovinchuk (fourth seed) also reached the last 16 round, but lost to Christine Steinlage and Oliwia Zalewska respectively.
The quarter-finals started with Tkach defeating Pia Filler 7âÂÂ4, whilst Zalewska defeated Melanie Suessenguth 7âÂÂ4. The bottom half of the draw featured Steinlage defeating Diana Stateczny 7âÂÂ3, and Tina Vogelmann defeating Fefilava 7âÂÂ4. In the semi-finals, Zalewska defeated Tkach 7âÂÂ5, whilst Vogelmann defeated Steinlage 7âÂÂ3. The final was played between Tina Vogelmann and Oliwia Zalewska. Vogelmann was playing in her first Euro Tour final, whereas Zalewska had won three events prior, including the preceding event, the Klagenfurt Open. Vogelmann took an early lead in the match, leading 4âÂÂ2 after six racks. Zalewska won the next three racks to lead, but the match became tied at 6âÂÂ6. Vogelmann broke for the match, but had a . Zaleska chose to , but Vogelmann left the table after her shot. With no clear shot, Zaleska both the and 2-ball, and to win the match and tournament.
Below is the results from the round of 32 (Last 32) onward with positions were determined by performance in the double-elimination round. Players in bold denote match winners:
The following results are from the knockout stages following the round of 16. Players in bold denote match winners: