The 2019 Veldhoven Open, officially known as the 2019 Dynamic Billard Veldhoven Open, was a professional nine-ball pool tournament and the fourth Euro Tour event of 2019. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. The men's event was held from 1 to 3 August, and the women's event was held from 2 to 4 August. The event followed the Austria Open and preceded the Klagenfurt Open.
The men's defending champion was Austria's Mario He, who won the 2018 Veldhoven Open after defeating Albania's Eklent Kaçi 9âÂÂ8 in the final. He defended his championship, defeating Kaçi in the first knockout round, Germany's Joshua Filler in the semi-finals and Estonia's Denis Grabe in the final 9âÂÂ2. In the women's event, the defending champion was Austria's Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Oliwia Zalewska 7âÂÂ3 in the final of the previous year's event. Ouschan also successfully defended her championship, defeating Germany's Melanie Suessenguth 7âÂÂ4 in the final. The event's total prize fund was , with the winner receiving .
The event was held from 1 to 3 August for the men's event, and 2 to 4 August for the women's event. Both events were first played as a double-elimination tournament. It was held at the NH Koningshof in Veldhoven, Netherlands. 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 defending champion of the men's event was Mario He, who won the 2018 Veldhoven Open defeating Eklent Kaçi in the final. The defending champion of the women's event was Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Oliwia Czuprynska 7âÂÂ3 in the final of the previous year's event.
Both the men's and women's event's prize fund was similar to those of other Euro Tour events, totalling , with being awarded to the winners of the event.
On 1 August 2019, the double-elimination round began at 09:00 CET. All matches were played under the format as a race-to-nine racks. The event had a total of 193 participants, including all top-16 players.
Defending champion Mario He received a bye in his first round match, then defeated Tobias Bongers in the first winner's round 9âÂÂ4. He progressed to the round-of-32 after a playoff win over Mateusz à Âniegocki. Mark Gray defeated Daniel Macioà  9âÂÂ7 in the second winner's round. Maciol took a time-out when the score was tied 6âÂÂ6, but played significantly worse when he returned. Gray reached the winner's playoff round, but lost to Karol Skowerski, and then in the loser's playoff to Marcel Price. Number one-ranked Euro Tour player Eklent Kaçi reached the winner's playoff round, before losing 6âÂÂ9 to Sergey Lutsker. Kaçi later won his loser's playoff round match against Albin Ouschan to advance to the knockout round.
Ten-time Euro Tour event winner Niels Feijen failed to make the knockout round. He was awarded a walkover in his first round match, defeating Tim De Ruyter 9âÂÂ2 before losing 6âÂÂ9 to Marco Dorenburg. In the loser's side, Feijen lost his next match to 14-year-old Dutch player Yannick Pongers 8âÂÂ9. Three-time world champion Oliver Ortmann also failed to progress, despite defeating fourth seed Ralf Souquet 9âÂÂ6. Ortmann lost to Ruslan Chinakhov 8âÂÂ9 in the winner's playoff and to Jacques Wollschlaeger 4âÂÂ9 in the loser's playoff. After a playoff loss to Fedor Gorst, Souquet did not reach the knockout round either.
The round-of-32 took place on 2 August, and all subsequent rounds were played on 3 August. Syria's Mohammad Soufi reached the quarter-finals, after wins over De Ruyter and Wollschlaeger (both 9âÂÂ4). Marc Bijsterbosch faced Soufi, after a 9âÂÂ3 win over Radosà Âaw Babica and a whitewash of Mateusz à Âniegocki. defeated Greece's Nick Malai (9âÂÂ6) and Nikos Ekonomopoulos (9âÂÂ5) en route to the quarter-finals. Montpellier later played Estonia's Denis Grabe, after Grabe defeated Stefan Nolle 9âÂÂ4 and Ruslan Chinakhov 9âÂÂ3.
Mario He also advanced to the quarter-finals. His last match in the round-of-32 was a rematch of the previous year's final against Eklent Kaçi, which he won 9âÂÂ8. This match, however, was more one-sided, with He winning 9âÂÂ4. Poland's Konrad Juszczyszyn defeated 1999 World Pool Masters champion Alex Lely 9âÂÂ4. Mario He defeated Juszczyszyn 9âÂÂ6 to reach the quarter-finals. Olivér Szolnoki also reached the quarter-finals, after 9âÂÂ6 victories over Moritz Neuhausen and Jakub Koniar.
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz defeated Damianos Giallourakis in the round-of-32, following Giallourakis's best run in a Euro Tour event, reaching the quarter-final at the Austria Open earlier in the season. However, Sanchez-Ruiz was eliminated in the round-of-16, after losing to Fedor Gorst 4âÂÂ9. Reigning world nine-ball champion Joshua Filler advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating Marcel Price and Serbia's Aleksa Pecelj.
Marc Bijsterbosch defeated Mohamad Soufi 9âÂÂ2 to advance to the semi-final. Denis Grabe defeated Alex Montpellier 9âÂÂ1, with Montpellier only winning rack four. Both Mario He and Joshua Filler progressed to the semi-finals following victories over Olivér Szolnoki and Fedor Gorst, respectively. With the victory, Filler was guaranteed to regain the top spot in the Euro Tour rankings, which was previously held by Eklent Kaçi.
The first semi-final match was held between Bijsterbosch and Grabe at 14:30 EST. Bijsterbosch took an early lead, gaining an advantage at 4âÂÂ2, 5âÂÂ3, and 7âÂÂ5. However, Grabe fought back to tie the match 7âÂÂ7. He won the final two racks (four in total) to win 9âÂÂ7 and reach the final. The second semi-final was held between He and Filler at 16:00 EST. The match was tight, with a difference of no more than a one rack between the two players throughout. At 7âÂÂ7, Filler reached the , on his own break, with He taking the match to at 8âÂÂ8. Filler's break on the decider was a , allowing He to to win the frame and the match.
The final was played at 18:00 EST between defending champion Mario He and Denis Grabe. Grabe was a two-time champion of Euro Tour events, having won the 2014 Slovenia Open and 2014 Austria Open. Mario He was a four-time champion, having won two events in 2018. The match took place on He's birthday. The final was one-sided, with He taking an early lead at 5âÂÂ1. Grabe won rack seven, but He won the next four racks to win the match and the championship 9âÂÂ2.
The women's event was held between 2 and 4 August 2019, with a total of 59 participants. The event was a double-elimination bracket. With 16 players remaining, the event reverted to a single-elimination structure. Jasmin Ouschan and Kristina Tkach were tied for number one in the women's Euro Tour rankings. Last year's runner-up Oliwia Czuprynska lost to Tina Vogelmann 4âÂÂ7 in the double-elimination round, and then lost to Tkach 7âÂÂ1 in the loser's qualification round. Germany's Melanie Suessenguth had already defeated Tkach 7âÂÂ5 in the winner's round. In a match that was predicted to be a close match, Ukraine's Kateryna Polovinchuk defeated Valeriia Trushevskaia 7âÂÂ1.
The knockout round saw a repeat of the Austria Open final, with Ouschan facing Marharyta Fefilava. The match finished with the same scoreline, with Ouschan winning the match 7âÂÂ1. Tkach also defeated Diana Stateczny 7âÂÂ6 in the round-of-16, but lost to Tina Vogelmann 7âÂÂ4 in the quarter-finals. Ouschan won her quarter-final match against Diana Khodjaeva 7âÂÂ1 to guarantee securing the number one spot in the rankings. Veronika Hubrtová also advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Yvonne Ullmann-Hybler in the round-of-16 and Germany's Ina Kaplan in the quarter-finals (both 7âÂÂ4). Melanie Suessenguth reached the semi-finals after wins over Christine Steinlage and Natalia Seroshtan.
The semi-finals were played on 4 August, with Ouschan and Suessenguth progressing. Ouschan defeated Vogelmann 7âÂÂ3, and Suessenguth defeated Hubrtová 7âÂÂ5. Sussenguth was playing in her first final, whilst Ouschan had previously played in 20 finals. Ouschan won the final 7âÂÂ4, successfully defending her title. In her six matches in the tournament, Ouschan conceded just 14 racks, winning 47. A strong shot was cited as a reason for her dominance in the event.
The following matches are from the round of 32 onward. Players in bold denote match winners.
The following matches are from the round of 16 stage onward. Players in bold denote match winners.