The prestigious US International Open takes place from November 18-22 at its new home in the stunning Renaissance Resort in St Augustine, Florida as 128 players compete for $171,000 in prize money.
Now awarding a lucrative $40,000 to the eventual champion, the International Open becomes the third-richest ranking tournament on the World Nineball Tour, behind only the World Pool Championship and the US Open Championship.
Defending champion Aloysius Yapp, who defeated David Alcaide in last year’s final, headlines a star-studded field of international stars, which also includes world number one Fedor Gorst, Joshua Filler and Shane van Boening.
All of this year’s Mosconi Cup stars have travelled to St Augustine, with Europe’s Jayson Shaw, Mickey Krause, Eklent Kaci, David Alcaide and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz there, as well as the USA’s Van Boening, Gorst, Skyler Woodward, Billy Thorpe and Tyler Styer.
US Open quarter-finalist Vitaliy Patsura has entered fresh from his success in Puerto Rico, while Carlo Biado, 2021 champion Albin Ouschan, UK Open winner Robbie Capito, Pijus Labutis, Niels Feijen and Wiktor Zielinski have also travelled.
Other notable entrants include Sanjin Pehlivanovic, Mario He, Alexander Kazakis, Denis Grabe, Moritz Neuhausen, Naoyuki Oi, Dimitris Loukatos, Max Lechner and Seattle Open winner Georgi Georgiev.
The tournament will be double elimination until 16 players remain and race-to-10 up to the final, which will be race-to-13 racks. It will be alternate break throughout and the break box will be in operation.
Coverage will be broadcast throughout the event for those with an active Accu-Stats subscription plan. Every match from every table will be shown, which includes Saturday’s semi-finals and final.
INTERNATIONAL OPEN 2024
Draw Bracket
Click here for the draw bracket via the Digital Pool website
Last 16
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 7-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 8-10 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇬🇷 Alex Kazakis 9-10 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-4 Tyler Styer 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Lee Van Corteza 8-10 Georgi Georgiev 🇧🇬
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-8 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 10-9 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 10-8 Fedor Gorst 🇺🇸
Quarter-Finals
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-3 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-5 Carlo Biado 🇵🇭
🇧🇬 Georgi Georgiev 6-10 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 8-10 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
Semi-Finals
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 4-10 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-7 Niels Feijen 🇳🇱
Final
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 13-6 Moritz Neuhausen 🇩🇪
Prize Fund
Champion – $40,000
Runner-up – $25,000
Semi-finalists – $15,000
Quarter-finalists – $7,000
Last 16 – $3,250
Losers Qualification – $1,750
Losers Round Five – $1,000
Total – $171,000
