The Mezz Bucharest Open takes place from June 6-8 at the IDM Club as the World Nineball Tour’s returns to Romania for its latest ranking tournament.
Mickey Krause landed his maiden WNT ranking accolade last year in Romania and progressed to become the European Open champion, although the Dane has skipped the event this year.
World number three Joshua Filler, Robbie Capito, Niels Feijen, Wiktor Zielinski and recent UK Open runner-up Jonas Souto Comino are therefore amongst the favourites to pocket the €10,000 top prize.
Other notable entrants include Albanian teenager Kledio Kaci, the legendary Ralf Souquet, Bulgaria’s Georgi Georgiev, Serbia’s Aleksa Pecelj, Hungary’s Oliver Szolnoki, Poland’s Hubert Lopotko and American Payne McBride.
Babken Melkonyan, Cristian Surdea and Flavian Glont are the most noteworthy Romanian players competing on home soil, while Fraser Patrick, Dean Shields and Tom Staveley are amongst the British contingent.
The Bucharest Open will be double elimination until 32 players remain in the reckoning, while the tournament will be race-to-nine, winner breaks throughout the duration.
Coverage will be broadcast on the Billiard Network YouTube channel across the weekend, with the final taking place on Sunday evening in the Romanian capital.
BUCHAREST OPEN 2025
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the Bucharest Open website
Last 32
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 9-8 Christos Papageorgiou 🇬🇷
🇨🇾 Antonis Brabin 9-4 Dominik Zajac 🇵🇱
🇮🇹 Andrea Milioli 9-5 Matthew Rigley 🇬🇧
🇩🇪 Ralf Souquet 9-4 Sashko Dimitrov 🇧🇬
🇳🇱 Niels Feijen 7-9 Ernesto Gjoni 🇦🇱
🇷🇴 Cristian Surdea 7-9 Marcus Chamat 🇸🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 9-5 Fabio Petroni 🇮🇹
🇬🇧 Fraser Patrick 9-1 Valentino Cordelli 🇮🇹
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 9-2 Walter Laikre 🇸🇪
🇷🇴 Babken Melkonyan 4-9 Can Salim 🇩🇪
🇧🇬 Georgi Georgiev 2-9 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇭🇺 Oliver Szolnoki 8-9 Talal Alblooshi 🇰🇼
🇦🇱 Ermal Dyli 9-1 Arjan Matrizi 🇦🇱
🇬🇧 Dean Shields 7-9 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
🇷🇸 Aleksa Pecelj 4-9 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
🇮🇹 Francesco Candela 9-5 Antonios Kakaris 🇬🇷
Last 16
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 9-1 Antonis Brabin 🇨🇾
🇮🇹 Andrea Milioli 5-9 Ralf Souquet 🇩🇪
🇦🇱 Ernesto Gjoni 9-3 Marcus Chamat 🇸🇪
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 9-2 Fraser Patrick 🇬🇧
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 9-4 Can Salim 🇩🇪
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 9-7 Talal Alblooshi 🇰🇼
🇦🇱 Ermal Dyli 8-9 Hubert Lopotko 🇵🇱
🇦🇱 Kledio Kaci 9-7 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
Quarter-Finals
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 9-2 Ralf Souquet 🇩🇪
🇦🇱 Ernesto Gjoni 8-9 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 4-9 Wiktor Zielinski 🇵🇱
🇵🇱 Hubert Lopotko 6-9 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
Semi-Finals
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 9-8 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇵🇱 Wiktor Zielinski 5-9 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
Final
🇩🇪 Joshua Filler 8-9 Kledio Kaci 🇦🇱
Prize Fund
Champion – €10,000
Runner-up – €4,500
Semi-finalists – €2,000
Quarter-finalists – €1,000
Last 16 – €500
Last 32 – €300
Losers Qualification – €150
Total – €33,700
