Denis Grabe
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | "Mr. Grapefruit" |
| Born | 22 February 1990 Tallinn, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Pool career | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Tournament wins | |
| Current rank | 2 WPA |
| Highest rank | 11[1] |
Denis Grabe (born February 22, 1990, in Tallinn, Estonia), is an Estonian professional pool player. Grabe won the Las Vegas open in 2025 beating Joshua Filler in the finals. Sets 2-2 and in shootout 4–3, winning his biggest tournament of his career. Grabe won Maldives Open in 2024 beating Alexandros Kazakis 10–9.
Grabe reached the semifinal of 2024 WPA World Ten-ball Championship losing to Naoyuki Ōi of Japan 2–3 in sets, he beat Aloysious Yapp in the last 16 and Francisco Sánchez Ruiz in the last 8 to achieve a bronze medal. Grabe reached the quarter-final of the 2016 WPA World Nine-ball Championship,[2] before losing to Cheng Yu-hsuan 11–3.[3] Grabe won two consecutive Euro Tour tournaments in a row in 2014, at the Austria Open, and Slovenian Open.[4] In 2018, he also reached the final of the 2018 Sankt Johann im Pongau Open, losing the final 9–5 to Alexander Kazakis.[5]
Titles & Achievements
[edit]- 2025 Las Vegas Open 10-ball Champion
- 2024 Maldives Open Ten-ball Championship winner
- 2024 Bronze medallist World Championships in Vegas 10-ball
- 2019 Euro Tour Antalya Open[6]
- 2018 World Pool Series 9-Ball Championship New York
- 2014 Euro Tour Austria Open[6]
- 2014 Euro Tour Slovenian Open[6]
35x Estonian national champion
15x time Baltic Pool League Winner
Highest World Ranking nr 2 in 2025/2026
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ranking - WPA Pool". WPA Pool. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Shaw, Shane Go On The Offensive". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "It's Down to a Fantastic Four in Doha". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-21. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Boyes inflicted Grabe's first defeat in three tournaments". azbilliards.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-06. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "Kazakis takes his first title at the Euro-Tour". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Player profiles – Dynamic Billard Eurotour". eurotouronline.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- Denis Grabe at AZBilliards
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