Italian Amedeo Spada improved on a second-place-finish in 2003 when he defeated American Bill Hoffman, 2-0, in the best-of-three game championship of the Vienna Open.

Spada, who might lose his bowling license in Italy for competing in Vienna, took the first game by the closest possible margin, 215-214. Hoffman, who showed an outstanding performance in the single-elimination finals, suffered three big splits in the second game, which sealed his fate, 191-169. Spada pocketed 11.000 Euro for the victory and Hoffman was consoled with 6.500 Euro.


L-R Vienna Open Sports Director Thomas "TT" Tybl, Pasi Uotila (4th), Gery Verbruggen (3rd), Bill Hoffman (2nd), 2004 Vienna Open champion Amedeo Spada, and Tournament Director Wolfgang Lohschmid. Picture courtesy of Robert May.

Download the complete single-elimination finals here.

Rumors say that Spada might lose his bowling license for competing in Vienna as the Italian Bowling Federation has "not allowed" him to participate. The tournament organizers and many bowlers were upset and Spada has already received some offers to join other teams. Spada, a very pleasant person, was obviously happy about the support he received from many people.

Bill Hoffman is always good for a pithy comment or laugh. When two friends offered him a beer after the finals, the American said: "The first time in the final that I got a double when I needed it!" Pictures courtesy of Beat Grauwiler.

The 2005 Vienna Open (bookmark October 19-23) will be back on the European Bowling Tour schedule as one of the "major" tournaments.

Grand Final (Single elimination best-of-three games)
#8 Amadeo Spada (ITA) def. #2 Bill Hoffman (USA), 2-0
(215-214, 191-169)

Team USA member and World Trios Champion Bill Hoffman and Italian international and last year's runner-up Amedeo Spada will bowl for the title and the 11.000 Euro top prize in the 2nd Vienna Open at Plus Bowling in Vienna, Austria. Hoffman fired two big scores (267 and 277) to win 2-0 against Finn Pasi Uotila in the best-of-three game match. Spada went the distance for the third consecutive round, beating 4-time European ranking champion Gery Verbruggen, 2-1.

Round of 4 (Single elimination best-of-three games)

#2 Bill Hoffman (USA) def. #3 Pasi Uotila (FIN), 2-0
(267-237, 277-222)

#8 Amadeo Spada (ITA) def. #1 Gery Verbruggen (BEL), 2-1
(238-194, 182-221, 247-201)


Round of 8 (Single elimination best-of-three games)

#1 Gery Verbruggen (BEL) def. #5 Mike Quarry (ENG), 2-0
(257-201, 212-204)

#2 Bill Hoffman (USA) def. #6 Anders Öhman (SWE), 2-1
(197-193, 225-234, 234-224)

#3 Pasi Uotila (FIN) def. #10 Michael Holzapfel (GER), 2-0
(214-147, 253-169)

#8 Amadeo Spada (ITA) def. #13 Paul Moor (ENG), 2-1 (211-245, 212-202, 277-257)

"The ladies are out", said Eva Jönsson and Zara Glover after they lost their single-elimination best-of-three game matches against defending champion Anders Öhman and Mike Quarry, resp. Due to her higher position after the semi-finals, Jönsson won the women's rankings in Vienna and Glover finished second. Joining those Öhman and Quarry in the Round of 8 are Paul Moor, Pasi Uotila (rolled 290 and 279), Bill Hoffman, Gery Verbruggen, Amadeo Spada and Michael Holzapfel.

Round of 16 (Single elimination best-of-three games)
* women scores including 8 pins handicap each game

L-R #1 Gery Verbruggen (BEL) def.
#16 Arturo Quintero (MEX), 2-1
256-213
204-214
254-211


L-R #2 Bill Hoffman (USA) def.
#15 Claes Gauffin (SWE), 2-0
234-226
268-194


L-R #3 Pasi Uotila (FIN) def.
#14 Kai Virtanen (FIN), 2-0
290-265
279-223


R-L #13 Paul Moor (ENG) def.
#4 Achim Grabowski (GER), 2-0
204-183
245-245


L-R #5 Mike Quarry (ENG) def.
#12 Zara Glover (ENG), 2-0
279-196
196-176
Glover's scores include 8 pins handicap.


L-R #6 Anders Öhman (SWE) def.
#11 *Eva Jönsson (SWE), 2-0
258-255
266-228
Jönsson's scores include 8 pins handicap.


R-L #10 Michael Holzapfel (GER) def.
Stuart Williams (ENG), 2-1
181-174
183-213
268-228


#8 Amadeo Spada (ITA) def.
#9 Osku Palermaa (FIN), 2-1
242-225
136-226
223-158

Gery Verbruggen from Belgium (pictured) started the semi-finals with the third perfect game of the Vienna Open en route to jump from 11th to first place. The 4-time European ranking champion added games of 220, 270, 223, 277 and 266 for the tournament-best 1556-series. Verbruggen totaled 2882 for 12 games, an average of 240,17, to earn the No. 1 seed in the single-elimination best-of-three game finals. Verbruggen takes on No. 16, Arturo Quintero from Mexico, who hit the cutoff number with 2593 pinfall total or an average of 216,08.

Michael Holzapfel, Germany, and Team USA's Bill Hoffman, shot perfectos No. 4 and 5 in the 4th and 6th game, resp., of the semi-finals. Hoffman's 1534-series helped him to leapfrog from 16th to second place. He will meet Swede Claes Goffin in the Round of 16. Holzapfel jumped from 24th to 10th place. He bowls overnight leader Stuart Williams, England, who fell sixth spots to 7th behind a 1227-series today.

The scoring remained hot and heavy at Plus Bowling with a number of big numbers posted by the athletes. Along with the three 300s there were one game over a 280, five games over a 270 and five games over a 260.

Eva Jönsson (11th, pictured) and Zara Glover (12th) will battle it out for the women's ranking winner in Vienna. Jönsson meets defending champion Anders Öhman, both from Sweden, while Glover faces Mike Quarry, both from England.

Other matches include:
Pasi Uotila vs. Kai Virtanen, both from Finland; Achim Grabowski, Germany, vs. European ranking leader Paul Moor from England; Amadeo Spada, Italy vs. Osku Palermaa, Finland.


Standings after Semi-finals (Top 30)
Players with position, country, 12-game total and average
* women scores including 8 pins handicap each game

1. Gery Verbruggen, BEL, 2882 (1326-1556), 240,17
2. Bill Hoffman, USA, 2832 (1298-1534), 236,00
3. Pasi Uotila, FIN, 2764 (1349-1415), 230,33
4. Achim Grabowski, GER, 2743 (1432-1311), 228,58
5. Mike Quarry, ENG, 2728 (1294-1434), 227,33
6. Anders Öhman, SWE, 2718 (1439-1279), 226,50
7. Stuart Williams, ENG, 2704 (1477-1227), 225,33
8. Amadeo Spada, ITA, 2682 (1384-1298), 223,50
9. Osku Palermaa, FIN, 2645 (1316-1329), 220,42
10. Michael Holzapfel, GER, 2625 (1275-1350), 218,75
11. *Eva Jönsson, SWE, 2614 (1361-1205), 96, 209,83
12. *Zara Glover, ENG, 2611 (1293-1270), 96, 209,58
13. Paul Moor, ENG, 2606 (1315-1291), 217,17
14. Kai Virtanen, FIN, 2598 (1297-1301), 216,50
15. Claes Gauffin, SWE, 2593 (1314-1279), 216,08
(tie) Arturo Quintero, MEX, 2593 (1378-1215), 216,08

Missed Cut:
17. Dominik Hergenröder, GER, 2585 (1302-1283), 215,42
18. *Martina Beckel, GER, 2580 (1285-1247), 96, 207,00
19. Jari Ratia, FIN, 2565 (1337-1228), 213,75
20. Peter Ahlen, SWE, 2558 (1282-1276), 213,17
21. Rafal Piwowarczyk, POL, 2553 (1281-1272), 212,75
22. Thomas Tybl, AUT, 2551 (1259-1292), 212,58
23. Oliver Blase, GER, 2542 (1268-1274), 211,83
24. Oskar Broström, SWE, 2539 (1355-1184), 211,58
25. Fritz Kern Jun. AUT, 2526 (1338-1188), 210,50
26. Chris Van Damme, BEL, 2512 (1270-1242), 209,33
27. Manfred Panzenböck, AUT, 2502 (1273-1229), 208,50
28. Frank Heine, GER, 2459 (1265-1194), 204,92
29. Pär Svensson, SWE, 2451 (1258-1193), 204,25
30. Gerhard Fleischhacker, AUT, 2373 (1275-1098), 197,75

England's Stuart Williams (left) posted games of 245, 264, 211, 279, 212 and 266 to overtake the lead in the quarterfinals in the 2nd Vienna Open with 1477, six-game total and an average of 246,17. Defending champion Anders Öhman, Sweden, was second with 1439.

The round was highlighted by German National champion Achim Grabowski (right), who rolled the second 300-game of the tournament. Grabowski sits in third place with 1432. Eva Jönsson from Sweden was the best of eight ladies in the field with 1361 including 48 pins handicap, good enough for sixth place.
Her compatriot Pär Svensson took the 30th and final spot for the semi-finals with 1258 or an average of 209,67. The biggest upset came for qualifying leader Peter Ljung, who failed to make the cut to the top 30 with 1199 to land in 48th place.

Other notables, who missed the cut were World Team Champions Robert Andersson (31st) and Martin Larsen (40th), all from Sweden, PBA Pro Jouni Helminen from Finland (42nd), ECI champion Tanya Petty from Germany (45th), women's European ranking leader Britt Bröndsted, Denmark, (52nd), Finnish international Lasse Lintilä (53rd) and local favorite Thomas Gross (59th).

The top 30 return tomorrow at 9.30 to bowl another six-game block to cut to the top 16 for match play.

The picture shows Achim Grabowski after the final shot of his 300-game. Picture courtesy of Flavio Cuva.


Standings after Quarterfinals (Top 60)

Players with position, country, six-game total and average
* women scores including 8 pins handicap each game

1. Stuart Williams, ENG, 1477, 246,17
2. Anders Öhman, SWE, 1439, 239,83
3. Achim Grabowski, GER, 1432, 238,67
4. Hans Moser, ITA, 1384, 230,67
5. Arturo Quintero, MEX, 1378, 229,67
6. *Eva Jönsson, SWE, 1361, 218,83
7. Oskar Broström, SWE, 1355, 225,83
8. Pasi Uotila, FIN, 1349, 224,83
9. Fritz Kern Jun. AUT, 1338, 223,00
10. Jari Ratia, FIN, 1337, 222,83
11. Gery Verbruggen, BEL, 1326, 221,00
12. Osku Palermaa, FIN, 1316, 219,33
13. Paul Moor, ENG, 1315, 219,17
14. Claes Gauffin, SWE, 1314, 219,00
15. Dominik Hergenröder, GER, 1302, 217,00
16. Bill Hoffman, USA, 1298, 216,33
17. Kai Virtanen, FIN, 1297, 216,17
18. Mike Quarry, ENG, 1294, 215,67
19. *Zara Glover, ENG, 1293, 207,50
20. *Martina Beckel, GER, 1285, 206,17
21. Peter Ahlen, SWE, 1282, 213,67
22. Rafal Piwowarczyk, POL, 1281, 213,50
23. Gerhard Fleischhacker, AUT, 1275, 212,50
(tie) Michael Holzapfel, GER, 1275, 212,50
25. Manfred Panzenböck, AUT, 1273, 212,17
26. Chris Van Damme, BEL, 1270, 211,67
27. Oliver Blase, GER, 1268, 211,33
28. Frank Heine, GER, 1265, 210,83
29. Thomas Tybl, AUT, 1259, 209,83
30. Pär Svensson, SWE, 1258, 209,67

Missed Cut:
31. Robert Andersson, SWE, 1256, 209,33
32. Franco Stoppardi, RUS, 1255, 209,17
33. Jon Zadel, ENG, 1251, 208,50
34. Leopold Grundschober, AUT, 1239, 206,50
35. Nikolai Schröder, AUT, 1236, 206,00
36. Mathias Arup, SWE, 1235, 205,83
37. Michael Krämer, GER, 1232, 205,33
(tie) Oliver Morig, GER, 1232, 205,33
39. Ralf Sydow, GER, 1231, 205,17
40. Martin Larsen, SWE, 1227, 204,50
41. *Reija Lunden, FIN, 1224, 196,00
42. Jouni Helminen, FIN, 1218, 203,00
43. *Ivonne Gross, AUT, 1217, 194,83
44. Michael Michajlow, GER, 1215, 202,50
(tie) *Tanya Petty, GER, 1215, 194,50
46. Mikael Kanold, SWE, 1212, 202,00
47. Richard Klug Jr., AUT, 1209, 201,50
48. Peter Ljung, SWE, 1199, 199,83
49. Bert de Win, NED, 1180, 196,67
50. Walter Gonaus, AUT, 1176, 196,00
51. Toby van Doren, BEL, 1170, 195,00
52. *Britt Bröndsted, DEN, 1160, 185,33
53. Lasse Lintilä, FIN, 1155, 192,50
54. *Beatrix Pesek, HUN, 1150, 183,67
55. Mariusz Musialik, POL, 1146, 191,00
56. Vaclav Postranecky, CZE, 1133, 188,83
57. Samir Daou, NLA, 1112, 185,33
58. Robert Skach, AUT, 1094, 182,33
59. Thomas Gross, AUT, 1089, 181,50
60. Stefan Siarsky, GER, 1051, 175,17

L-R Anders Öhman and Peter Ljung from Sweden won the Doubles event in the 2nd Vienna Open at Plus Bowling and split the 1.600 Euro top prize. The duo felled 2883 pins during the 8th of 13 qualifying squads, an average of 240,25, and remained unchallenged.

Ljung's 1503-series was lone 1500-plus series in the whole tournament. Öhman successfully defended his doubles title by adding 1383. The 3-time World Champion is also the defending Vienna Open champion. The doubles event was the qualifier for the Singles event and Ljung led the top 49 players into the finals.

Belgium Gery Verbruggen (pictured) led the 13th and final qualifying squad with 1383 pinfall, worth 200 Euro. He improved his previous high score by three pins and finished qualifying in 15th place. Three players used the last "regular" chance - the ultimate chance is the one-game "Desperado Squad" - to secure a spot for the singles finals.

Michael Holzapfel from Germany shot 1375 to jump from 73rd to 22nd place. Rafal Piwowarczyk from Poland rolled 1312 to leap from 76th to 46 place. And the third player was ..... Arturo Quintero. The Mexican had a slow start into the day with 206, 207 and 197 when he heard about the rumors that if won't make the cut to the top 49, the Desperado Squad would be renamed in "Quintero Squad". The talented player got scared and - as American Bill Hoffman said - started to bowl normal.

"I did not want to become famous in my country as the 'Desperado'," said Quintero (pictured) afterwards. He rolled a 220 in game No. 4, and finished with 269 and 248 to end in 32nd position with 1347 pinfall total.

"I saw Gery wearing his QLink and I just imagined I would have QLink too," said Quintero. "And it worked." (editor's note: The QLink is a "Hi Tec Human Energizer". Simply worn around the neck, the QLink should help improve your focus and concentration, help heighten your ability to recover for bad shots and strengthening your mental focus, especially under pressure)

The top 49 will be joined by the top players from Squads 2-5, who are not among the top 49. The 60-player field will be completed by six players, who survive the "Desperado Squad" (one game only).

A total of 60 players will advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday evening. They will bowl six games starting from scratch. The top 30 players will bowl six more games in the semi-finals to cut to the match play field of 16. Those 16 will be seeded into single-elimination bracket match play: No. 1 vs. No. 16, No. 2 vs. No. 15, etc. Bowlers must win best-of-three games matches to advance. The field will be cut to eight, then four, then two. The remaining two players will bowl for the title and the 11.000 Euro top prize.


Standings after Qualifying

Players with position, country, six-game total and average
* women scores including 8 pins handicap each game

1. Peter Ljung, SWE, 1503, 250,50
2. Michael Michajlow, GER, 1471, 245,17
3. Pasi Uotila, FIN, 1457, 242,83
4. Chris Van Damme, BEL, 1449, 241,50
5. Thomas Gross, AUT, 1437, 239,50
6. Bill Hoffman, USA, 1428, 238,00
7. Paul Moor, ENG, 1423, 237,17
8. Thomas Tybl, AUT, 1416, 236,00
9. Stuart Williams, ENG, 1413, 235,50
10. Martin Larsen, SWE, 1410, 235,00
11. *Tanya Petty, GER, 1403, 225,83
12. Lasse Lintilä, FIN, 1402, 233,67
13. Mike Quarry, ENG, 1400, 233,33
14. Leopold Grundschober, AUT, 1392, 232,00
15. Gery Verbruggen, BEL, 1383, 230,50
16. Anders Öhman, SWE, 1380, 230,00
17. Osku Palermaa, FIN, 1379, 229,83
18. Kai Virtanen, FIN, 1378, 229,67
(tie) Fritz Kern Jun. AUT, 1378, 229,67
20. Stefan Siarsky, GER, 1376, 229,33
21. Robert Andersson, SWE, 1375, 229,17
(tie) Michael Holzapfel, GER, 1375, 229,17
23. Dominik Hergenröder, GER, 1374, 229,00
24. *Zara Glover, ENG, 1372, 220,67
25. Mikael Kanold, SWE, 1370, 228,33
26. Jari Ratia, FIN, 1369, 228,17
27. Oliver Morig, GER, 1366, 227,67
28. *Reija Lunden, FIN, 1362, 219,00
29. Jouni Helminen, FIN, 1361, 226,83
30. Franco Stoppardi, RUS, 1358, 226,33
31. *Britt Bröndsted, DEN, 1351, 217,17
32. Arturo Quintero, MEX, 1347, 224,50
33. Jon Zadel, ENG, 1344, 224,00
(tie) Michael Krämer, GER, 1344, 224,00
35. Peter Ahlen, SWE, 1340, 223,33
36. *Beatrix Pesek, HUN, 1337, 214,83
(tie) *Eva Jönsson, SWE, 1337, 214,83
38. *Martina Beckel, GER, 1336, 214,67
39. Oskar Broström, SWE, 1333, 222,17
(tie) Pär Svensson, SWE, 1333, 222,17
41. Achim Grabowski, GER, 1330, 221,67
42. Manfred Panzenböck, AUT, 1325, 220,83
43. Walter Gonaus, AUT, 1318, 219,67
44. Richard Klug jun. AUT, 1317, 219,50
45. Nikolai Schröder, AUT, 1316, 219,33
46. Rafal Piwowarczyk, POL, 1312, 218,67
(tie) Claes Gauffin, SWE, 1312, 218,67
48. Frank Heine, GER, 1311, 218,50
49. Mathias Arup, SWE, 1309, 218,17

Lucky Looser:
50. Squad 2: Vaclav Postranecky, CZE
51. Squad 3: Gerhard Fleischhacker, AUT
52. Squad 4: Robert Skach, AUT
53. Squad 5: Ivonne Gross, AUT
54. Squad 6: Samir Daou, NLA

Desperado Squad:
55. Toby van Doren, BEL, 279
56. Bert de Win, NED, 266
57. Oliver Blase, GER, 262
58. Ralf Sydow, GER, 259
59. Hans Moser, ITA, 252
60. Mariusz Musialik, POL, 245

Missed Cut:
(Gerhard Fleischhacker, AUT, 1305, 217,50)
61. Walter Terc, AUT, 1305, 217,50
(tie) Christian Racpan, GER, 1305, 217,50
63. Dirk Dreyer, GER, 1304, 217,33
(tie) Maximilian Stane, GER, 1304, 217,33
(Vaclav Postranecky, CZE, 1300, 216,67)
65. Nick Froggatt, ENG, 1299, 216,50
(Samir Daou, NLA, 1297, 216,17)
66. J. Hans Müller, GER, 1294, 215,67
(tie) Anton Stiel, AUT, 1294, 215,67
68. Jacek Grotowski, POL, 1293, 215,50
69. Menno van den Heuvel, NED, 1290, 215,00
(tie) Maarten Krull, NED, 1290, 215,00
(tie) Herbert Peterka, AUT, 1290, 215,00
(tie) Tamas Holzer, HUN, 1290, 215,00
(Robert Skach, AUT, 1290, 215,00)
73. Michael Wouters, BEL, 1288, 214,67
(tie) Peter Lapp, GER, 1288, 214,67
75. Oliver Bernhardt, GER, 1287, 214,50
76. Hans Riegler, AUT, 1282, 213,67
77. Erwin Pascual, SPA, 1281, 213,50
78. *Ross Greiner, NED, 1277, 204,83
79. Pietrov Mureiev, RUS, 1276, 212,67
(Toby van Doren, BEL, 1274, 212,33)
(Hans Moser, ITA, 1272, 212,00)
80. Christian Rechenberg, GER, 1272, 212,00
(tie) Richard Schwanzer, AUT, 1272, 212,00
82. Peter Knopp, GER, 1271, 211,83
(tie) Frank Born, GER, 1271, 211,83
84. *Christine Van Boom, BEL, 1270, 203,67
(Oliver Blase, GER, 1266, 211,00)
(*Ivonne Gross, AUT, 1266, 203,00)
85. Michael Loos, AUT, 1264, 210,67
86. *Angelique de Win, NED, 1262, 202,33
87. Thomas Dennechaud, GER, 1257, 209,50
88. *Andrea Jonasdofski, GER, 1256, 201,33
89. Vojtech Sadlik, CZE, 1255, 209,17
90. *Jaqueline Broinger, AUT, 1254, 201,00
(Ralf Sydow, GER, 1248, 208,00)
91. Hermes, AUT, 1244, 207,33
(tie) *Bigi Manico, CH, 1244, 199,33
(Bert de Win, NED, 1239, 206,50)
93. *Michaela Göbel, GER, 1239, 198,50
94. Franz Hahn, AUT, 1237, 206,17
95. Stefan Schmid, AUT, 1236, 206,00
96. Hans Nietsch, GER, 1230, 205,00
97. Richard Klug sen. AUT, 1229, 204,83
(tie) *Patricia Klug, AUT, 1229, 196,83
99. Istvan Soltesz, HUN, 1228, 204,67
100. Rainer Strunz, GER, 1225, 204,17
101. Karl-Peter Greulich, GER, 1222, 203,67
102. *Nicole Heberle, GER, 1221, 195,50
(tie) *Marieke de Jong, NED, 1221, 195,50
104. Adam Martin, POL, 1218, 203,00
105. Frank Börner, GER, 1214, 202,33
106. *Inge Lenssen, NED, 1210, 193,67
107. Gery Fuchs, AUT, 1209, 201,50
108. *Rikke Simonsen, DEN, 1206, 193,00
109. *Kerstin Sauer, GER, 1203, 192,50
110. Ray McDowell, POL, 1202, 200,33
(tie) Wolfgang Baumgartner, AUT, 1202, 200,33
112. Thorsten Filor, GER, 1198, 199,67
(tie) Zoltan Kis, HUN, 1198, 199,67
(tie) Tobias Gäbler, GER, 1198, 199,67
115. Jiri Uhlir, CZE, 1197, 199,50
116. Martin Pfeifer, AUT, 1195, 199,17
(tie) Klaus Melson, GER, 1195, 199,17
118. Christian Provaznik, AUT, 1194, 199,00
(tie) Antonin Nosek, CZE, 1194, 199,00
120. Christian Schwarzbauer, AUT, 1189, 198,17
121. Roland Mansky, AUT, 1188, 198,00
122. Lukasz Zjawiony, POL, 1187, 197,83
123. Dirk Völkel, GER, 1186, 197,67
(tie) *Vibeke Vestergaard, DEN, 1186, 189,67
125. Beat Grauwiler, CH, 1185, 197,50
126. Norbert Suchanek, AUT, 1184, 197,33
127. Zoltan Skobrics, HUN, 1183, 197,17
128. *Dana Hanusova, CZE, 1177, 188,17
129. Peter Kantner, AUT, 1176, 196,00
130. Mario Baumgartner, AUT, 1175, 195,83
131. Karel Kutina, CZE, 1169, 194,83
132. Jan Spacil, CZE, 1168, 194,67
133. Jacek Zalewski, POL, 1166, 194,33
134. Andreas Gripp, GER, 1165, 194,17
135. *Sonja Uhlich, GER, 1162, 185,67
136. *Steffi Gschrey, GER, 1161, 185,50
137. *Evelin Norzt, AUT, 1157, 184,83
138. Günther Thomas, AUT, 1156, 192,67
(tie) Georg Spacal, AUT, 1156, 192,67
140. Robert May, AUT, 1154, 192,33
141. Istvan Polgar, HUN, 1153, 192,17
142. Andreas Tesar, AUT, 1152, 192,00
143. Karsten Aust, GER, 1151, 191,83
(tie) Hans Lippert, AUT, 1151, 191,83
145. Alexander Gabrielian, AUT, 1148, 191,33
(tie) Petr Kabrhel, CZE, 1148, 191,33
147. Martin Lipš, CZE, 1147, 191,17
148. Alexander von Maravic, GER, 1142, 190,33
(tie) Günther Schauer, AUT, 1142, 190,33
(tie) Richard Opitz, AUT, 1142, 190,33
151. Roman Cajska, CZE, 1138, 189,67
152. Ales Hubacek, CZE, 1137, 189,50
(tie) *Gabriele Suchanek, AUT, 1137, 181,50
154. Flavio Cuva, CH, 1135, 189,17
(Mariusz Musialik, POL, 1131, 188,50)
155. Roman Kunert, CZE, 1131, 188,50
156. Manfred Steffen, GER, 1128, 188,00
157. Dieter Schulz, AUT, 1127, 187,83
158. Hunau Pablo Maldonado, SPA, 1126, 187,67
159. Carsten Grieving, GER, 1124, 187,33
160. *Melanie Jentschke, GER, 1122, 179,00
161. Christoph Oralek, AUT, 1120, 186,67
162. Csaba Racz, HUN, 1118, 186,33
(tie) Wolfgang Fast, AUT, 1118, 186,33
(tie) *Gabriele Loos, AUT, 1118, 178,33
165. Gustavo Mosquera, SPA, 1114, 185,67
166. *Laressa Adkins, GER, 1112, 177,33
167. Joop Van der Steen, NED, 1111, 185,17
168. Raphael Rulz, AUT, 1109, 184,83
169. Robert Halda, AUT, 1104, 184,00
170. *Greta Frost, POL, 1103, 175,83
171. Karel Hladik, CZE, 1101, 183,50
(tie) *Helena Moravkova, CZE, 1101, 175,50
173. Jaroslav Gurovic, CZE, 1100, 183,33
174. Karel Vopicka, CZE, 1094, 182,33
175. Markus Gröger, GER, 1090, 181,67
(tie) *Alexandra Göbel, GER, 1090, 173,67
177. Manuel Csernicsek, AUT, 1089, 181,50
178. Peter Csukas, HUN, 1087, 181,17
179. Rafal Gnitecki, POL, 1084, 180,67
(tie) *Dulce Fernandez, SPA, 1084, 172,67
181. Zdenek Navratil, CZE, 1080, 180,00
182. Leszek Zjawiony, POL, 1079, 179,83
183. *Petra Grundschober, AUT, 1067, 169,83
184. Helmuth Stöber, AUT, 1066, 177,67
185. *Conny Rulz, AUT, 1063, 169,17
186. Gerhard Wipplinger, AUT, 1058, 176,33
(tie) Daniel Hahn, AUT, 1058, 176,33
188. Edvard Stolba, CZE, 1056, 176,00
189. Gerhard Traun, AUT, 1055, 175,83
190. Dominik Litzka, AUT, 1052, 175,33
191. Gernot Sevelda, AUT, 1050, 175,00
192. Klaus Vrana, AUT, 1047, 174,50
193. Erich Hofbauer, AUT, 1041, 173,50
194. Alexander Seidl, AUT, 1038, 173,00
195. Dennis Hofbauer, AUT, 1036, 172,67
196. Sascha Mladek, AUT, 1035, 172,50
197. Helmut Amstätter, AUT, 1032, 172,00
198. Bojan Bizjak, SLO, 1025, 170,83
199. Manfred Rulz, AUT, 1021, 170,17
200. Richard Moravek, CZE, 1020, 170,00
201. Thomas Hägele, GER, 1016, 169,33
202. Janez Jesihar, SLO, 990, 165,00
203. Camilo Alberte, SPA, 975, 162,50
204. Normunds Sams, LAT, 968, 161,33
205. *Carmela Alende, SPA, 964, 152,67
206. Peter Wirtz, GER, 959, 159,83
207. Alex El Badramani, AUT, 939, 156,50
208. *Maria Thomas, AUT, 931, 147,17
209. *Gabriele Rökl, AUT, 920, 145,33
210. Helmuth Schmekal, AUT, 915, 152,50
211. Gilles Martin, LUX, 898, 149,67
212. Thierry Elsen, LUX, 820, 136,67

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Players with position, 12-game pinfall, average, handicap and grand total


L-R Tournament Director Wolfgang Lohschmid, Walter Rantasa, Sales Director Qlink Austria, 2004 Vienna Open Doubles champions Anders Öhman and Peter Ljung, and Sport Director Thomas "TT" Tybl. Picture courtesy of Robert May.

1. Peter Ljung/Anders Öhman, 2883, 240,25, 0, 2883
2. Pasi Uotila/Osku Palermaa (l-r), 2758, 229,83, 0, 2758
3. Martin Larsen/Chris Van Damme, 2747, 228,92, 0, 2747
4. Jouni Helminen/Kai Virtanen, 2739, 228,25, 0, 2739
5. Arturo Quintero/Robert Andersson, 2722, 226,83, 0, 2722
6. Mike Quarry/Zara Glover, 2662, 221,83, 48, 2710
(tie) Paul Moor/Nick Froggatt, 2710, 225,83, 0, 2710
8. Nick Froggatt/Martin Larsen, 2709, 225,75, 0, 2709
9. Gery Verbruggen/Thomas Gross, 2700, 225,00, 0, 2700
10. Beatrix Pesek/Reija Lunden, 2603, 216,92, 96, 2699
11. Ralf Sydow/Michael Michajlow, 2690, 224,17, 0, 2690
12. Eva Jönsson/Britt Bröndsted, 2592, 216,00, 96, 2688
13. Anders Öhman/Mikael Kanold, 2678, 223,17, 0, 2678
14. Stuart Williams/Paul Moor, 2672, 222,67, 0, 2672
15. Ivonne Gross/Thomas Gross, 2611, 217,58, 48, 2659

16. Mathias Arup/Jon Zadel, 2653, 221,08, 0, 2653
17. Gery Verbruggen/Bill Hoffman, 2647, 220,58, 0, 2647
18. Dominik Hergenröder/Christian Rechenberg, 2646, 220,50, 0, 2646
19. Michael Holzapfel/Dirk Dreyer, 2644, 220,33, 0, 2644
20. Paul Moor/Menno van den Heuvel, 2642, 220,17, 0, 2642
21. Martin Larsen/Robert Andersson, 2641, 220,08, 0, 2641
22. Mike Quarry/Jon Zadel, 2635, 219,58, 0, 2635
23. Lasse Lintilä/Peter Ljung, 2632, 219,33, 0, 2632
24. Gerhard Fleischhacker/Manfred Panzenböck, 2630, 219,17, 0, 2630
(tie) Bill Hoffman/Thomas Tybl (r-l), 2630, 219,17, 0, 2630
26. Zara Glover/Nick Froggatt, 2574, 214,50, 48, 2622
27. Gery Verbruggen/Tanya Petty, 2572, 214,33, 48, 2620
(tie) Gery Verbruggen/Zara Glover, 2572, 214,33, 48, 2620
(tie) Stuart Williams/Nick Froggatt, 2620, 218,33, 0, 2620
30. Walter Gonaus/Richard Klug Jr., 2606, 217,17, 0, 2606

31. Tanya Petty/Michael Krämer, 2552, 212,67, 48, 2600
32. Pär Svensson/Lasse Lintilä, 2597, 216,42, 0, 2597
33. Kai Virtanen/Osku Palermo, 2594, 216,17, 0, 2594
34. Christian Schwarzbauer/Tanya Petty, 2544, 212,00, 48, 2592
35. Jon Zadel/Zara Glover (l-r), 2542, 211,83, 48, 2590
36. Stefan Siarsky/Maximilian Stane, 2572, 214,33, 0, 2572
(tie) Michael Loos/Bill Hoffman, 2572, 214,33, 0, 2572
38. Toby Van Doren/Nikolai Schröder, 2570, 214,17, 0, 2570
(tie) Arturo Quintero/Menno van den Heuvel, 2570, 214,17, 0, 2570
40. Thomas Gross/Nikolai Schroeder, 2569, 214,08, 0, 2569
41. Oliver Bernhardt/Erwin Pascual, 2568, 214,00, 0, 2568
42. Michael Krämer/Dirk Dreyer, 2555, 212,92, 0, 2555
43. Jouni Helminen/Jari Ratia, 2552, 212,67, 0, 2552
44. Bert de Win/Nikolai Schröder, 2549, 212,42, 0, 2549
45. Hans Moser/Pietrov Mureiev, 2548, 212,33, 0, 2548

46. Chris Van Damme/Michael Wouters, 2545, 212,08, 0, 2545
47. Nikolai Schroeder/Thomas Tybl, 2542, 211,83, 0, 2542
48. Angelique De Win/Ross Greiner, 2443, 203,58, 96, 2539
(tie) Franco Stoppardi/Christine Van Boom, 2491, 207,58, 48, 2539
50. Claes Gauffin/Peter Ahlen, 2538, 211,50, 0, 2538
51. Ralf Sydow/Oliver Morig, 2534, 211,17, 0, 2534
52. Alexander von Maravic/Michael Michajlow, 2533, 211,08, 0, 2533
53. Rafal Piwowarczyk/Martin Adam, 2530, 210,83, 0, 2530
54. Walter Gonaus/Kai Virtanen, 2525, 210,42, 0, 2525
55. Britt Bröndsted/Michaela Goebel, 2420, 201,67, 96, 2516
56. G. Spacal/Fritz Kern Jr., 2513, 209,42, 0, 2513
57. Robert Skach/Richard Klug Sr. 2512, 209,33, 0, 2512
58. Walter Terc/Martin Pfeifer, 2500, 208,33, 0, 2500
59. Peter Knopp/Thomas Dennechaud, 2499, 208,25, 0, 2499
60. Angelique De Win/Ross Greiner, 2400, 200,00, 96, 2496

(tie) Frank Born/Rainer Strunz, 2496, 208,00, 0, 2496
62. Hans J. Müller/Peter Lapp, 2494, 207,83, 0, 2494
63. Maximilian Stane/Dirk Völkel, 2490, 207,50, 0, 2490
(tie) Pär Svensson/Matias Arup, 2490, 207,50, 0, 2490
65. Rikke Simonsen/Hans Riegler, 2440, 203,33, 48, 2488
66. Oliver Blase/Nicole Heberle, 2439, 203,25, 48, 2487
67. Michael Wouters/Thomas Dennechaud, 2484, 207,00, 0, 2484
68. Peter Ahlen/Claes Gauffin, 2478, 206,50, 0, 2478
69. Ivonne Gross/Nikolai Schroeder, 2427, 202,25, 48, 2475
(tie) Bigi Manico/Matias Arup, 2427, 202,25, 48, 2475
71. Nick Froggatt/Michaela Göbel, 2426, 202,17, 48, 2474
72. Samir Daou/F.J. Kern, 2473, 206,08, 0, 2473
73. Adam Martin/Jaqueline Broinger, 2423, 201,92, 48, 2471
74. Gery Verbruggen/Toby Van Doren, 2470, 205,83, 0, 2470
75. Claes Gauffin/Peter Ahlen, 2467, 205,58, 0, 2467

76. Frank Heine/Karsten Aust, 2462, 205,17, 0, 2462
77. Pär Svensson/Istvan Polgar, 2460, 205,00, 0, 2460
78. Patricia Klug/Richard Klug Sr. 2410, 200,83, 48, 2458
79. Tanya Petty/Martina Beckel, 2361, 196,75, 96, 2457
80. Ch. Oralek/O. Broström, 2453, 204,42, 0, 2453
81. Martina Beckel/Christian Racpan, 2402, 200,17, 48, 2450
82. Jiri Uhlir/Vaclav Postranecky, 2449, 204,08, 0, 2449
83. Larissa Adkins/Martina Beckel, 2352, 196,00, 96, 2448
(tie) Kerstin Sauer/Ivonne Gross, 2352, 196,00, 96, 2448
85. Hans Nietsch/Frank Börner, 2444, 203,67, 0, 2444
86. Ivonne Gross/Jaqueline Broinger, 2339, 194,92, 96, 2435
87. Marieke De Jong/Inge Lenssen, 2335, 194,58, 96, 2431
88. Leopold Grundschober/Alexander Seidl, 2430, 202,50, 0, 2430
89. Walter Gonaus/Gerhard Fleischhacker, 2426, 202,17, 0, 2426
(tie) Achim Grabowski/Thomas Gross, 2426, 202,17, 0, 2426

91. Herbert Peterka/Dieter Schulz, 2417, 201,42, 0, 2417
92. Jacek Grotowski/Martin Adam, 2416, 201,33, 0, 2416
93. Csaba Racz/Tamas Holzer, 2408, 200,67, 0, 2408
94. Erwin Pascual/Christian Racpan, 2399, 199,92, 0, 2399
95. Christian Provaznik/Richard Schwanzer, 2397, 199,75, 0, 2397
96. Michael Michajlow/Oliver Morig, 2396, 199,67, 0, 2396
(tie) Michael Holzapfel/Vibeke Verstergaard, 2348, 195,67, 48, 2396
98. Hans Nietsch/Frank Börner, 2394, 199,50, 0, 2394
(tie) Rainer Strunz/Peter Lapp, 2394, 199,50, 0, 2394
100. Vojtech Sadlik/Vaclav Postranecky, 2393, 199,42, 0, 2393
101. Jacek Zalewski/Rafal Piwowarczyk, 2392, 199,33, 0, 2392
102. Achim Grabowski/Kerstin Sauer, 2343, 195,25, 48, 2391
103. Oliver Bernhardt/Nikolai Schroeder, 2386, 198,83, 0, 2386
(tie) Stuart Williams/Erwin Pascual, 2386, 198,83, 0, 2386
105. Bigi Manico/Peter Knopp, 2333, 194,42, 48, 2381

106. Karl-Peter Greulich/Hans Moser, 2380, 198,33, 0, 2380
107. Andrea Jonasdofski/Melanie Jentschke, 2282, 190,17, 96, 2378
108. W. Baumgartner/M. Baumgartner, 2377, 198,08, 0, 2377
109. Christine Van Boom/Michael Wouters, 2325, 193,75, 48, 2373
110. Toby Van Doren/F.J. Kern, 2371, 197,58, 0, 2371
111. Wolfgang Fast/Hermes, 2362, 196,83, 0, 2362
(tie) S. Daou/P. Kabrhel, 2362, 196,83, 0, 2362
113. Ivonne Gross/Bigi Manico, 2262, 188,50, 96, 2358
114. Oskar Broström/Matias Arup, 2356, 196,33, 0, 2356
115. Arturo Quintero/Chris Van Damme, 2355, 196,25, 0, 2355
116. Frank Heine/Karsten Aust, 2354, 196,17, 0, 2354
(tie) Oliver Blase/Michael Wouters, 2354, 196,17, 0, 2354
118. Ralf Sydow/Laressa Adkins, 2302, 191,83, 48, 2350
119. Vaclav Postranecky/Martin Lipš, 2348, 195,67, 0, 2348
120. Dirk Dreyer/Carsten Grieving, 2347, 195,58, 0, 2347

121. Alexander von Maravic/Oliver Bernhardt, 2340, 195,00, 0, 2340
122. I. Polgar/Z. Kis, 2339, 194,92, 0, 2339
123. Gabriele Loos/Thomas Tybl, 2287, 190,58, 48, 2335
124. Menno van den Heuvel/Oliver Bernhardt, 2333, 194,42, 0, 2333
125. Johann Lippert/Anton Stiel, 2331, 194,25, 0, 2331
126. Karel Kutina/Vojtech Sadlik, 2330, 194,17, 0, 2330
127. Hans Moser/Ralf Sydow, 2329, 194,08, 0, 2329
128. Karel Kutina/Jiri Uhlir, 2328, 194,00, 0, 2328
129. Manfred Steffen/Klaus Melson, 2323, 193,58, 0, 2323
130. Leopold Grundschober/Petra Grundschober, 2273, 189,42, 48, 2321
(tie) Lukasz Zjawiony/Jacek Grotowski, 2321, 193,42, 0, 2321
132. Flavio Cuva/Beat Grauwiler, 2320, 193,33, 0, 2320
133. Herbert Peterka/Peter Kantner, 2319, 193,25, 0, 2319
(tie) Jacek Grotowski/Greta Frost, 2271, 189,25, 48, 2319
135. Istvan Soltesz/Istvan Polgar, 2317, 193,08, 0, 2317

136. Franz Hahn/Christian Schwarzbauer, 2307, 192,25, 0, 2307
137. Hans Riegler/Christoph Oralek, 2306, 192,17, 0, 2306
138. Sonja Uhlich/Robert May, 2255, 187,92, 48, 2303
139. Christian Schwarzbauer/Günther Schauer, 2301, 191,75, 0, 2301
140. Richard Klug Sr. /, Hans Moser, 2300, 191,67, 0, 2300
141. Oliver Bernhardt/Markus Gröger, 2299, 191,58, 0, 2299
(tie) Michael Loos/Raphael Rulz, 2299, 191,58, 0, 2299
143. Christian Schwarzbauer/Anton Stiel, 2296, 191,33, 0, 2296
144. Andreas Tesar/Richard Opitz, 2294, 191,17, 0, 2294
145. Samir Daou/Carsten Grieving, 2292, 191,00, 0, 2292
146. Christine Van Boom/Vibeke Vestergaard, 2195, 182,92, 96, 2291
(tie) Martin Adam/Greta Frost, 2243, 186,92, 48, 2291
(tie) Stefan Schimd/Gerhard Traun, 2291, 190,92, 0, 2291
149. Michael Holzapfel/Tobias Gäbler, 2290, 190,83, 0, 2290
150. Alexandra Göbel/Torsten Filor, 2240, 186,67, 48, 2288

151. Peter Knopp/Karl-Peter Greulich, 2287, 190,58, 0, 2287
152. Menno van den Heuvel/Joop van derSteen, 2286, 190,50, 0, 2286
153. Manuel Csernicsek/Roland Mansky, 2277, 189,75, 0, 2277
(tie) Jaroslav Gurovic/Dana Hanusova, 2229, 185,75, 48, 2277
155. Mariusz Musialik/Ray McDowell, 2272, 189,33, 0, 2272
156. Ales Hubacek/Roman Kunert, 2268, 189,00, 0, 2268
157. Stefan Siarsky/Dirk Völkel, 2267, 188,92, 0, 2267
(tie) Jari Ratia/Gilles Martin, 2267, 188,92, 0, 2267
159. Hans J. Müller/Frank Born, 2264, 188,67, 0, 2264
160. Jaqueline Broinger/Maarten Krull, 2213, 184,42, 48, 2261
161. Jan Spacil/Karel Hladik, 2251, 187,58, 0, 2251
162. Jacek Zalewski/Rafal Gnitecki, 2250, 187,50, 0, 2250
(tie) Tobias Gäbler/Andreas Gripp, 2250, 187,50, 0, 2250
164. Zdenek Navratil/Antonin Nosek, 2241, 186,75, 0, 2241
165. Chr. Provaznik/Stefan Schmid, 2237, 186,42, 0, 2237

166. M. Lips/V. Postranecky, 2236, 186,33, 0, 2236
167. Jacek Grotowski/Ray McDowell, 2235, 186,25, 0, 2235
(tie) Gabriele Loos/Gabriele Suchanek, 2139, 178,25, 96, 2235
169. Maarten Krull/Joop van derSteen, 2231, 185,92, 0, 2231
170. Evelin Norzt/Lukasz Zjawiony, 2175, 181,25, 48, 2223
171. Helmut Amstätter/Gery Fuchs, 2221, 185,08, 0, 2221
(tie) Claes Gauffin/Alex ElBadramani, 2221, 185,08, 0, 2221
173. Sonja Uhlich/Carsten Grieving, 2172, 181,00, 48, 2220
174. Jacek Zalewski/Norbert Suchanek, 2219, 184,92, 0, 2219
175. Jaroslav Gurovic/Dana Hanusova, 2164, 180,33, 48, 2212
176. Antonin Nosek/Zdenek Navratil, 2206, 183,83, 0, 2206
177. Jan Spacil/Karel Hladik, 2203, 183,58, 0, 2203
178. Thomas Hägele/Norbert Suchanek, 2200, 183,33, 0, 2200
179. Greta Frost/Mariusz Musialik, 2150, 179,17, 48, 2198
(tie) Dulce Fernandez/Gustavo Mosquera, 2150, 179,17, 48, 2198

181. Ales Hubacek/Roman Kunert, 2197, 183,08, 0, 2197
(tie) Z. Kis/P. Csukas, 2197, 183,08, 0, 2197
183. Alexander Gabrielian/Hans Lippert, 2196, 183,00, 0, 2196
(tie) Istvan Polgar/Csaba Racz, 2196, 183,00, 0, 2196
185. Daniel Hahn/Leopold Grundschober, 2194, 182,83, 0, 2194
186. Helmut Amstätter/Georg Spacal, 2188, 182,33, 0, 2188
187. Petr Kabrhel/Edvard Stolba, 2186, 182,17, 0, 2186
188. Bert De Win/Rikke Simonsen, 2135, 177,92, 48, 2183
189. Christian Rechenberger/Andreas Gripp, 2181, 181,75, 0, 2181
190. Helmut Amstätter/Bill Hoffman, 2180, 181,67, 0, 2180
191. H.P. Maldonado/G. Suchanek, 2128, 177,33, 48, 2176
192. Dominic Litzka/Leo Grundschober, 2175, 181,25, 0, 2175
193. Jacek Grotowski/Norbert Suchanek, 2166, 180,50, 0, 2166
194. Petra Grundschober/Jaqueline Broinger, 2067, 172,25, 96, 2163
(tie) Joop van derSteen/Dominic Litzka, 2163, 180,25, 0, 2163

196. Karel Hladik/Gernot Sevelda, 2151, 179,25, 0, 2151
197. Gabriele Suchanek/Norbert Suchanek, 2097, 174,75, 48, 2145
198. Klaus Vrana/Peter Kantner, 2140, 178,33, 0, 2140
199. Roman Cajska/Karel Vopicka, 2139, 178,25, 0, 2139
(tie) Sascha Mladek/Robert Halda, 2139, 178,25, 0, 2139
(tie) Lukasz Zjawiony/Adam Martin, 2139, 178,25, 0, 2139
202. Z. Skobrics/M. Rulz, 2135, 177,92, 0, 2135
203. N. Suchanek/G. Traun, 2122, 176,83, 0, 2122
204. Jacek Grotowski/Rafal Gnitecki, 2121, 176,75, 0, 2121
205. Steffi Gschrey/Peter Wirtz, 2072, 172,67, 48, 2120
206. N. Sams/Alexander Gabrielian, 2116, 176,33, 0, 2116
207. N. Suchanek/S. Mladek, 2114, 176,17, 0, 2114
208. Raphael Rulz/Manfred Rulz, 2108, 175,67, 0, 2108
209. Richard Moravek/Helena Moravkova, 2054, 171,17, 48, 2102
210. Pablo Maldonado/Camilo Alberte, 2101, 175,08, 0, 2101

211. Leszek Zjawiony/Lukasz Zjawiony, 2094, 174,50, 0, 2094
212. N. Sams/M. Loos, 2090, 174,17, 0, 2090
213. A. Gabrielian/G. Wipplinger, 2087, 173,92, 0, 2087
214. Manfred Rulz/Conny Rulz, 2036, 169,67, 48, 2084
215. Günther Thomas/Maria Thomas, 2034, 169,50, 48, 2082
216. Gerhard Wipplinger/Helmuth Stöber, 2081, 173,42, 0, 2081
217. Erich Hofbauer/Dennis Hofbauer, 2077, 173,08, 0, 2077
218. Samir Daou/Gernot Sevelda, 2074, 172,83, 0, 2074
219. G. Thomas/H. Schmekal, 2071, 172,58, 0, 2071
220. J. Uhlir/V. Sadlik, 2066, 172,17, 0, 2066
221. Richard Moravek/Helena Moravkova, 2008, 167,33, 48, 2056
222. Bojan Bizjak/Janez Jesihar, 2015, 167,92, 0, 2015
223. Gerhard Wipplinger/Helmuth Stöber, 2014, 167,83, 0, 2014
224. Carmela Alende/Joop van derSteen, 1938, 161,50, 48, 1986
225. Petr Kabrhel/Edvard Stolba, 1954, 162,83, 0, 1954

226. G. Martin/E. Stolber, 1912, 159,33, 0, 1912
227. Gabriele Rökl/Thierry Elsen, 1692, 141,00, 48, 1740

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