Albin And Amber Grab The Glory in The Alps

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THE TWO TITLE deciders played out on Sunday evening at Alpina Hotel in St Johann as the destination of the trophies at the Predator Austrian Open was determined and it was Albin Ouschan who claimed his third ever Predator Euro title. In the women’s Open, it was an emotional Chen Chieh Hua who claimed the title in her first ever Predator Euro Tour event. Albin defeated Joshua Filler 11-6, while Chen got the better of Jasmin Ouschan by 9-4.

With so many matches in the tournament ending 11-10 or 11-9, it seemed certain that this heavyweight clash between two of European pools greats, would go down to the wire. Filler was chasing his 12^th Euro Tour title, while Ouschan was gunning for his third following wins in 2012 and 2015.

The Austrian had an immense start to the match as he came out firing, capitalising on some errors from Filler to open up a 5-0 lead. That was soon to become 8-1 and in the alternate break, two breaks each format, it looked unassailable.

Filler though got it back to 8-3, 9-5 and then 10-6 to give Ouschan something to think about, but the ice-cold Austrian kept himself together to close the tournament out.

“I haven’t been playing a lot of Euro Tours in the past but I was feeling good and I was playing alright in the previous matches. It was long days and many long matches, tough conditions, humidity, and we were already here for two weeks so I’m super happy it ended with winning the tournament.

“He helped me a little bit as his break wasn’t working in the beginning and he missed quite an easy 5-ball I would say, which was unusual for him but he’s still one of the greatest players we’ve ever seen so fair play to him.

“I was up 8-1 and I still knew he could come back and I couldn’t give him any chances and then it was 9-5 and I was like alright he’s got two breaks now so I had to stay ready if I got a chance and take it, otherwise its 9-7. I managed to play a very, very good set and overall, I’m super happy with my performance.

“I got better and better, it was tough conditions especially against Gnadeberg in the second round, it was a tricky match but I was feeling well against Oliver, Wiktor and against Josh, I played my best match of the tournament and I knew I needed my best performance.”

Filling out the semi-finals were Oliver Szolnoki, who lost 11-8 to Ouschan and David Alcaide who went down 11-6 at the hands of Filler.

Chen, who likes to go by her anglicised name of Amber, decided to extend her stay in Austria after competing in the earlier Predator Pro Billiard Series and it proved to be a wise move as she held off Jasmin Ouschan to claim the Predator Austrian Women’s Open. Chen had found herself on the losers side after a defeat to Bojana Sarac, but came through, beating some of the tour’s best players to claim a berth in the final.

The championship match was poised with Chen leading 5-3 at the midpoint but she moved away from Ouschan to take a well-deserved victory. Chen was absolutely thrilled with her win and was still emotional about it all some time after victory.

She said, “I’m really, really happy, I can’t believe it! It’s been a long time since I’ve been a champion and I really enjoyed the tournament; there were so many good players. I’d really like to thank Jasmin as she’s such a nice player and she played really good; it was such a good match!”

Beaten semi-finalists were Sandra Baumgartner – 9-2 at the hands of Chen – and Marion Jude, who lost 9-1 to Jasmin Ouschan.

The Predator Euro Tour returns from 20 to 23 August with the Longoni Open, taking place in Treviso, Italy. As of 2026, WPA World Ranking points are now available on both men’s and women’s Predator Euro Tours.

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歐斯純與陳佳樺分獲奧地利歐巡賽冠軍

Predator 歐巡賽奧地利公開賽於蓬高地區聖約翰的Alpina酒店順利落下帷幕，最終男子組由前世界冠軍，地主選手 Albin Ouschan 以 11-6 擊敗 Joshua Filler 奪得個人生涯第三座歐巡賽冠軍；女子組方面，則由首次參加台灣選手陳佳樺 以9-4 打敗 Jasmin Ouschan 摘下個人首座女子歐巡賽的冠軍。

本次賽事中有許多比賽都鏖戰至 11-10 或 11-9 才分出勝負，因此外界原本預期，這場歐洲兩位頂尖選手之間的對決，也將一路纏鬥至最後。

菲勒此役挑戰個人生涯第 12 座 Euro Tour 冠軍；而歐尚則希望繼 2012、2015 年之後，再度登上歐巡王座。

比賽一開始，Ouschan 便展現驚人氣勢，頻頻把握 Filler 的失誤，很快取得 5-0 的領先，隨後更將比分拉開至8-1。在輪衝情況下，如此巨大的差距幾乎令人難以追回。不過 Filler 並未放棄，將比分一路追至 8-3、9-5，甚至逼近到 10-6，讓 Ouschan 開始感受到壓力。然而這位奧地利名將始終保持冷靜，沒有再給對手任何機會，最終順利關門，以 11-6 奪下冠軍。

賽後 Ouschan 表示：” 過去幾年我其實沒有參加太多歐巡賽，不過這次比賽我的狀態一直很好，前幾場比賽也打得相當不錯。這是一個漫長的賽事，很多激戰到最後的比賽，比賽環境也很艱難，濕度很高，而且我們已經在這裡待了兩個星期，所以最後能夠以冠軍作收，我真的非常開心。

Filler 開局的開球沒有發揮得很好，也出現了一顆對他來說相當少見、簡單的5號球失誤，多少幫助了我。不過他仍然是我們所見過最偉大的球員之一，我非常尊敬他。即使當時領先到 8-1，我仍知道他有能力追回來，所以我不能給他任何機會。當比分來到 9-5 時，我心想:「好，他接下來有兩次開球，我必須隨時做好準備，只要有機會就一定要把握，否則很可能就變成 9-7。」幸好最後我打出一盤非常精彩內容的球，我對整體表現感到非常滿意。

我整個星期的狀態越來越好。第二輪對上 Gnadeberg 時打得艱難，那是一場棘手的比賽。不過之後面對 Oliver、Wiktor，以及決賽對 Josh 時，我的手感都很好。我認為決賽是我本週打得最好的一場，而我也知道要擊敗 Josh，就必須拿出最佳表現。”

男子組四強另外兩位選手為 Oliver Szolnoki (匈牙利) 與 David Alcaide (西班牙)。其中 Szolnoki 以 8-1 不敵 Ouschan；Alcaide 則以 6-11 敗給 Filler 。

女子組方面，陳佳樺 (Amber) 原本是為了參加稍早舉行的 Predator 職撞系列賽 (Pro Billiard Series) 而來到奧地利，她決定延長停留時間，繼續參加 Predator 歐巡賽 – 奧地利女子公開賽，而這項決定最終收穫了最完美的回報。

她在賽事前段曾敗給 Bojana Sarac 掉入敗部，但之後一路過關斬將，擊敗多位歐巡賽頂尖好手，成功闖進決賽。冠軍戰中，陳佳樺在比賽中段以 5-3 領先，隨後持續擴大優勢，最終以 9-4 擊敗 Jasmin Ouschan，贏得的冠軍。

奪冠後，陳佳樺難掩激動情緒地表示：”我真的真的非常開心，簡直不敢相信！我已經很久沒有拿到冠軍了，這次比賽我真的非常享受，因為有好多實力非常強勁的選手。我很想感謝 Jasmin，她是一位非常棒、也非常友善的選手，而且今天打得很好。這真的是一場非常精彩的比賽！”

女子組四強另外兩位選手為 Sandra Baumgartner (奧地利) 與 Marion Jude (法國)。Sandra Baumgartner 在四強以 2-9 敗給陳佳樺；Marion Jude 則以 1-9 不敵 Jasmin Ouschan。