Spanish Open: Vogel Beats Menn for the Crown; Jiang Edges Kaplan
Felix Vogel beat Luca Menn 11-4 in an all-German men's final in Gandia, while Jiang Teng took the women's title 9-8 over Ina Kaplan in a hill-hill decider.
GANDIA, Spain — Felix Vogel is the Revora Spanish Open champion. The German wrapped up finals day on Sunday evening with a commanding 11-4 win over countryman Luca Menn in the men's final, while China's Jiang Teng claimed the women's title with a 9-8 hill-hill victory over Germany's Ina Kaplan.
Men's Final (race to 11)
Felix Vogel (GER) 11-4 Luca Menn (GER)
Menn — runner-up at this same venue a year ago — shaded the early exchanges to lead 2-1, but from 2-2 Vogel took the table and never gave it back. Vogel won seven of the next eight racks to lead 9-3, and although Menn briefly stalled the run, the finish was inevitable: 11-4 and a first Spanish Open crown.
It is a second straight final defeat in Gandia for Menn, who lost the 2025 title match here to Oliver Szolnoki. He had battled through a demanding Sunday — 11-7 over former world champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz in the quarters, then an 11-9 semi-final win over Mika van Berkel after trailing 6-8 — but had nothing left once Vogel found top gear.
Vogel's route was no easier: an 11-10 hill-hill quarter-final over Mieszko Fortunski, then an 11-5 semi-final that ended the last home hope, Iker Andoni Echeverria. See how the final four was set in Sunday's quarter-finals.
Women's Final (race to 9)
Jiang Teng (CHN) 9-8 Ina Kaplan (GER)
The women's final went the full distance. Jiang Teng and Kaplan were inseparable through sixteen racks — level again at 8-8 — before Jiang held her nerve in the decider to take the title.
Kaplan had the week of the draw on paper: she knocked out top seed Pia Filler 9-5 in the quarters and swept Oliwia Zalewska 9-2 in the semi-finals. But Jiang was just as tough when it counted, edging Ana Gradisnik 9-8 in the last eight and Maria-Teresa Ropero 9-7 in the semis before surviving one more decider in the final.
Semi-Final Results
- Men: Vogel 11-5 Echeverria · Menn 11-9 Van Berkel
- Women: Kaplan 9-2 Zalewska · Jiang Teng 9-7 Ropero
Results verified on the EPBF draw & results pages (men / women), cross-checked with Pro Pool Tour's event tracker and the NCUE Media coverage hub.