Oliver Bertels (Germany) is the winner of the Hamburg Open 2016. In a close and high level final he defeated defending champion Arne Schmitz (Germany) with 15-6, 6-15, 11-7 to claim his second title at the ERF/ERT season opener. On the ladies draw, Lara Ludwig claimed another success, and in fact her second success at the Hamburg Open, against Renate Hartmann. With seven countries represented, this years Hamburg Open were most successful. Let the European Racquetball season continue like this.
All finals:
Mens Open
Oliver Bertels (GER) – Arne Schmitz (GER) 15-6, 6-15, 11-7
Ladies Open
Lara Ludwig (GER) – Renate Hartmann (GER) 15-4, 15-1
Doubles Open
Ed Acuavera/Joachim Loof (USA/GER) – Allen Kristensen/Paul Dingwitz (DK/USA) 11-15, 15-11, 11-10
Mens B
Niklaas Deboutte (BEL) – Lasse Jannik Süchtung (GER) 15-2, 15-2
Mens C
Andre Dobberstein (GER) – Manuel Dietrich (GER) 15-3, 15-6
Seniors 35+
Mike Mesecke (GER) – Peter Rakowski (POL) 15-14, 15-6
Masters 50+
James Johnson (USA) – Torsten Krieger (GER) 15-7, 15-7
Juniors 18U
Raul Ballesteros (ESP) – Michel Balke (GER) 15-3, 15-3
See all draws at: https://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=18707