Baumann Reaches 2014 German Masters Quarters

SKIP
Alexander
Baumann

Third
Manuel
Walter

Second
Sebastian
Schweizer

Lead
Jorg
Engesser

Alexander Baumann (Fuessen, GER) qualified for the 2014 German Masters playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-4 against Torkil Svensgaard (Hoje-Taastrup, DEN). of the 2014 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;

Baumann finished 2-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Baumann defeated Jiri Snitil (Praha, CZE) 4-3, then won 12-2 against Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS). Baumann went on to lose 8-3 against Stefan Haesler (Berne, SUI). Baumann lost 4-3 to Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Baumann earned 4.920 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the German Masters, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 109th place overall with 12.970 total points. Baumann ranks 103rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.920 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2014	8	9	0	0.471	4-2	4-7	4-5	1-0	1-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2014	139	93	87	6.69	6.26	0.43	4.46	4.53	1.50	1.38	1.01

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2014	64	60	22	5	1-0	1-0	11-6	0.94	0.34	0.22	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2014	75	33	65	9	1-0	3-2	5-14	0.44	0.87	0.66	0.25

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