Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) won
5-3 over
Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) in the Final of the Canadian Open, held December 9 - 14, 2014 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
6-3 over
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2014 Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won
8-5 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2014 Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan;
Muirhead finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
Chantelle Eberle (Regina, SK) 7-2, then went on to lose
7-2 against
Kristy McDonald (Winnipeg, MB). Muirhead responded with a
6-4 win over
Julie Hastings (Thornhill, ON). Muirhead won
8-2 against
Jones in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Canadian Open Championship title, Muirhead earned
40.000 world rankings points along with the $25,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
334.157 total points. Muirhead ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
147.785 points earned so far this season.
