Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) won
7-2 over
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 1 - 4, 2015 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Gushue won
8-2 over
Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
5-2 over
Rasmus Stjerne (Copenhagen, DEN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
Gushue finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gushue lost
8-5 to
Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR), then responded with a
9-2 win over
Yves Hess (Zug, SUI). Gushue won
6-4 against
David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO), then won
7-0 against
Adam Casey (Charlottetown, PEI) and
7-1 against
Rasmus Wrana (Harnosand, SWE). Gushue won
9-1 against
van Dorp in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Gushue earned
51.898 world rankings points along with the $18,948CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with
606.804 total points. Gushue ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
224.904 points earned so far this season.
