Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) lost
7-2 to
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 1 - 4, 2015 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, van Dorp won
6-5 over
Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) in the semifinals of the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
6-4 over
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the quarterfinals.
van Dorp finished 5-2 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, van Dorp defeated
Marc Suter (Aarau, SUI) 8-2, then won
8-5 against
Aku Kauste (Helsinki, FIN) and
7-5 against
Rasmus Wrana (Harnosand, SWE). van Dorp went on to lose
7-6 against
Michel. van Dorp responded with a
8-6 win over
Jiri Snitil (Prague, CZE). van Dorp went on to lose
9-1 against
Gushue. van Dorp responded with a
4-3 win over
Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Swiss Cup Basel, van Dorp take home
40.777 world rankings points along with the $9,474CDN prize, moving up 139 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 54th place overall with
45.825 total points. van Dorp ranks 19th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
41.787 points earned so far this season.
