Kyle Smith (Stirling, SCO) lost
6-3 to
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the German Masters, held January 19 - 22, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Smith won
4-2 over
Alexey Timofeev (Moscow, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2017 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany; and won
6-4 over
Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2017 German Masters in Hamburg, Germany;
Smith finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated
Michael Brunner (Gstaad, SUI) 6-4, then won
7-2 against
Rui Liu (HARBIN, CHN) and
7-4 against
Joel Retornaz (Trentino, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the German Masters, Smith take home
34.903 world rankings points along with the $4,991CDN prize. Smith move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 30.748 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with
404.321 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Smith ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
275.822 points earned so far this season.
