Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi-do, KOR) won
7-4 over
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 15 - 18, 2016 in Karuizawa, Japan.
Gim finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gim defeated
Lene Nielsen (Hvidovre, DEN) 5-3, then won
10-3 against
Ami Enami (Karuizawa, JPN) and
10-3 against
Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Gim won
7-4 against
Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Karuizawa International Championship title, Gim earned
41.773 world rankings points along with the $11,311CDN first prize cheque, moving up 11 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 31st place overall with
178.811 total points. Gim ranks 28th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
106.857 points earned so far this season.
