Gulbis3-1 at 2017 Latvia International Challenger

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Ritvars
Gulbis

Third
Raivis
Busmanis

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Roberts
Krusts

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	7.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.37
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.27

Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) finished 3-1 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gulbis defeated Tadas Vyskupaitis (Vilnius, LTU) 6-5, then won 8-3 against Mikkel Krause (Taarnby, DEN) and 6-4 against Bjorn Jungen (Adelboden, SUI). Gulbis went on to lose 8-1 against Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuhel, AUT) in their final qualifying round match.

Gulbis earned 4.939 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Latvia International Challenger, moving up 35 spots the World Ranking Standings into 193rd place overall with 14.312 total points. Gulbis ranks 162nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.939 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2022: Martins Truksans
Martins Truksans, Janis Klive, Arnis Veidemanis, Sandris Buholcs
Riga, LAT
2021: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Callum Kinnear, Mark Taylor, Robin McCall
Stirling, SCO
2019: Daniel Magnusson
Daniel Magnusson, Robin Ahlberg, Anton Regosa, Sebastian Jones
Karlstad, SWE
2018: Wille Makela
Wille Makela, Kalle Kiiskinen, Teemu Salo, Paavo Kuosmanen
Hyvinkaa, FIN
2017: Rasmus Stjerne
Rasmus Stjerne, Johnny Frederiksen, Mikkel Poulsen, Oliver Dupont
Hvidovre, DEN

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