CHAMPION: Kubeskova Wins 2017 International ZO Womens Tournament

Prague, Czech Republic

SKIP
Anna
Kubeskova

Third
Alzbeta
Zelingrova

Second
Tereza
Pliskova

Lead
Klara
Svatonova

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.24
PA/G:	6.27
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.22

Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) won 7-6 over Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in the Final of the International ZO Womens Tournament, held November 10 - 12, 2017 in Wetzikon, Switzerland.

Kubeskova finished 3-1 in the 21-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kubeskova defeated Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI) 6-5, then went on to lose 8-2 against Diana Gaspari (Cortina d'Ampezzo, ITA). Kubeskova responded with a 7-3 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kubeskova won 6-2 against Hannah Fleming (Lockerbie, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International ZO Womens Tournament Championship title, Kubeskova earned 30.394 world rankings points along with the $7,673CDN first prize cheque, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 36th place overall with 163.189 total points. Kubeskova ranks 37th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.438 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

2006: Manuela Kormann
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
, SUI
2007: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2008: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2010: Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott, Carmen Schaefer, Carmen Kueng, Janine Greiner
Davos, SUI
2011: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Corinna Scholz, Stella Heiss
Fuessen, GER
2012: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marisa Winkelhausen, Stephanie Jaeggi, Melanie Barbezat
Bern, SUI
2013: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina, Nkeiruka Ezekh
Moscow, RUS
2014: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2015: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2017: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Klara Svatonova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia
Prague, CZE
2018: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia, Eliska Soukupova
Prague, CZE

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