Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) won
6-3 over
John Epping (Toronto, ON) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Bottcher won
6-5 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
5-2 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the quarterfinals.
Bottcher finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bottcher defeated
Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, MB) 8-4, then won
6-3 against
Matt Dunstone (Regina, SK) and
9-5 against
Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Bottcher earned
87.244 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque. Bottcher move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 58.935 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with
387.990 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Bottcher ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
331.370 points earned so far this season.
