Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON) won
4-3 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 8 - 13, 2019 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Homan won
6-4 over
Nina Roth (Chaska, USA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Meridian Canadian Open in North Battleford, Saskatchewan; and won
4-3 over
Casey Scheidegger (Lethbridge, AB) in the quarterfinals.
Homan finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Homan defeated
Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) 8-5, then won
6-3 against
Darcy Robertson (Winnipeg, MB) and
8-3 against
Robyn Silvernagle (North Battleford, SK) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Homan earned
90.492 world rankings points along with the $30,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 53.263 after improving upon their best so far this season. Homan ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
513.710 points earned so far this season.
