CHAMPION: Heldin/Lindstroem Wins 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.62
PA/G:	6.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Uppsala, SWE) won 8-7 over Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup, held September 6 - 9, 2018 in Oberstdorf, Germany. To advance to the championship game, Heldin/Lindstroem won 7-6 over Jana Naceradska/Radek Bohac (Prague, CZE) in the semifinals of the 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany; and won 6-5 over Gina Aitken/Scott Andrews (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany;

Heldin/Lindstroem finished 3-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Heldin/Lindstroem defeated Jolanda Devaux/Michael Devaux (Baden, SUI) 11-4, then won 7-3 against Dace Regza/Ansis Regza (RÄ«ga, LAT) and 7-5 against Lena Kapp/Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER). Heldin/Lindstroem went on to lose 6-4 against Naceradska/Bohac in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Oberstdorf International Mixed Doubles Cup Championship title, Heldin/Lindstroem earned 0.000 world rankings points along with the $1,221CDN first prize cheque. For week 4 of the event schedule, Heldin/Lindstroem did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Heldin/Lindstroem ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2020: Almida de Val
Almida de Val, Oskar Eriksson
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Lena Kapp
Lena Kapp, Marc Muskatewitz
, GER
2018: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Uppsala, SWE
2017: Zuzana Paulova
Zuzana Paulova, Tomas Paul
Prague, CZE

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