Kauste/Kauste2-3 at 2019 Italian Mixed Doubles Cup

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	8.86
PA/G:	8.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 2-3 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste/Kauste lost 8-3 to Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy, then responded with a 11-4 win over Daina Barone/Arnis Veidemanis (Riga, LAT). Kauste/Kauste went on to lose 6-2 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI). Kauste/Kauste responded with a 8-3 win over Fiona Simpson/Marco Pascale (SCO/ITA, www). Kauste/Kauste went on to lose 9-7 against Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste/Kauste earned 4.076 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -0.156 after improving upon their best so far this season. Kauste/Kauste ranks 144th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.840 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

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