CHAMPION: Heldin/Lindstroem Wins 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	5.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE) won 10-6 over Germany's Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz in the Final of the WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles, held January 10 - 12, 2020 in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. To advance to the championship game, Heldin/Lindstroem won 6-5 over Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands; and won 10-2 over Czech Republic's Veronika Neznalova/Matej Neznal in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Heldin/Lindstroem finished 3-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Heldin/Lindstroem defeated Switzerland's Lea Huppi/Jonas Weiss 8-3, then won 7-4 against Hungary's Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy. Heldin/Lindstroem went on to lose 7-6 against Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS). Heldin/Lindstroem responded with a 8-6 win over Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Heldin/Lindstroem earned 37.463 world rankings points along with the $718CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 36.585 after improving upon their best so far this season. Heldin/Lindstroem ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 87.642 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

2023: Sarah Clifford
Sarah Clifford, Oliver Rosenkrands Soee
Hvidovre, DEN
2020: Johanna Heldin
Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Stockholm, SWE
2018: Irantzu Garcia
Irantzu Garcia, Brendan Bottcher
Vitoria-Gasteiz, ESP

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