CHAMPION: Schwaller Wins 2023 Danish Open

SKIP
Xenia
Schwaller

Third
Selina
Gafner

Second
Fabienne
Rieder

Lead
Selina
Rychiger

Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) won 5-2 over Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) in the Final of the Danish Open, held November 2 - 5, 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Schwaller won 6-5 over Robyn Munro (Stirling, GBR) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Danish Open in Copenhagen, Denmark;

Schwaller finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller defeated Roxanne Heritier (Luzern, SUI) 6-5, then won 5-3 against Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR). Schwaller went on to lose 6-5 against Fay Henderson (Stirling, GBR). Schwaller responded with a 4-1 win over Moa Dryburgh (Stockholm, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Danish Open Championship title, Schwaller earned 22.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN first prize cheque. Schwaller move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 18.75 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 28th overall with 138.531 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Schwaller ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 83.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	56	23	0	0.709	11-3	13-3	3-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	599	478	320	7.98	5.34	2.64	4.67	3.62	1.71	1.47	1.70

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	282	340	57	47	11-0	21-3	70-6	1.21	0.20	0.43	0.16

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	317	138	263	55	5-2	7-11	19-63	0.44	0.83	0.56	0.28

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