CHAMPION: Han/Zou Wins 2024 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy

Female
Yu
Han

Male
Qiang
Zou

Lead

Yu Han/Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) won 8-5 over Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy, held April 5 - 7, 2024 in Prague, Czechia. To advance to the championship game, Han/Zou won 6-4 over Jasmin Lander/Henrik Holtermann (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy in Prague, Czechia; and won 7-5 over Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST) in the quarterfinals.

Han/Zou finished 5-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Han/Zou defeated Lotta Immonen/Markus Sipila (Espoo, FIN) 9-0, then won 10-5 against Emma Erzsebet Szurmay/Bajan Kan Ferenci (Budapest, HUN) and 8-4 against Kristyna Farkova/David Jakl (Prague, CZE). Han/Zou won 8-5 against Tahli Gill/Dean Hewitt (Brisbane, AUS), then won 8-6 against Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles Prague Trophy Championship title, Han/Zou earned 26.250 world rankings points along with the $1,470CDN first prize cheque. For week 37 of the event schedule, Han/Zou did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 31st place on the World Ranking Standings with 60.252 total points. Han/Zou ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 60.252 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	19	5	1	0.792	4-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	170	178	102	10.47	6.00	4.47	6.24	3.71	1.68	1.62	0.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	75	101	31	1	3-2	11-1	14-5	1.35	0.41	0.38	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	95	77	71	0	2-1	5-5	11-13	0.81	0.75	0.58	0.53

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