Williams/Straub1-2 at 2023 Cincinnati Mixed Doubles Cup

Vanessa Williams/Tom Straub (Nashville, TN, TN) finished 1-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Williams/Straub lost 11-4 to Kelsey Ostrowski/DJ Johnson (Chaska, MN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Flannery Allison/Michael Allison (St. Louis, MO). Williams/Straub went on to lose 7-6 against Shannon Dunphy/Chris Perlson (Cincinnati, OH) in their final qualifying round match.

Williams/Straub earned 0.188 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 21 of the event schedule, Williams/Straub did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 534th to 540th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Williams/Straub ranks 451st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	2	14	0	0.125	0-2	0-4	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	107	59	136	5.51	12.71	-7.20	3.64	6.36	1.51	2.00	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	65	42	57	0	1-1	2-4	7-9	0.65	0.88	0.15	0.57

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	42	17	79	0	0-8	2-8	2-7	0.40	1.88	0.26	0.26

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