Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) won
6-5 over
Rebecca Morrison (Stirling, GBR) in the Final of the AMJ Masters Tier 2, held September 23 - 28, 2025 at the St. Thomas Curling Club in St. Thomas, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won
6-1 over
Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2025 AMJ Masters Tier 2 in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada; and won
5-3 over
Tabitha Peterson (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals.
Kitazawa finished 4-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated
Emma Artichuk (Waterloo, ON) 12-1, then won
6-5 against
Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) and
6-3 against
Fay Henderson (Stirling, SCO). Kitazawa won
9-5 against
Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the AMJ Masters Tier 2 Championship title, Kitazawa earned
42.750 world rankings points along with the $10,000CDN first prize cheque. Kitazawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 23.95 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with
192.313 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
62.750 points earned so far this season.
