Matt Dunstone (Regina , SK) won
8-5 over
Brad Gushue (St. John's, NL) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Dunstone won
5-4 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario; and won
5-2 over
Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste Marie, NONT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Masters in North Bay, Ontario;
Dunstone finished 3-1 in the 15 team
Masters qualifying round, held October 22 - 27, 2019 in , . In their opening game, Dunstone defeated
Gushue 5-4, then won
7-2 against
Brendan Bottcher (Edmonton, AB) and
5-4 against
Mike McEwen (Winnipeg, MB). Dunstone went on to lose
6-5 against
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Masters Championship title, Dunstone earned
90.791 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 10th place overall with
389.642 total points. Dunstone ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
160.745 points earned so far this season.
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