CHAMPION: Heldin/Lindstroem Wins 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	9.82
PA/G:	5.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.15
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.53

Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE) won 10-6 over Lena Kapp/Marc Muskatewitz (Germany) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Heldin/Lindstroem won 6-5 over Therese Westman/Robin Ahlberg (Stockholm, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands; and won 10-2 over Veronika Neznalova/Matej Neznal (Czech Republic) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles in Zoetermeer, Netherlands;

Heldin/Lindstroem finished 3-1 in the 16 team WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held January 10 - 12, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Heldin/Lindstroem defeated Lea Huppi/Jonas Weiss (Switzerland) 8-3, then won 7-4 against Ildiko Szekeres/Gyorgy Nagy (Hungary). Heldin/Lindstroem went on to lose 7-6 against Anastasia Moskaleva/Alexander Eremin (Moscow, RUS). Heldin/Lindstroem responded with a 8-6 win over Margarita Fomina/Alexey Stukalsky (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the WCT Dutch Masters Mixed Doubles Championship title, Heldin/Lindstroem earned 37.463 world rankings points along with the $718CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 668th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 36.585 after improving upon their best so far this season. Heldin/Lindstroem ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 87.642 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2020	6	1	0	0.857	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2020	56	55	33	9.82	5.89	3.93	6.43	3.39	1.53	1.74	0.18

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2020	20	27	4	0	0-0	2-0	6-1	1.35	0.20	0.40	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2020	36	28	29	1	0-1	2-2	5-6	0.78	0.81	0.44	0.53

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