Kauste/Kauste1-4 at 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles

Games:	5
Record:	1W - 4L
PF/G:	7.30
PA/G:	8.92
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.47
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Oona Kauste/Aku Kauste (Hyvinkaa, FIN) finished 1-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kauste/Kauste defeated Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Bern, SUI) 9-1, then went on to lose 7-2 against Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA). Kauste/Kauste lost 6-5 to Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). Kauste/Kauste lost 10-6 to Sijia Liu/De Jia Zou (Beijing, CHN). Kauste/Kauste lost 9-5 to Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in their final qualifying round match.

Kauste/Kauste earned 2.765 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Kauste/Kauste gained 30.988 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with 30.988 total points. Kauste/Kauste ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.764 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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