Palancsa/Kiss Runner-Up at 2021 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup

Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN) lost 11-4 to Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) in the Final of the WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup, held October 14 - 17, 2021 in Kitzbuehel, Austria. To advance to the championship game, Palancsa/Kiss won 8-6 over Pia-Lisa Schoell/Klaudius Harsch (Oberstdorf, GER) in the semifinals of the 2021 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria; and won 8-7 over Kristin Moen Skaslien/Magnus Nedregotten (Oslo, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup in Kitzbuehel, Austria;

Palancsa/Kiss finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palancsa/Kiss defeated Eirin Mesloe/Willhelm Naess (Lillehammer, NOR) 10-0, then went on to lose 9-8 against Marie Kaldvee/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Palancsa/Kiss responded with a 8-2 win over Veronika Neznalova/Matej Neznal (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the WCT Austrian Mixed Doubles Cup, Palancsa/Kiss take home 30.401 world rankings points along with the $1,009CDN prize, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 21.966 after improving upon their best so far this season. Palancsa/Kiss ranks 6th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.526 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

2024: Rachele Scalesse
Rachele Scalesse, Alberto Pimpini
Pinerolo, ITA
2023: Julie Zelingrova
Julie Zelingrova, Vitek Chabicovsky
Prague, CZE
2021: Daniela Rupp
Daniela Rupp, Kevin Wunderlin
Zug, SUI
2019: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oppdal, NOR
2018: Emilie Desjardins
Emilie Desjardins, Robert Desjardins
Chicoutimi, QC
2017: Rui Wang
Rui Wang, De Xin Ba
Harbin, CHN

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