Abe2-2 at Saville Grand Prix

Sapporo, Japan

Fourth
Tetsuro
Shimizu

SKIP
Shinya
Abe

Second
Hayato
Sato

Lead
Haruto
Ouchi

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.24
PA/G:	7.24
Hammer Efficiency:	0.46
Steal Defense:	0.19
Force Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Abe defeated James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB) 6-4, then won 6-4 against Kevin Tym (Edmonton, AB). Abe went on to lose 5-3 against Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). Abe lost 8-6 to Wouter Gosgens (Zoetermeer, NED) in their final qualifying round match.

Abe earned 2.925 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 25th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -10.075 after improving upon their best so far this season. Abe ranks 34th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	23	20	0	0.535	0-1	2-2	1-0	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	321	213	218	6.64	6.79	-0.16	4.08	4.27	1.63	1.59	1.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	156	149	50	27	1-1	8-2	39-4	0.96	0.32	0.37	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	165	64	168	26	3-2	4-12	7-38	0.39	1.02	0.47	0.24

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