Yamaguchi Reaches Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

Fourth
Riku
Yanagisawa

SKIP
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Second
Takeru
Yamamoto

Lead
Satoshi
Koizumi

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.33
PA/G:	7.50
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 9-4 against Evan Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB). of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Yamaguchi finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi defeated James Craik (Forfar, SCO) 7-4, then won 9-5 against Jaxon Hiebert (Edmonton, AB). Yamaguchi went on to lose 6-4 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB). Yamaguchi responded with a 6-3 win over Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yamaguchi earned 11.700 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix. Yamaguchi move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -1.852 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with 139.458 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Yamaguchi ranks 24th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 51.450 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	46	18	0	0.719	2-0	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
2026	483	394	269	8.16	5.57	2.59	4.76	3.66	1.71	1.52	1.57

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	242	299	40	44	9-0	16-1	75-5	1.24	0.17	0.51	0.14

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	241	95	229	32	2-4	7-10	9-52	0.39	0.95	0.54	0.27

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