Hirata Reaches Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Koei
Sato

Lead
Ryota
Meguro

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	6.39
Hammer Efficiency:	0.47
Steal Defense:	0.07
Force Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Efficiency:	0.14

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Jacob Libbus (Edmonton, AB). of the Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Hirata finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated James Craik (Forfar, SCO) 6-2, then won 6-5 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) and 6-4 against Jaxon Hiebert (Edmonton, AB). Hirata went on to lose 6-3 against Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hirata earned 11.700 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix. Hirata move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 4.247 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 48th overall with 71.866 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hirata ranks 41st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 34.600 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	17	13	0	0.567	1-0	0-1	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	220	172	150	7.82	6.82	1.00	4.41	4.59	1.77	1.49	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	109	137	37	6	4-1	10-1	28-4	1.26	0.34	0.41	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	111	35	113	16	1-2	1-2	8-30	0.32	1.02	0.53	0.20

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