Maeda Reaches Saville Grand Prix Quarters

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Hiroki
Maeda

Second
Uryu
Kamikawa

Lead
Gakuto
Tokoro

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	8.61
PA/G:	6.11
Hammer Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) qualified for the Saville Grand Prix playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-4 against Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gyeong-Buk, KOR).

Maeda finished 3-1 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) 9-2, then won 8-2 against Chris Kennedy (Edmonton, AB) and 6-5 against Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR). Maeda went on to lose 7-4 against Jacob Libbus (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Maeda earned 11.700 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Saville Grand Prix. Maeda move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -2.144 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 31st overall with 112.419 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Maeda ranks 31st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.200 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	40	20	0	0.667	0-0	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	423	352	275	8.32	6.50	1.82	4.68	4.07	1.78	1.60	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	202	257	57	25	10-3	19-1	49-5	1.27	0.28	0.44	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	221	95	218	28	1-3	5-16	21-43	0.43	0.99	0.53	0.27

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