Hocevar Reaches Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Quarters

SKIP
Daniel
Hocevar

Third
Zander
Elmes

Second
Joel
Matthews

Lead
Daniel
Del Conte

Daniel Hocevar (Toronto, ON) qualified for the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 5-3 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO). of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Hocevar finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hocevar defeated Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS) 5-0, then won 9-1 against Wesley Wendling (Chaska, MN) and 11-2 against Zachary French (St. John's, NL) in their final qualifying round match.

Hocevar earned 7.200 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25. Hocevar move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 5.962 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 57.063 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Hocevar ranks 55th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 27.150 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	20	24	0	0.455	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	334	235	245	7.04	7.34	-0.30	4.46	4.40	1.58	1.67	1.14

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	169	176	61	20	3-0	10-3	40-13	1.04	0.36	0.36	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	165	59	184	18	1-4	3-13	8-39	0.36	1.12	0.47	0.25

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