Kim Runner-Up at 2020 Meridian Canadian Open

SKIP
Min Ji
Kim

Third
Seungyoun
Ha

Second
Hyerin
Kim

Lead
Sujin
Kim

Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) lost 7-5 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Meridian Canadian Open, held January 14 - 19, 2020 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 7-1 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won 5-4 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Kim finished 3-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim lost 4-3 to Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) where Kim responded with a 8-2 win over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Kim won 7-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then won 6-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Meridian Canadian Open, Kim take home 67.155 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. Kim move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 48.712 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 242.792 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 224.350 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes , Ryan Fry
Ottawa, ON
2023: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida
Kitami, JPN
2020: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
Calgary, AB
2017: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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