CHAMPION: Jacques Wins 2023 Saville Grand Prix

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Ryan
Jacques

Third
Evan
van Amsterdam

Second
Andrew
Gittis

Lead
Gabriel
Dyck

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	11.46
PA/G:	4.63
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Ryan Jacques (Edmonton, AB) won 5-0 over Scott Webb (Grande Prairie, AB) in the Final of the Saville Grand Prix, held October 27 - 30, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Jacques won 8-4 over Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 7-1 over Danny Sherrard (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Saville Grand Prix in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Jacques finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jacques defeated Warren Kozak (Calgary, AB) 10-1, then went on to lose 7-2 against Davies. Jacques responded with a 9-4 win over James Pahl (Edmonton, AB). Jacques won 6-2 against Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville Grand Prix Championship title, Jacques earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN first prize cheque. Jacques move up 4 spots after posting a net gain of 5.812 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 56th overall with 65.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Jacques ranks 56th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 25.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	25	25	0	0.500	3-2	0-5	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	351	287	264	8.18	7.52	0.66	4.53	4.47	1.81	1.68	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	169	218	64	12	7-1	15-5	49-8	1.29	0.38	0.45	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	182	69	200	23	2-10	2-10	14-31	0.38	1.10	0.56	0.24

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