Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) won
7-6 over
Russ Howard (Moncton, NB) in the Final of the Bern Open, held October 16 - 18, 2009 in Bern, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won
6-4 over
Peter Loudon (Perth, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2009 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland; and won
7-3 over
Hammy McMillan (Stranraer, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2009 Bern Open in Bern, Switzerland;
Ulsrud finished 5-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated
Mark Neeleman (Zoetemeer, NED) 6-2, then went on to lose
5-3 against
Loudon. Ulsrud responded with a
6-5 win over
Pierre Charette (Etchemin, PQ). Ulsrud won
6-5 against
Mark Dacey (Halifax, NS), then won
7-6 against
Alexander Attinger (Dübendorf, SUI) and
7-1 against
Neeleman in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Bern Open Championship title, Ulsrud earned
17.990 world rankings points along with the $12,734CDN first prize cheque. For week of the event schedule, Ulsrud did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Ulsrud ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
