Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) won
5-3 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Womens Masters Basel, held October 12 - 14, 2012 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Sigfridsson won
6-2 over
Lorna Vevers (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2012 Womens Masters Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
6-2 over
Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2012 Womens Masters Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
Sigfridsson finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sigfridsson defeated
Ildiko Szekeres (Budapest, HUN) 10-3, then won
6-5 against
Hannah Fleming (Stirling, SCO) and
5-1 against
Andrea Schopp (Garmisch, GER) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Womens Masters Basel Championship title, Sigfridsson earned
21.900 world rankings points along with the $10,482CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 5th place overall with
165.165 total points. Sigfridsson ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
39.950 points earned so far this season.
