Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) won
8-5 over
Margaretha Sigfridsson (Skelleftea, SWE) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 16 - 21, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
6-5 over
Stefanie Lawton (Saskatoon, SK) in the semifinals of the 2013 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
8-6 over
Renee Sonnenberg (Grande Prairie, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Muirhead finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead lost
5-4 to
Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI), then responded with a
6-4 win over
Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB). Muirhead went on to lose
7-5 against
Lawton. Muirhead responded with a
8-6 win over
Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RCF) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Muirhead earned
45.000 world rankings points along with the $23,000CDN first prize cheque. Muirhead move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 41.989 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
302.580 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Muirhead ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
189.095 points earned so far this season.
