Thomas Ulsrud (Oslo, NOR) won
6-3 over
Oskar Eriksson (Lit, SWE) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 3 - 6, 2013 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Ulsrud won
5-4 over
Peter de Cruz (Geneva, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2013 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
7-3 over
Sven Michel (Adelboden, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2013 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
Ulsrud finished 4-0 in the 40-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ulsrud defeated
Christian Moser (Uitikon, SUI) 7-1, then won
7-6 against
Andrey Drozdov (Moscow, RUS) and
5-3 against
Marcus Hasselborg (Sundsvall, SWE). Ulsrud won
9-3 against
Italy's Simone Gonin in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Ulsrud earned
22.150 world rankings points along with the $15,892CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 9th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
157.345 total points. Ulsrud ranks 6th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
52.920 points earned so far this season.
