Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) won
9-6 over
Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the Players' Championship, held April 12 - 17, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
7-2 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau PwC, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2016 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario; and won
12-4 over
Erika Brown (Madison, WI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2016 Players' Championship in Toronto, Ontario;
Muirhead finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
Alina Paetz (Zurich, SUI) 6-5, then went on to lose
8-5 against
Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Muirhead responded with a
4-3 win over
Val Sweeting (Edmonton, AB). Muirhead won
7-4 against
Jones, then won
5-4 against
Anna Sidorova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Players' Championship Championship title, Muirhead earned
76.808 world rankings points along with the $26,000CDN first prize cheque. Muirhead move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 53.892 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 3rd overall with
767.200 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Muirhead ranks 4th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
347.190 points earned so far this season.
