CHAMPION: Stern Wins 2018 Womens Masters Basel

Oberwallis , Switzerland

Fourth
Briar
Schwaller

SKIP
Elena
Stern

Second
Lisa
Gisler

Lead
Celine
Koller

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	3.95
Hammer Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) won 6-4 over Binia Feltscher (Switzerland, SUI) in the Final of the Womens Masters Basel, held October 12 - 14, 2018 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Stern won 5-2 over Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland; and won 4-3 over Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland;

Stern finished 3-0 in the 19-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated Di Zhang (Harbin, CHN) 6-4, then won 6-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER) and 10-1 against Nora Wuest (Wetzikon, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Womens Masters Basel Championship title, Stern earned 40.800 world rankings points along with the $13,154CDN first prize cheque. Stern move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 35.408 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 26th overall with 138.457 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 69.153 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2024: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Antonia Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2021: Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen, Lina Knudsen
Hvidovre, DEN
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
Harbin, CHN
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray
Perth, SCO
2015: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS
2014: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2011: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Maria Prytz
Skelleftea, SWE
2010: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss
, GER
2009: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine
, SWE
2008: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2006: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

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