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.
