Elena Stern (Oberwallis , SUI) lost
5-3 to
Ursi Hegner (Uzwil, SUI) in the Final of the Glynhill Ladies International, held January 17 - 20, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Stern won
8-0 over
Tova Sundberg (Ostersund, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2019 Glynhill Ladies International in Glasgow, Scotland; and won
7-5 over
Binia Feltscher (Switzerland, SUI) in the quarterfinals.
Stern finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Stern defeated
Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI) 8-2, then won
10-2 against
Tori Koana (Fujiyoshida, JPN) and
7-6 against
Yilun Jiang (Harbin, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Glynhill Ladies International, Stern take home
26.402 world rankings points along with the $3,490CDN prize. Stern move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 21.01 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 15th overall with
221.181 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Stern ranks 11th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
205.780 points earned so far this season.
