Peter De Cruz (Geneva, SUI) won
6-2 over
Ross Paterson (Glasgow, SCO) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 3 - 6, 2019 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won
7-1 over
Cameron Bryce (Stirling, SCO) in the semifinals of the 2019 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
4-1 over
Bruce Mouat (Edinburgh, SCO) in the quarterfinals.
De Cruz finished 4-0 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz defeated
Noe Traub (Basel, SUI) 10-1, then won
9-5 against
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) and
5-4 against
Glen Muirhead (Perth, SCO). De Cruz won
7-1 against
Mouat in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, De Cruz earned
52.014 world rankings points along with the $16,080CDN first prize cheque. De Cruz move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 17.952 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 6th overall with
436.978 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. De Cruz ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
130.416 points earned so far this season.
