Lucien Lottenbach (Zug, SUI) lost
6-5 to
Daniel Magnusson (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Latvia International Challenger, held October 24 - 27, 2019 in Tukums, Latvia. To advance to the championship game, Lottenbach won
6-4 over
Tobias Thune (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia; and won
6-4 over
Vadim Raev (Moscow, RUS) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Latvia International Challenger in Tukums, Latvia;
Lottenbach finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lottenbach defeated
Kirill Surovov (Dmitrov, RUS) 6-3, then won
16-3 against
Mirac Ozkan (Eruzurum, TUR) and
8-2 against
Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Lottenbach won
9-5 against
Kriss Vonda (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Latvia International Challenger, Lottenbach take home
9.864 world rankings points along with the $1,158CDN prize. Lottenbach move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.176 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 60th overall with
82.172 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Lottenbach ranks 44th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
39.466 points earned so far this season.
