Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, USA) lost
4-3 to
Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the Curl Mesabi Classic, held November 29 - December 1, 2019 at the Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, United States. To advance to the championship game, Ruohonen won
6-1 over
Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA) in the semifinals of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States; and won
7-1 over
Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 Curl Mesabi Classic in Eveleth, Minnesota, United States;
Ruohonen finished 4-0 in the 14-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ruohonen defeated
Marcelo Mello (Sao Paolo, BRA) 13-1, then won
13-1 against
Ramy Cohen (Mexico City, MEX) and
11-3 against
Mello. Ruohonen won
9-5 against
Cohen in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Curl Mesabi Classic, Ruohonen take home
19.564 world rankings points along with the $3,986CDN prize. Ruohonen move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 4.944 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with
214.429 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ruohonen ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
141.328 points earned so far this season.
