Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) lost
7-6 to
Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) in the Final of the China Open, held December 13 - 17, 2019 in Tianjin, China. To advance to the championship game, Dropkin won
6-3 over
Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2019 China Open in Tianjin, China;
Dropkin finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin lost
6-5 to
Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED), then responded with a
6-5 win over
Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Dropkin won
9-4 against
Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS), then won
8-6 against
Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI) and
7-3 against
Calvert. Dropkin went on to lose
7-6 against
Kim. Dropkin responded with a
7-2 win over
Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the China Open, Dropkin take home
25.523 world rankings points along with the $5,194CDN prize. Dropkin move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 12.025 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 17th overall with
233.354 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 14th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
179.362 points earned so far this season.
