Corryn Brown (Kamloops, BC) lost
4-3 to
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the Final of the China Open, held December 13 - 17, 2019 in Tianjin, China. To advance to the championship game, Brown won
5-4 over
Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2019 China Open in Tianjin, China;
Brown finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Brown defeated
EunJung Kim (Uiseong, KOR) 7-5, then went on to lose
5-2 against
Schori. Brown responded with a
10-3 win over
Madison Bear (St.Paul, MN). Brown won
8-6 against
Asuka Kanai (Nagano, JPN). Brown went on to lose
6-1 against
Kovaleva. Brown responded with a
8-7 win over
Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Brown won
6-2 against
Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the China Open, Brown take home
25.833 world rankings points along with the $5,194CDN prize. Brown move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 13.423 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 20th overall with
203.732 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Brown ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
154.093 points earned so far this season.
