Peter De Cruz (Geneve, SUI) won
7-5 over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held October 8 - 10, 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, De Cruz won
6-1 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won
9-8 over
Bruce Mouat (Stirling, SCO) in the quarterfinals. of the 2021 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;
De Cruz finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, De Cruz lost
7-4 to
Mattia Giovanella (Trentino, ITA), then responded with a
7-5 win over
Christian Heinimann (Basel, SUI). De Cruz won
6-1 against
Andrin Schnider (Schauffhausen, SUI), then won
5-4 against
Sixten Totzek (Munich, GER) and
4-2 against
Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, De Cruz earned
51.200 world rankings points along with the $12,045CDN first prize cheque, moving up 5 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 6th place overall with
210.944 total points. De Cruz ranks 5th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
66.376 points earned so far this season.
