Eve Muirhead (Stirling, UK) won
7-5 over
Irene Schori (Langenthal, SUI) in the Final of the The Challenger, held September 24 - 26, 2021 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Muirhead won
7-5 over
Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the semifinals
Muirhead finished 3-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Muirhead defeated
Gina Aitken (Stirling, UK) 10-2, then won
6-5 against
Raphaela Keiser (St. Moritz, SUI). Muirhead went on to lose
5-3 against
Tirinzoni. Muirhead responded with a
7-1 win over
Liisa Turmann (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the The Challenger Championship title, Muirhead earned
36.045 world rankings points along with the $2,458CDN first prize cheque, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 9th place overall with
178.037 total points. Muirhead ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
36.045 points earned so far this season.
