Krause Runner-Up at 2023 Danish Open

Hvidovre, Denmark

SKIP
Mikkel
Krause

Third
Mads
Noergaard

Second
Tobias
Thune

Lead
Henrik
Holtermann

Games:	6
Record:	4W - 2L
PF/G:	7.95
PA/G:	6.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.39
Steal Defense:	0.26
Force Efficiency:	0.33
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Mikkel Krause (Hvidovre, DEN) lost 5-3 to Ross Craik (Stirling, SCO) in the Final of the Danish Open, held November 2 - 5, 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. To advance to the championship game, Krause won 6-3 over Jonathan Vilandt (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Danish Open in Copenhagen, Denmark; and won 10-7 over Joel Westerberg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Danish Open in Copenhagen, Denmark;

Krause finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Krause lost 7-3 to Axel Landelius (Mjoelby, SWE), then responded with a 6-5 win over PaweÅ Hertman (Lodz, POL). Krause won 7-2 against Kjetil Bjoerke (Bygdoy, NOR) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Danish Open, Krause take home 5.500 world rankings points along with the $2,000CDN prize, moving up 13 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 32.357 total points. Krause ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 24.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	22	9	0	0.710	3-0	1-2	1-0	0-0	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	235	195	158	8.30	6.72	1.57	4.72	4.21	1.76	1.60	1.06

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	121	137	40	14	4-0	11-1	25-6	1.13	0.33	0.37	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	114	58	118	11	2-3	3-10	8-21	0.51	1.04	0.49	0.32

2024: Jacob Schmidt
Jonathan Vilandt, Jacob Schmidt, Alexander Qvist, Kasper Boge Jurlander
Hvidovre, DEN
2023: Ross Craik
Ross Craik, Scott Hyslop, Struan Carson, Jack Carrick
Stirling, SCO
2014: Stefan Staehli
Stefan Staehli, Andre Neuenschwander, Simon Biedermann, Neal Schwenter , Stefan Karnusian
Gstaad, SUI

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