CHAMPION: Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin Wins 2023 Mixed Doubles Prague Open

Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin won 10-0 over Emira Abbes/Klaudius Harsch (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the Mixed Doubles Prague Open, held September 7 - 10, 2023 in Prague, Czechia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin won 9-5 over Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL) to advance to the championship game. of the 2023 Mixed Doubles Prague Open in Prague, Czechia;

Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin finished 4-0 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin defeated Jana Naceradska/David Havlena (Prague, CZE) 13-3, then won 10-4 against Karolina Frederiksen/Radek Bohac (Prague, CZE) and 5-2 against Oihane Otaegi/Mikel Unanue (San Sebastian, ESP). Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin won 9-2 against Dorottya Udvardi-Palancsa/Viktor Nagy (Budapest, HUN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Mixed Doubles Prague Open Championship title, Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin earned 11.250 world rankings points along with the $1,582CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 64.250 total points. Switzerland's Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 11.250 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	20	0	0.608	1-1	0-0	0-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	374	378	267	10.11	7.14	2.97	5.45	4.52	1.85	1.58	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	174	245	73	0	11-0	23-3	39-14	1.41	0.42	0.42	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	200	133	194	1	1-6	7-15	33-30	0.67	0.97	0.56	0.42

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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