CHAMPION: Tirinzoni Wins 2023 Womens Masters Basel

Aarau, Switzerland

Fourth
Alina
Paetz

SKIP
Silvana
Tirinzoni

Second
Selina
Witschonke

Lead
Carole
Howald

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	10.64
PA/G:	4.04
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.05
Force Efficiency:	0.79
Steal Efficiency:	0.33

Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) won 10-2 over Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Womens Masters Basel, held September 15 - 17, 2023 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Tirinzoni won 8-4 over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland; and won 4-1 over Marianne Roervik (Lillehammer, NOR) in the quarterfinals. of the 2023 Womens Masters Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland, Switzerland;

Tirinzoni finished 4-0 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tirinzoni defeated Kristyna Farkova (Prague, CZE) 7-4, then won 10-2 against Youbeen Park (Seoul, KOR) and 5-2 against Emira Abbes (Fuessen, GER). Tirinzoni won 6-4 against Michele Jaeggi (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Womens Masters Basel Championship title, Tirinzoni earned 37.500 world rankings points along with the $15,034CDN first prize cheque, moving up 1 spots the World Ranking Standings into 2nd place overall with 452.500 total points. Tirinzoni ranks 15th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 37.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	85	17	0	0.833	29-3	17-2	8-2	2-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	760	664	386	8.74	5.08	3.66	4.95	3.67	1.77	1.38	1.38

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	365	494	44	61	19-0	34-1	94-4	1.35	0.12	0.48	0.10

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	395	170	342	44	4-6	11-13	25-55	0.43	0.87	0.69	0.28

2023: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald , Pierre Charette
Aarau, SUI
2022: Raphaela Keiser
Selina Witschonke, Elena Mathis, Raphaela Keiser, Marina Loertscher
St. Moritz, SUI
2021: Madeleine Dupont
Madeleine Dupont, Mathilde Halse, Denise Dupont, My Larsen, Lina Knudsen
Hvidovre, DEN
2019: Silvana Tirinzoni
Alina Paetz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat
Aarau, SUI
2018: Elena Stern
Briar Schwaller, Elena Stern, Lisa Gisler, Celine Koller
Oberwallis , SUI
2017: Bingyu Wang
Bingyu Wang, Yan Zhou, Jinli Liu, Jingyi Ma, Ziqi Dong
Harbin, CHN
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Lauren Gray
Perth, SCO
2015: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Alina Kovaleva
Moscow, RUS
2014: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2013: Silvana Tirinzoni
Silvana Tirinzoni, Manuela Siegrist, Esther Neuenschwander, Marlene Albrecht, Jenny Perret
Aarau, SUI
2012: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Maria Prytz, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Margaretha Sigfridsson
Skelleftea, SWE
2011: Margaretha Sigfridsson
Margaretha Sigfridsson, Christina Bertrup, Maria Wennerstroem, Maria Prytz
Skelleftea, SWE
2010: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Monika Wagner, Stella Heiss
, GER
2009: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine
, SWE
2008: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2007: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE
2006: Anette Norberg
Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Le Moine, Ulrika Bergman
, SWE

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