Smith5-3 at World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2023

Courtney Smith (Naseby, NZL) finished 5-3 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith defeated Fabiana Cristina De Souza Campos (Sao Paulo, BRA) 10-2, then won 8-6 against Lina Januleviciute (Vilnius, LTU) and 9-3 against Caro van Oosterwyck (Zemst, BEL). Smith went on to lose 7-2 against Ying Yang (Beijing, CHN). Smith lost 7-6 to Lotta Immonen (Espoo, FIN). Smith lost 8-3 to Silvia Sykorova (Bratislava, SVK) where Smith responded with a 10-6 win over Ling-Yue Hung (Hong Kong, HKG). Smith won 6-5 against Immonen in their final qualifying round match.

Smith earned 8.500 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event 2023. For week 20 of the event schedule, Smith did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 124th to 126th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 11.500 total points. Smith ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	14	6	0	0.700	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	132	142	80	10.76	6.06	4.70	5.91	4.02	1.82	1.51	0.08

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	61	93	21	1	7-0	7-1	11-3	1.52	0.34	0.42	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	71	49	59	0	0-1	3-3	9-12	0.69	0.83	0.57	0.48

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