Wang Runner-Up at 2025 Mercure Perth Masters

SKIP
Rui
Wang

Third
Yu
Han

Second
Ziqi
Dong

Lead
Ying
Yang

Rui Wang (Beijing, CHN) lost 7-4 to Xenia Schwaller (Zurich , SUI) in the Final of the Mercure Perth Masters, held January 3 - 6, 2025 at the Perth Curling Club in Perth, Scotland. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Wang won 6-4 over Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2025 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland, Scotland; of the 2025 Mercure Perth Masters in Perth, Scotland, Scotland;

Wang finished 4-0 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wang defeated Roxanne Heritier (Lucerne, SUI) 5-3, then won 6-4 against Tabitha Peterson (St. Paul, MN) and 9-5 against Callie Soutar (Forfar, SCO). Wang won 12-2 against Laura Watt (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Mercure Perth Masters, Wang take home 19.250 world rankings points along with the $3,191CDN prize. Wang move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of 12.669 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with 142.538 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Wang ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 129.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	51	28	0	0.646	3-0	4-3	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	607	526	352	8.67	5.80	2.87	4.98	3.74	1.74	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	279	316	72	39	4-0	30-2	57-11	1.13	0.26	0.38	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	328	210	280	39	8-2	15-18	32-67	0.64	0.85	0.49	0.36

2025: Xenia Schwaller
Xenia Schwaller, Selina Gafner, Fabienne Rieder, Selina Rychiger , Andreas Schwaller
Zurich , SUI
2024: Clancy Grandy
Clancy Grandy, Kayla MacMillan, Lindsay Dubue, Sarah Loken, Rachel Brown
Vancouver, BC
2023: Daniela Jentsch
Daniela Jentsch, Emira Abbes, Mia Hoehne, Analena Jentsch
Fuessen, GER
2020: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Lauren Gray, Jennifer Dodds, Vicky Wright
Stirling, SCO
2018: Ursi Hegner
Michele Jaeggi, Ursi Hegner, Nina Ledergerber, Claudia Baumann
Uzwil, SUI
2018: Hannah Fleming
Hannah Fleming, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Vicky Wright
Lockerbie, SCO
2017: Alli Flaxey
Alli Flaxey, Clancy Grandy, Lynn Kreviazuk, Morgan Lavell
Caledon, ON
2016: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO

Team Marco Hoesli (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) took down the world number one and two ranked teams to secure the first title of the season.

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