New Zealand's Jessica Smith5-4 at 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship

Games:	9
Record:	5W - 4L
PF/G:	9.08
PA/G:	9.23
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.35
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

New Zealand's Jessica Smith finished 5-4 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, New Zealand's Jessica Smith lost 8-4 to Estonia's Marie Kaldvee, then responded with a 13-5 win over Spain's Oihane Otaegi. New Zealand's Jessica Smith went on to lose 10-2 against United States's Cory Thiesse. New Zealand's Jessica Smith lost 10-6 to Norway's Kristin Moen Skaslien where New Zealand's Jessica Smith responded with a 6-3 win over Japan's Chiaki Matsumura. New Zealand's Jessica Smith won 8-5 against Turkiye's Dilsat Yildiz, then won 8-7 against Switzerland's Alina Paetz and 7-5 against Czechia's Julie Zelingrova. New Zealand's Jessica Smith went on to lose 7-5 against Australia's Tahli Gill in their final qualifying round match.

New Zealand's Jessica Smith earned 20.625 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 40 of the event schedule, New Zealand's Jessica Smith did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 96th place on the World Ranking Standings with 17.751 total points. New Zealand's Jessica Smith ranks 96th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.751 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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