Gulbis1-3 at 2015 Baden Masters

Riga, Latvia

SKIP
Ritvars
Gulbis

Third
Normunds
Sarsuns

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Arturs
Gerhards

Games:	4
Record:	1W - 3L
PF/G:	6.43
PA/G:	8.93
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Efficiency:	0.07

Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) finished 1-3 in the 20-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gulbis lost 8-3 to Yves Hess (Zug, SUI), then responded with a 8-3 win over Reto Keller (Bern, SUI). Gulbis went on to lose 6-2 against Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO). Gulbis lost 8-5 to Sean O'Connor (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Gulbis earned 1.010 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 23 spots the World Ranking Standings into 178th place overall with 5.010 total points. Gulbis ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.010 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

2023: Joel Retornaz
Joel Retornaz, Amos Mosaner, Sebastiano Arman, Mattia Giovanella
Trentino, ITA
2022: Steffen Walstad
Steffen Walstad, Magnus Nedregotten, Mathias Braenden, Magnus Vaagberg
Oslo, NOR
2020: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2019: Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller, Michael Brunner, Romano Keller-Meier, Marcel Kaeufeler
Bern, SUI
2018: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2017: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2016: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Claudio Paetz, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2015: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Kristian Lindstroem, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2014: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2013: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2012: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2011: Sven Michel
Sven Michel, Claudio Paetz, Sandro Trolliet, Simon Gempeler
Adelboden, SUI
2010: Thomas Lips
Toni Mueller, Thomas Lips, Remo Schmid, Simon Struebin
, SUI
2009: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2008: Thomas Ulsrud
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
, NOR
2007: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, David Noftall
St. John's, NL
2006: Kerry Burtnyk
Kerry Burtnyk, Dan Kammerlock, Richard Daneault, Cory Naharnie
Winnipeg, MB
2005: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Andreas Hänni, Thomas Lips, Damian Grichting
, SUI
2002: Andre Flotron
Andre Flotron
, SUI
2000: Andreas Schwaller
Andre Flotron
Biel, SUI

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