Kiiskinen Reaches 2015 Swiss Cup Basel Semifinals

Hyvinkaa, Finland

SKIP
Kalle
Kiiskinen

Third
Wille
Makela

Second
Juha
Pekaristo

Lead
Teemu
Salo

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.05
PA/G:	5.57
Hammer Efficiency:	0.41
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.19

Kalle Kiiskinen (Hyvinkaa, FIN) run at the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED). of the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; Kiiskinen advanced through the quarterfinals with a 4-2 win over Yannick Schwaller (Berne, SUI). of the 2015 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Kiiskinen finished 5-1 in the 32 team Swiss Cup Basel qualifying round, held October 1 - 4, 2015 in , . In their opening game, Kiiskinen defeated David Murdoch (Stirling, SCO) 6-3, then won 6-4 against Joel Retornaz (Turin, ITA). Kiiskinen went on to lose 8-3 against Markus Hoiberg (Oppdal, NOR). Kiiskinen responded with a 8-7 win over Kevin Wunderlin (Biel, SUI). Kiiskinen won 5-2 against Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO), then won 6-2 against Rasmus Stjerne (Copenhagen, DEN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kiiskinen earned 31.510 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Swiss Cup Basel, moving up 99 spots the World Ranking Standings into 60th place overall with 40.733 total points. Kiiskinen ranks 28th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.510 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	2	0	0.750	5-1	1-1	1-1	1-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	61	43	34	7.05	5.57	1.48	4.26	3.93	1.65	1.42	1.80

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	34	35	7	7	0-0	3-0	8-1	1.03	0.21	0.41	0.18

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	27	8	27	4	0-0	1-0	1-9	0.30	1.00	0.50	0.19

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