CHAMPION: Kubeskova Wins 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament

SKIP
Anna
Kubeskova

Third
Alzbeta
Zelingrova

Second
Tereza
Pliskova

Lead
Ezhen
Kolcevskaia

Anna Kubeskova (Prague, CZE) won 8-6 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the International ZO Womens Tournament, held November 9 - 11, 2018 in Wetzikon, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Kubeskova won 4-3 over Irene Schori (Limmattal, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament in Wetzikon, Switzerland; and won 9-3 over Andrea Schoepp (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER) in the quarterfinals. of the 2018 International ZO Womens Tournament in Wetzikon, Switzerland;

Kubeskova finished 3-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kubeskova defeated Veronica Zappone (Trentino, ITA) 7-4, then went on to lose 5-3 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kubeskova lost 6-5 to Schori where Kubeskova responded with a 5-4 win over Vlada Rumyanceva (Moscow, RUS). Kubeskova won 6-3 against Corrie Huerlimann (Luzern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the International ZO Womens Tournament Championship title, Kubeskova earned 27.299 world rankings points along with the $7,887CDN first prize cheque, moving up 10 spots the World Ranking Standings into 34th place overall with 117.268 total points. Kubeskova ranks 35th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 64.983 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

2006: Manuela Kormann
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
, SUI
2007: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2008: Mirjam Ott
Manuela Kormann, Carine Mattille, Heike Schwaller, Emilie Mattille, Sandra Steuri
Davos, SUI
2010: Mirjam Ott
Mirjam Ott, Carmen Schaefer, Carmen Kueng, Janine Greiner
Davos, SUI
2011: Andrea Schoepp
Andrea Schoepp, Imogen Oona Lehmann, Corinna Scholz, Stella Heiss
Fuessen, GER
2012: Michele Jaeggi
Michele Jaeggi, Marisa Winkelhausen, Stephanie Jaeggi, Melanie Barbezat
Bern, SUI
2013: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina, Nkeiruka Ezekh
Moscow, RUS
2014: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Aleksandra Raeva, Ekaterina Galkina
Moscow, RUS
2015: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI
2017: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Klara Svatonova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia
Prague, CZE
2018: Anna Kubeskova
Anna Kubeskova, Alzbeta Zelingrova, Tereza Pliskova, Ezhen Kolcevskaia, Eliska Soukupova
Prague, CZE

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