CHAMPION: Hasselborg Wins 2020 Meridian Canadian Open

Sundbyberg, Sweden

SKIP
Anna
Hasselborg

Third
Sara
McManus

Second
Agnes
Knochenhauer

Lead
Sofia
Mabergs

Games:	7
Record:	6W - 1L
PF/G:	8.57
PA/G:	5.89
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.35
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.28

Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) won 7-5 over Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Hasselborg won 10-5 over Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2020 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won 7-3 over Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2020 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan;

Hasselborg finished 3-1 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 14 - 19, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Hasselborg defeated Laura Walker (Edmonton, AB) 6-5, then won 7-5 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Hasselborg went on to lose 6-5 against Tabitha Peterson (McFarland , USA). Hasselborg responded with a 6-4 win over Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Meridian Canadian Open Championship title, Hasselborg earned 91.575 world rankings points along with the $35,000CDN first prize cheque, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 42.954 after improving upon their best so far this season. Hasselborg ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 453.544 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	6	1	0	0.857	4-1	2-0	1-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	56	48	33	8.57	5.89	2.68	4.64	4.82	1.85	1.22	0.54

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	31	35	13	1	0-0	4-0	8-2	1.13	0.42	0.40	0.35

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	25	13	20	2	0-0	2-0	2-4	0.52	0.80	0.75	0.28

2020: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Mabergs
Sundbyberg, SWE
2019: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2018: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters
Calgary, AB
2017: Casey Scheidegger
Casey Scheidegger, Cary-Anne McTaggart, Jessie Haughian, Stephanie Enright
Lethbridge, AB
2015: Rachel Homan
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle
Ottawa, ON
2014: Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Chalmers, Sarah Reid
Stirling, SCO

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