Kim Runner-Up at 2020 Meridian Canadian Open

SKIP
Minji
Kim

Third
Seungyoun
Ha

Second
Hyerin
Kim

Lead
Sujin
Kim

Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon, KOR) lost 7-5 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Kim won 7-1 over Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg , RUS) in the semifinals of the 2020 Meridian Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan; and won 5-4 over Kerri Einarson (Winnipeg, MB) in the quarterfinals.

Kim finished 3-2 in the 16 team Meridian Canadian Open qualifying round, held January 14 - 19, 2020 in , . In their opening game, Kim lost 4-3 to Tracy Fleury (East St. Paul, MB), droppimg another game, 5-4 to Elena Stern (Oberwallis, SUI) where Kim responded with a 8-2 win over Kelsey Rocque (Edmonton, AB). Kim won 7-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON), then won 6-5 against Eve Muirhead (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Meridian Canadian Open, Kim take home 67.155 world rankings points along with the $20,000CDN prize. Kim move up 6 spots after posting a net gain of 48.712 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with 242.792 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 224.350 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
	5	3	0	0.625	1-1	4-2	2-2	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
	59	45	32	7.63	5.42	2.20	5.08	3.90	1.50	1.39	1.02

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
	25	29	5	2	0-0	1-1	7-0	1.16	0.20	0.35	0.12

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
	34	16	27	4	1-0	1-0	1-7	0.47	0.79	0.65	0.29

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

Calgary's Kevin Koe won 6-1 over Scotland's Ross Whyte to win their opening event of the season.

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