CHAMPION: Kim Wins 2019 China Open

SKIP
Chang-Min
Kim

Third
Kijeong
Lee

Second
Hak Kyun
Kim

Lead
Kibok
Lee

Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR) won 7-6 over Korey Dropkin (Chaska, USA) in the Final of the China Open, held December 13 - 17, 2019 in Tianjin, China. To advance to the championship game, Kim won 6-3 over Qiang Zou (Beijing, CHN) in the semifinals

Kim finished 6-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE) 9-1, then won 8-5 against Jaap van Dorp (Zoetermeer, NED) and 6-5 against Andrin Schnider (St. Gallen, SUI). Kim won 7-4 against Sergei Glukhov (Sochi, RUS), then won 6-2 against Zou and 7-6 against Dropkin. Kim went on to lose 7-3 against Braden Calvert (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the China Open Championship title, Kim earned 34.805 world rankings points along with the $8,122CDN first prize cheque. Kim move up 5 spots after posting a net gain of 28.886 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 25th overall with 187.953 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 19th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 164.279 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

2019: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Kijeong Lee, Hak Kyun Kim, Kibok Lee
Uiseong, KOR
2018: Sergei Glukhov
Sergei Glukhov, Artur Ali, Dmitry Mironov, Anton Kalalb
Sochi, RUS
2013: Mike McEwen
Mike McEwen, B.J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld
Winnipeg, CAN

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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