CHAMPION: Whyte Wins 2022 Swiss Cup Basel

Stirling, Scotland

SKIP
Ross
Whyte

Third
Robin
Brydone

Second
Duncan
McFadzean

Lead
Euan
Kyle

Games:	6
Record:	6W - 0L
PF/G:	6.94
PA/G:	4.49
Hammer Efficiency:	0.61
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.17

Ross Whyte (Stirling, SCO) won 6-5 over Magnus Ramsfjell (Lillehammer, NOR) in the Final of the Swiss Cup Basel, held November 4 - 6, 2022 in Basel, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Whyte won 5-4 over Steffen Walstad (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland; and won 7-3 over Yves Stocker (Zug, SUI) in the quarterfinals. of the 2022 Swiss Cup Basel in Basel, Switzerland;

Whyte finished 3-0 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Whyte defeated Andreas Harstad (Oppdal, NOR) 7-6, then won 6-2 against Lukas Klima (Prague, CZE) and 3-2 against Yannick Schwaller (Geneva, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Cup Basel Championship title, Whyte earned 45.000 world rankings points along with the $12,242CDN first prize cheque. Whyte move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 19.66 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 10th overall with 198.860 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Whyte ranks 13th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 97.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	59	30	0	0.663	20-4	12-8	11-3	6-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	655	488	388	7.45	5.92	1.53	4.26	3.98	1.75	1.49	1.76

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	347	392	96	66	13-3	24-4	89-10	1.13	0.28	0.45	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	308	96	292	49	2-1	5-13	14-70	0.31	0.95	0.56	0.21

2023: Cameron Bryce
Cameron Bryce, Duncan Menzies, Luke Carson, Robin McCall
Border, SCO
2022: Ross Whyte
Ross Whyte, Robin Brydone, Duncan McFadzean, Euan Kyle
Stirling, SCO
2021: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneve, SUI
2019: Peter De Cruz
Benoit Schwarz van-Berkel, Sven Michel, Peter De Cruz, Valentin Tanner
Geneva, SUI
2018: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2017: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2016: Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wrana, Christoffer Sundgren
Karlstad, SWE
2015: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker
St. John's, NL
2014: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr., Thomas Muirhead
Aberdeen, GBR
2013: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson
Oslo, NOR
2012: Oskar Eriksson
Kristian Lindstroem, Oskar Eriksson, Markus Eriksson, Christoffer Sundgren
, SWE
2011: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Ryan Fry, Geoff Walker, Adam Casey
St. John's, NL
2010: Andy Kapp
Andy Kapp, Daniel Herberg, Andreas Lang, Markus Messenzehl, Holger Hoehne
, GER
2009: Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Ulsrud, Torger Nergaard, Christoffer Svae, Haavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Loevold
Oslo, NOR
2008: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
St. John's, NL
2007: David Murdoch
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Ryan Fry, Jamie Korab
Dumfries, SCO
2006: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Chris Schille, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam
St. Johns, NL
2005: Randy Ferbey
Kerry Burtnyk, Randy Ferbey, Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, David Nedohin
Edmonton, AB
2004: Andreas Schwaller
Andreas Schwaller, Christof Schwaller, Ramstein, Roland Moser
, SUI
2003: Ralph Stoeckli
Ralph Stoeckli, Claudio Pescia, Pascal Sieber, Simon Struebin
Neuenkirch, SUI

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