CHAMPION: Schwaller/Schwaller Wins 2023 Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship

Games:	12
Record:	10W - 2L
PF/G:	10.84
PA/G:	6.51
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.54
Steal Efficiency:	0.42

Briar Schwaller/Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) won 10-2 over Alina Paetz/Sven Michael (Aarau, SUI) in the Final of the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship, held March 1 - 5, 2023 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. To advance to the championship game, Schwaller/Schwaller won 9-6 over Daniela Rupp/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) in the semifinals of the 2023 Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship in St. Gallen, Switzerland;

Schwaller/Schwaller finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schwaller/Schwaller defeated Sarah Schaar/Michael Bugnon (Flims, SUI) 10-3, then won 10-5 against Lea Hueppi/Jonas Weiss (Dubendorf, SUI) and 8-2 against Marina Loertscher/Pablo Lachat (Lausanne, SUI). Schwaller/Schwaller won 6-5 against Selina Witschonke/Simon Gloor (St. Moritz, SUI), then won 7-4 against Switzerland's Stephanie Kupper/Thomas Kupper. Schwaller/Schwaller went on to lose 6-5 against Paetz/Michael. Schwaller/Schwaller responded with a 8-7 win over Rupp/Wunderlin. Schwaller/Schwaller won 7-4 against Jenny Perret/Martin Rios (Glarus, SUI), then won 1-0 against Sarah Mueller/Marco Hoesli (Bern, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Swiss Mixed Doubles Championship Championship title, Schwaller/Schwaller earned 30.000 world rankings points. For week 31 of the event schedule, Schwaller/Schwaller did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Schwaller/Schwaller ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

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