Engler/Wunderlin Reaches ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz Quarters

Laura Engler/Kevin Wunderlin (Zug, SUI) qualified for the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Adela Walczak/Andrzej Augustyniak (Lodz, POL).

Engler/Wunderlin finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Engler/Wunderlin defeated Cathy Vivien Vahi/Marten Padama (Tallinn, EST) 11-3, then won 10-8 against Katarzyna Grzelka/Aleksander Grzelka (Lodz, POL). Engler/Wunderlin went on to lose 6-4 against Zuzana Paulova/Tomas Paul (Prague, CZE). Engler/Wunderlin responded with a 9-1 win over Lina Januleviciute/Donatas Kiudys (Vilnius, LTU). Engler/Wunderlin won 7-2 against Marta Drozdziel/Piotr Zalewski (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.

Engler/Wunderlin earned 9.000 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the ISS Mixed Doubles Lodz, remaining in 806th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 69.875 total points. Engler/Wunderlin ranks 17th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	31	20	0	0.608	1-1	0-0	0-2	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	374	378	267	10.11	7.14	2.97	5.45	4.52	1.85	1.58	0.03

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	174	245	73	0	11-0	23-3	39-14	1.41	0.42	0.42	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	200	133	194	1	1-6	7-15	33-30	0.67	0.97	0.56	0.42

2023: Kristin Moen Skaslien
Kristin Moen Skaslien, Magnus Nedregotten
Oslo, NOR
2022: Lea Hueppi
Lea Hueppi, Jonas Weiss
Dubendorf, SUI
2021: Daniela Rupp
Daniela Rupp, Kevin Wunderlin
Zug, SUI
2019: Ildiko Szekeres
Ildiko Szekeres, Gyorgy Nagy
, HUN

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