Tao Reaches Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 Semifinals

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Johnson
Tao

Third
Kenan
Wipf

Second
Ben
Morin

Lead
Andrew
Nowell

Games:	5
Record:	4W - 1L
PF/G:	8.53
PA/G:	5.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Defense:	0.14
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.35

Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) run at the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-3 loss to Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN). of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada; Tao advanced through the quarterfinals with a 7-2 win over Calan MacIsaac (Truro, NS). of the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada;

Tao finished 3-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao defeated Tyler MacTavish (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON) 6-4, then won 6-5 against James Craik (Forfar, SCO) and 7-2 against Anders Van Amsterdam (Edmonton, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

Tao earned 10.200 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Grand Slam Tour Challenge U25. Tao move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 6.487 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 53rd overall with 65.806 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Tao ranks 39th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 36.900 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	25	12	0	0.676	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	265	217	161	8.19	6.08	2.11	4.94	3.81	1.66	1.59	1.25

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	114	146	26	13	4-0	11-2	27-5	1.28	0.23	0.42	0.15

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	151	71	135	20	1-2	3-6	15-33	0.47	0.89	0.51	0.31

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