2018 Tour Challenge

The 2018 Tour Challenge was held from November 6 to 11 at the Tournament Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. This was the third Grand Slam of the 2018–19 curling season.

In the men's Tier 1 competition, Brad Jacobs defeated Brendan Bottcher in the final 6–5. Team Bottcher was playing in their first Grand Slam final. In Tier 2, Kirk Muyres defeated Scott McDonald's team in the final to secure a spot in the 2019 Canadian Open.

The women's Tier 1 competition saw Rachel Homan defeat Tracy Fleury 8–4. In the Tier 2 final, Elena Stern beat Sayaka Yoshimura 6–5, qualifying for the 2019 Canadian Open.

Qualification

The Tour Challenge consists of two tiers of 15 teams. For Tier 1, the top 15 teams on the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of October 1, 2018. If any teams declined, the next highest team was invited until the field of 15 teams was complete. For Tier 2, the next 10 teams on the OOM rankings are invited. The final 5 teams in Tier 2 are filled by regional invitations extended by the Grand Slam of Curling.

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of October 1:

1. Brad Gushue
2. Niklas Edin
3. Kevin Koe
4. <s>Bruce Mouat</s>
5. Brad Jacobs
6. Reid Carruthers
7. John Epping
8. Jason Gunnlaugson
9. <s>Peter de Cruz</s>
10. Glenn Howard
11. <s>Steffen Walstad</s>
12. Brendan Bottcher
13. John Shuster
14. <s>Thomas Ulsrud</s>
15. Rich Ruohonen
16. Ross Paterson
17. <s>Yannick Schwaller</s>
18. Matt Dunstone
19. Braden Calvert

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of October 1:

1. <s>Anna Hasselborg</s>
2. Jennifer Jones
3. Rachel Homan
4. Tracy Fleury
5. Laura Walker
6. <s>Eve Muirhead</s>
7. Jamie Sinclair
8. Nina Roth
9. Silvana Tirinzoni
10. <s>Satsuki Fujisawa</s>
11. <s>Kim Eun-jung</s>
12. Kerri Einarson
13. Darcy Robertson
14. Casey Scheidegger
15. Chelsea Carey
16. Isabella Wranå
17. Allison Flaxey
18. <s>Anna Sidorova</s>
19. Cory Christensen
20. Krista McCarville

Men

Tier 1

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 7, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 7, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 7, 3:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am

Draw 7

Thursday, November 8, 11:30 am

Draw 8

Thursday, November 8, 3:00 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, November 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, November 9, 8:00 am

Draw 11

Friday, November 9, 11:30 am

Draw 12

Friday, November 9, 3:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, November 9, 7:00 pm

Tiebreaker

Saturday, November 10, 8:30 am

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 10, 4:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 11, 4:00 pm

Tier 2

Round-robin standings

Tiebreakers

• Muirhead 5-2 Stopera
• van Dorp 7-4 Lyburn

Playoffs

Women

Tier 1

Teams

Round-robin standings

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight time (UTC-4).

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 6, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, November 7, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 7, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 7, 3:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, November 7, 7:00 pm

Draw 6

Thursday, November 8, 8:00 am

Draw 7

Thursday, November 8, 11:30 am

Draw 8

Thursday, November 8, 3:00 pm

Draw 9

Thursday, November 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, November 9, 8:00 am

Draw 11

Friday, November 9, 11:30 am

Draw 12

Friday, November 9, 3:00 pm

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, November 10, 12:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, November 10, 8:00 pm

Final

Sunday, November 11, 12:00 pm

Tier 2

Round-robin standings

Tiebreakers

• Froud 2-8 Rocque
• Streifel 10-3 Brunton
• Harrison 4-7 Tippin

Playoffs

References

External links