2019 Canadian Open (curling) explained

2019 Meridian Canadian Open
Host City:	North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Arena:	Civic Centre
Dates:	January 8–13
Men's Winner:	Brendan Bottcher
Curling Club:	Saville Community SC, Edmonton, AB
Skip:	Brendan Bottcher
Third:	Darren Moulding
Second:	Brad Thiessen
Lead:	Karrick Martin
Finalist:	John Epping
Women's Winner:	Rachel Homan
Curling Club2:	Ottawa CC, Ottawa, Ontario
Skip2:	Rachel Homan
Third2:	Emma Miskew
Second2:	Joanne Courtney
Lead2:	Lisa Weagle
Coach2:	Marcel Rocque
Finalist2:	Silvana Tirinzoni
Prev:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 8 to 13 at the Civic Centre in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. This will be the fifth Grand Slam event and third "major" of the 2018–19 curling season.

On the men’s side, Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton defeated John Epping of Toronto 6-3 in seven ends to win his first Grand Slam. On the women’s side, Rachel Homan of Ottawa edged Silvana Tirinzoni of Aarau 4-3 to win her tenth slam. With the win, Homan passed Jennifer Jones for most career Grand Slam wins, excluding defunct slams. It was also Homan's third straight slam win of the season.

Qualification

Sixteen teams compete in the Canadian Open, including the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of December 3, 2018, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 3, the Tier 2 winner of the 2018 Tour Challenge, and a sponsor's exemption.^[1]

Men

Top men's teams as of December 3:

	Order of Merit^[2]	Year-to-Date^[3]
1		Kevin Koe
2	Brad Gushue	John Epping
3	~~Kevin Koe~~	~~Niklas Edin~~ Brendan Bottcher
4	~~John Epping~~ ~~Brendan Bottcher~~	Matt Dunstone
5	Peter de Cruz	Glenn Howard
6	~~Glenn Howard~~	~~Bruce Mouat~~ ~~Brad Jacobs~~ ~~Peter de Cruz~~ Scott McDonald
7	~~Matt Dunstone~~ Jason Gunnlaugson	~~Brad Gushue~~ Braden Calvert

Sponsor's exemption:^[4]

Rylan Kleiter

Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner:

Kirk Muyres

Women

Top women's teams as of December 3:

	Order of Merit^[5]	Year-to-Date^[6]
1	Anna Hasselborg	~~Anna Hasselborg~~ Kerri Einarson
2	Rachel Homan	~~Rachel Homan~~ Silvana Tirinzoni
3	Jennifer Jones	~~Jennifer Jones~~ ~~Sayaka Yoshimura~~
4	~~Kerri Einarson~~ ~~Silvana Tirinzoni~~ Tracy Fleury	Darcy Robertson
5	~~Darcy Robertson~~ Chelsea Carey	~~Alina Kovaleva~~
6	Laura Walker	~~Tracy Fleury~~ ~~Chelsea Carey~~ Casey Scheidegger
7	Satsuki Fujisawa	~~Robyn Silvernagle~~
8	~~Casey Scheidegger~~ Nina Roth	~~Elena Stern~~
9	Eve Muirhead	Isabella Wranå

Sponsor's exemption:^[4]

Robyn Silvernagle

Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner:

Elena Stern

Men

Teams

Skip	Third	Second	Locale
			Edmonton, Alberta
			Winnipeg, Manitoba
			Winnipeg, Manitoba
Benoît Schwarz (Fourth)		Peter de Cruz (Skip)	Geneva, Switzerland
			Regina, Saskatchewan
			Karlstad, Sweden
			Toronto, Ontario
			Winnipeg, Manitoba
			St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
			Penetanguishene, Ontario
			Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Trevor Johnson (Fourth)	Rylan Kleiter (Skip)		Saskatoon Saskatchewan
			Calgary, Alberta
			Kingston, Ontario
			Edinburgh, Scotland
			Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Knockout brackets

C Event

Knockout results

Draw 1

Tuesday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Draw 2

Wednesday, January 9, 8:00 am

Draw 3

Wednesday, January 9, 11:30 am

Draw 4

Wednesday, January 9, 3:00 pm

Draw 5

Wednesday, January 9, 7:00 pm

Draw 7

Thursday, January 10, 11:30 am

Draw 9

Thursday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Draw 10

Friday, January 11, 8:00 am

Draw 11

Friday, January 11, 11:30 am

Draw 12

Friday, January 11, 3:00 pm

Draw 13

Friday, January 11, 6:30 pm

Draw 14

Saturday, January 12, 8:00 am

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, January 12, 3:00 pm

Semifinals

Saturday, January 12, 7:00 pm

Final

Sunday, January 13, 11:30 am