2018 Masters (curling)


The 2018 Canadian Beef Masters was held from October 23 to 28, at the Rath Eastlink Arena in Truro, Nova Scotia. This was the second Grand Slam and first major of the 2018–19 curling season.
On the men's side, John Epping defeated Kevin Koe 7–4 in the final, completing a career Grand Slam for Epping, winning all four major events. On the women's side, Anna Hasselborg defeated Rachel Homan 8–7 to win their second straight Grand Slam.

Qualification

The top 14 men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour order of merit standing as of September 20, 2018 qualified for the event. The Grand Slam of Curling may fill one spot in each division as a sponsor's exemption. In the event that a team declines its invitation, the next-ranked team on the order of merit is invited until the field is complete.

Men

Top Order of Merit men's teams as of September 20:
  1. Niklas Edin
  2. Brad Gushue
  3. Kevin Koe
  4. Bruce Mouat
  5. Jason Gunnlaugson
  6. John Epping
  7. Brad Jacobs
  8. Peter de Cruz
  9. Reid Carruthers
  10. Steffen Walstad
  11. Brendan Bottcher
  12. Glenn Howard
  13. John Shuster
  14. Thomas Ulsrud
  15. Rich Ruohonen
  16. Ross Paterson
  17. Yannick Schwaller
  18. Matt Dunstone
Sponsor's exemption:

Women

Top Order of Merit women's teams as of September 20:
  1. Anna Hasselborg
  2. Jennifer Jones
  3. Rachel Homan
  4. Tracy Fleury
  5. Eve Muirhead
  6. Jamie Sinclair
  7. Laura Walker
  8. Nina Roth
  9. Kim Eun-jung
  10. Satsuki Fujisawa
  11. Kerri Einarson
  12. Silvana Tirinzoni
  13. Darcy Robertson
  14. Casey Scheidegger
  15. Chelsea Carey
Sponsor's exemption:

Men

Teams

SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Mike McEwen Reid Carruthers Matt WozniakColin Hodgson

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, October 24, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, October 24, 11:30 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, October 25, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, October 25, 11:30 am''

Draw 8

''Thursday, October 25, 3:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, October 26, 8:00 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, October 26, 11:30 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, October 26, 3:30 pm''

Draw 13

''Friday, October 26, 8:00 pm''

Tiebreakers

Saturday, October 27, 8:00 am
''Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Saturday, October 27, 11:30 am
''Saturday, October 27, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, October 28, 10:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, October 28, 2:00 pm''

Women

Teams

SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Chelsea CareySarah WilkesDana FergusonHeather Rogers

Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Atlantic Daylight time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, October 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, October 24, 8:00 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, October 24, 11:30 am''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, October 24, 3:30 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, October 24, 7:30 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, October 25, 8:00 am''

Draw 7

''Thursday, October 25, 11:30 am''

Draw 8

''Thursday, October 25, 3:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, October 25, 7:30 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, October 26, 8:00 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, October 26, 11:30 pm''

Draw 12

''Friday, October 26, 3:30 pm''

Tiebreakers

Friday, October 26, 8:00 pm
''Saturday, October 27, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, October 27, 4:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, October 28, 10:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, October 28, 6:00 pm''