2018 Players' Championship


The 2018 Players' Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Ontario. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand [Slam (curling)|Grand Slam] event of the 2017–18 World Curling Tour.
On the men's side, Calgary's Kevin Koe won his first Players' Championship as a skip. On the women's side, Minnesota's Jamie Sinclair rink became the first American ever team to win a Grand Slam championship.

Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the World Curling Tour's year to date ranking as of March 12 qualify:

Men's

Top men's teams as of March 12:
  1. Niklas Edin
  2. Brad Gushue
  3. Kevin Koe
  4. Mike McEwen
  5. Peter de Cruz
  6. Brad Jacobs
  7. Brendan Bottcher
  8. Reid Carruthers
  9. Jason Gunnlaugson
  10. Bruce Mouat
  11. John Epping
  12. John Shuster
  13. Kim Chang-min
  14. Thomas Ulsrud
  15. Liu Rui
  16. Kyle Smith

Women's

Top 12 women's teams as of March 12:
  1. Jennifer Jones
  2. Anna Hasselborg
  3. Chelsea Carey
  4. Eve Muirhead
  5. Rachel Homan
  6. Kerri Einarson
  7. Silvana Tirinzoni
  8. Kim Eun-jung
  9. Nina Roth
  10. Satsuki Fujisawa
  11. Jamie Sinclair
  12. Kelsey Rocque

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Brendan BottcherDarren MouldingBrad ThiessenKarrick Martin

Round-robin standings


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 pm''

Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 11, 8:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Thursday, April 12, 12:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, April 12, 8:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, April 13, 8:00 am''

Draw 12

''Friday, April 13, 4:00 pm''

Tiebreaker

''Friday, April 13, 8:00 pm''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 14, 11:30 am''

Semifinals

''Saturday, April 14, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, April 15, 12:30 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
SkipThirdSecondLeadLocale
Chelsea CareyCathy Overton-ClaphamJocelyn PetermanLaine Petersefn|name="Rocque"|Kelsey Rocque, who normally skips the team was unable to make it to the grand slam. Third Laura Crocker moved up to skip and Kendra Lilly spared at third.efn|name="Rocque"

Round-robin standings


Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time.

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 10, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Wednesday, April 11, 8:30 am''

Draw 3

''Wednesday, April 11, 12:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 11, 4:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, April 12, 8:30 am''

Draw 8

''Thursday, April 12, 4:00 pm''

Draw 11

''Friday, April 13, 12:00 pm''

Draw 13

Friday, April 13, 8:00 pm
*Hasselborg missed the game due to illness. The team was skipped by Sara McManus for this game.

Tiebreaker

''Saturday, April 14, 8:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 14, 3:30 pm''

Semifinals

''Saturday, April 14, 7:30 pm''

Final

''Sunday, April 15, 5:00 pm''