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 (curling)|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:- Brad Gushue
- Niklas Edin
- Kevin Koe
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Bruce Mouat - Brad Jacobs
- Reid Carruthers
- John Epping
- Jason Gunnlaugson
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Peter de Cruz - Glenn Howard
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Steffen Walstad - Brendan Bottcher
- John Shuster
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Thomas Ulsrud - Rich Ruohonen
- Ross Paterson
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Yannick Schwaller - Matt Dunstone
- Braden Calvert
Women
Top Order of Merit women's teams as of October 1:-
Anna Hasselborg - Jennifer Jones
- Rachel Homan
- Tracy Fleury
- Laura Walker
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Eve Muirhead - Jamie Sinclair
- Nina Roth
- Silvana Tirinzoni
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Satsuki Fujisawa -
Kim Eun-jung - Kerri Einarson
- Darcy Robertson
- Casey Scheidegger
- Chelsea Carey
- Isabella Wranå
- Allison Flaxey
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Anna Sidorova - Cory Christensen
- Krista McCarville
Men
Tier 1
Teams
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale | ||||||||||||||
| Brendan Bottcher | Darren Moulding | Bradley Thiessen | Karrick Martin |  Round-robin standings
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