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

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. 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

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edged Silvana Tirinzoni of

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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

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, and a sponsor's exemption.

Men

Top men's teams as of December 3: Sponsor's exemption: * Rylan Kleiter Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner: * Kirk Muyres

Women

Top women's teams as of December 3: Sponsor's exemption: * Robyn Silvernagle Tour Challenge Tier 2 winner: *

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Men

Teams

Knockout brackets

A Event

B Event

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''