The 2017

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was held from April 11 to 16 at Ryerson's

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. It was the seventh men's and sixth women's Grand Slam event of the

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. Sweden's

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won the men's event, becoming the first non-Canadian skip to do so. On the women's side, Winnipeg's

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won her six Players' title, the most for any female skip.

Qualification

The top 12 ranked men's and women's teams on the

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's year to date ranking as of March 13 qualify:

Men's

Top men's teams as of March 13: #

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Brad Jacobs Bradley Robert Jacobs (born June 11, 1985) is a Canadian curler from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He currently skips his own team out of Calgary, Alberta. He is an Olympic champion skip, having led Canada to a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Oly ...

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# Mike McEwen #

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# Steve Laycock # Kyle Smith # John Morris # Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Ulsrud (21 October 1971 – 24 May 2022) was a Norwegian curler from Oslo. He won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, one World Curling Championship, two European Curling Championships, and fourteen Norwegian titles ( Norwegian M ...
# Peter de Cruz # Brendan Bottcher

Women's

Top 12 women's teams as of March 13: #

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# Anna Hasselborg #

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# Allison Flaxey # Val Sweeting # Casey Scheidegger #

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# Michelle Englot #

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# Tracy Fleury

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm''

Draw 3

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

Draw 5

''Wednesday, April 12, 7:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Thursday, April 13, 8:30 am''

Draw 7

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

Draw 8

''Thursday, April 13, 3:30 pm''

Draw 9

''Thursday, April 13, 7:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Friday, April 14, 8:30 am''

Draw 11

''Friday, April 14, 12:00 pm''

Draw 12

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

Tiebreaker

''Friday, April 14, 7:00 pm''

Tiebreaker 2

''Saturday, April 15, 11:00 am''

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

''Saturday, April 15, 3:00 pm''

Semifinals

''Sunday, April 16, 11:00 am''

Final

''Sunday, April 16, 3:00 pm''

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:

Round-robin standings

''Final round-robin standings''

Round-robin results

Draw 1

''Tuesday, April 11, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

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

Draw 4

''Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 pm''