The 2019 Meridian Canadian Open was held from January 8 to 13 at the Civic Centre in

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, Saskatchewan. This will be the fifth Grand Slam event and third "major" of the 2018–19 curling season. On the men’s side, Brendan Bottcher of

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defeated John Epping of

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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

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for most career Grand Slam wins, excluding defunct slams. It was also Homan's third straight slam win of the season.

Qualification

Sixteen teams compete in the Canadian Open, including the seven top-ranked teams on the World Curling Tour's Order of Merit rankings as of December 3, 2018, the seven top teams on the Year-to-Date rankings as of December 3, the Tier 2 winner of the 2018 Tour Challenge, 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: * Elena Stern

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''