US Open of Curling

The Beyer & Simonson US Open of Curling is an annual event on the men's and women's World Curling Tour. Until 2019, it was held on the first weekend of the calendar year at the in Blaine, Minnesota and since then has been held in September. The men's event has been held annually since 2014, while the women's event debuted in 2016, though women's teams were invited to participate in the 2014 event. In 2016, the total purse of the event was $25,000 for the men's and $20,000 for the women.

Past Champions[]

Men[]

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Purse (USD)
2014[1]	Ba Dexin, , , Liu Rui	, , ,	$23,000
2015[2]	Steve Laycock, Kirk Muyres, Colton Flasch,	Reid Carruthers, Braeden Moskowy, Derek Samagalski, Colin Hodgson	$23,000
2016[3]	John Epping, Mathew Camm, Patrick Janssen, Tim March	Craig Brown, Kroy Nernberger, Jared Zezel, Sean Beighton	$25,000
2017[4]	Matt Dunstone, Alex Forrest, Ian McMillan, Connor Njegovan	William Lyburn, , Richard Daneault,	$19,000
2018 (Jan.)	Heath McCormick, Christopher Plys, Korey Dropkin,	Adam Casey, , Shaun Meachem, Dustin Kidby	$17,000
2018 (Dec.)[5]	Kim Soo-hyuk, Jeong Byeong-jin, Lee Jeong-jae,	Mike McCarville, Jordan Potter, Zach Warkentin, Travis Potter	$15,000
2019	Greg Persinger (Fourth), Rich Ruohonen (Skip), Colin Hufman, Phil Tilker	Korey Dropkin, , Mark Fenner,	$11,400
2020	Cancelled
2021[6]	Luc Violette, Chase Sinnett, Ben Richardson, Jon Harstad	, , , ,	$9,500

Men's Contender Round[]

Beginning in 2019, a "contender" round was held a week prior to the main event. It was excluded from the Tour in 2020.

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Purse (USD)
2019	, , ,	Jordan Chandler, , , Kyle Chandler	$10,600
2020[7]	Rich Ruohonen, Andrew Stopera, Colin Hufman, Kroy Nernberger	Korey Dropkin, Joe Polo, Mark Fenner,	$10,000
2021[8]	, , , ,	Greg Persinger, Dominik Märki, Alex Leichter, Shawn Banyai	$6,000

Women[]

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Purse (USD)
2016[9]	Krista McCarville, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala, Sarah Potts	Liu Sijia, Liu Jinli, Wang Rui, Yu Xinna	$20,000
2017[10]	Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger,	Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Becca Hamilton	$19,000
2018	Jamie Sinclair, Alexandra Carlson, Vicky Persinger, Monica Walker	Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving, Becca Hamilton	$14,200
2019	Nina Roth, Tabitha Peterson, Becca Hamilton, Aileen Geving	Cassie Potter, Courtney George, Sophie Bader, Jordan Moulton	$6,500
2020	Cancelled
2021[11]	Tabitha Peterson, Nina Roth, Becca Hamilton, Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving	Jamie Sinclair, Monica Walker, Cora Farrell,	$7,000

Women's Contender Round[]

A women's contender round began in 2020. It was not a Tour event.

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Purse (USD)
2020[12]	Delaney Strouse, Leah Yavarow, Sydney Mullaney, Rebecca Rodgers	Rachel Workin, Lexi Lanigan, Ann Podoll, Christina Lammers	$7,000
2021[13]	Kim Rhyme, Libby Brundage, Cait Flannery, Katie Rhyme	Rachel Workin, Lexi Lanigan, Ann Podoll, Christina Lammers	$6,000

Mixed Doubles[]

A mixed doubles event was added in 2021.

Year	Winning team	Runner-up team	Purse (USD)
2021[14]	Monica Walker /	Tabitha Peterson / Joe Polo	$7,000

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