# 2014 Baden Masters

The 2014 Baden Masters were held from August 29 to 31 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour and the European Curling Champions Tour. The event was the first tournament of the season for both tours. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CHF 32,500, of which the winner, Thomas Ulsrud, received CHF 13,030. Ulsrud and his team from Norway defeated the Peter de Cruz rink from Geneva in the final with a score of 6–5. It was the second time the Ulrsud rink won the event (they had previously won in 2008).

## Teams

The teams are listed as follows:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale |
| Felix Attinger | Bastian Brun | Daniel Schifferli | Urs Kuhn | Dubendorf, Switzerland |
| Alexander Baumann | Manuel Walter | Sebastian Schweizer | Marc Bastian | Füssen, Germany |
| Tom Brewster | Glen Muirhead | Ross Paterson | Hammy McMillan Jr. | Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Michael Brunner | Marc Wagenseil | Remo Herzog | Raymond Krenger | Switzerland |
| Benoît Schwarz (fourth) | Peter de Cruz (skip) | Claudio Pätz | Valentin Tanner | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Alexey Stukalskiy (fourth) | Evgeniy Arkhipov | Andrey Drozdov (skip) | Petr Dron | Moscow, Russia |
| Niklas Edin | Oskar Eriksson | Kristian Lindström | Christoffer Sundgren | Karlstad, Sweden |
| Mario Freiberger | Sven Iten | Reto Seiler | Paddy Käser | Zug, Switzerland |
| Ritvars Gulbis | Normunds Šaršūns | Aivars Avotiņš | Artūrs Gerhards | Riga, Latvia |
| Christian Bangerter (fourth) | Stefan Häsler (skip) | Patrick Ryf | Chahan Karnusian | Bern, Switzerland |
| Steve Laycock | Kirk Muyres | Colton Flasch | Dallan Muyres | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Sven Michel | Florian Meister | Simon Gempeler | Stefan Meienberg | Adelboden, Switzerland |
| David Murdoch | Greg Drummond | Scott Andrews | Michael Goodfellow | Stirling, Scotland |
| Marc Pfister | Enrico Pfister | Reto Keller | Raphael Märki | Bern, Switzerland |
| Manuel Ruch | Jean-Nicolas Longchamp | Roman Ruch | Mathias Graf | Uitikon, Switzerland |
| Jiří Snítil | Lukas Klima | Martin Snítil | Jindřich Kitzberger | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Rasmus Stjerne | Mikkel Krause | Oliver Dupont | Troels Harry | Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Torger Nergård | Christoffer Svae | Håvard Vad Petersson | Oslo, Norway |
| Mikel Unanue | Inaki Lasuen | Victor Mirete | Avelino Garcia | San Sebastián, Spain |
| Jaap van Dorp | Carlo Glasbergen | Wouter Gosgens | Joey Bruinsma | Zoetermeer, Netherlands |

## Round robin standings

After Draw 10
| Pool A | W | L |
| Sven Michel | 3 | 1 |
| Andrey Drozdov | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Laycock | 3 | 1 |
| Michael Brunner | 1 | 3 |
| Mikel Unanue | 0 | 4 |
| Pool B | W | L |
| Thomas Ulsrud | 4 | 0 |
| Marc Pfister | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Brewster | 2 | 2 |
| Ritvars Gulbis | 1 | 3 |
| Stefan Häsler | 0 | 4 |
| Pool C | W | L |
| Peter de Cruz | 4 | 0 |
| Niklas Edin | 3 | 1 |
| Felix Attinger | 2 | 2 |
| Jiří Snítil | 1 | 3 |
| Alexander Baumann | 0 | 4 |
| Pool D | W | L |
| Manuel Ruch | 3 | 1 |
| David Murdoch | 3 | 1 |
| Mario Freiberger | 2 | 2 |
| Jaap van Dorp | 1 | 3 |
| Rasmus Stjerne | 1 | 3 |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 8 | | | | | | |
| Andrey Drozdov | Andrey Drozdov | 3 | | | | | | |
| Andrey Drozdov | Andrey Drozdov | 3 | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 7 | | | |
| | | | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 6 | | | |
| Manuel Ruch | Manuel Ruch | 3 | Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 6 | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 | | | | | | |
| Niklas Edin | Niklas Edin | 5 | | | | Thomas Ulsrud | Thomas Ulsrud | 6 |
| | | | | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 |
| Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 5 | | | | | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 5 |
| Marc Pfister | Marc Pfister | 4 | | | | | | |
| Marc Pfister | Marc Pfister | 4 | Sven Michel | Sven Michel | 2 | | | |
| | | | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 4 | | | |
| Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 8 | Peter de Cruz | Peter de Cruz | 4 | | | |
| David Murdoch | David Murdoch | 3 | | | | | | |