Leon Griffiths and Holly Ranson claim IWT Club La Santa Open titles

In the last IWT tournament of the year, Leon and Holly finished their seasons strong as they claimed the IWT Club La Santa Open titles.

Leon Griffiths took on his brother Luke Griffiths in a rematch of the SWT Indian Open two weeks ago. Both Leon and Luke got the better of fellow Brits Luke Barnes and Ross Wilson in the semi-finals, who upset the seedings in the earlier rounds. Ross managed to beat no 4 seed Matthias Windbacher by +16 (19-21 13-21 21-0 21-6) and Luke Barnes beat no 3 seed Anthony Duthuillé [3] by +18 (21-18 21-16 21-16 9-4).

Leon Griffiths got the better of Luke Barnes in their semi-final taking the match +18 (21-18 21-9 21-18 4-4) whilst Luke beat Ross Wilson by +34 (21-10 21-2 21-17).

The final was a highly anticipated one, this time Leon came out on top, taking the match +14 (21-19 21-15 19-21 16-8). Luke Barnes finished third taking the match +4 (16-21 21-13 21-10 8-18) against Ross Wilson.

Holly Ranson claimed her first IWT title after finishing second last year. She beat silver medalist Satarra Thaker +27 (21-3 21-15 21-18) and bronze medalist Katherine Serrano +32 (21-15 21-0 21-16). Satarra beat Katherine by +17 (6-21 21-4 21-8 7-5).

Men’s Draw | Women’s Draw

Luke and Leon Griffiths stayed undefeated in doubles as they took the men’s doubles title, beating Gregor David and Manfred Grab by +31 (21-17 21-5 21-10) in the final. Jonathan Ritter and Ross Wilson finished third.

Susie Dilloway and Holly Ranson claimed the women’s elite titles, winning all their group matches. Jennifer Schmitz and Satarra Thaker finished second and Mollie Patterson and Katherine Serrano finished third.

Mollie Patterson and Jonathan Ritter caused an upset in the semi-finals by beating the no 1 seeds Holly Clayton and Luke Griffiths by +1 (21-7 8-21 18-21 22-19). They went on to beat Holly Ranson and Ross Wilson in the final by +9 (21-16 21-17 21-18 10-13) to claim their first IWT doubles title together.

Zain Magdon-Ismael claimed the famous gummi-arm tournament title, beating Ross Wilson in the final. This concludes the last tournament of the year, and what a year it has been! Check all other Club La Santa results here.

Men’s Doubles | Women’s Doubles | Mixed Doubles | Gummi Arm

We hope everyone has a nice holiday and we want to wish you a happy new year! Don’t forget to enter the 2025 tournaments, starting with the New Zealand Open in January!

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