2020-2021 Icebreaker List of Champions, Finalists, and Contenders

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This Sunday we’ll look at the full list of Icebreaker Champions and Finalists, all finishes in each of the Icebreaker events, plus the history of Icebreaker Contenders.

Icebreaker History (2020-2021)

Icebreaker #1 – September 2020: David Fink (AZ) def Shorty Ruiz (AZ) 21-4, 21-6

Icebreaker #2 – November 2020: Dylan Hernandez (CA) def Erik Torres (CA) 21-12, 21-11

*Icebreaker #3 – January 2020: David Fink (AZ) def Stephen Cooney (IRE) 21-2, 21-10

*non-ranking event

*Icebreaker #4 – January 2020: Leo Canales, Jr. (TX) def Sam Esser (AZ) 21-6, 21-19

*non-ranking event

*Icebreaker #5 – February 2020: Ashley Moler (AZ) def Mikaila Mitchell (AZ) 21-0, 21-16

*non-ranking event

Icebreaker #6 – February 2020: David Fink (AZ) def Shorty Ruiz (AZ) 21-11, 21-14

Icebreaker #7: April 2021 Mikaila Mitchell (AZ) def Ashley Moler (AZ) 4-15, 15-10, 15-13

Icebreaker #8: April 2021 Killian Carroll (MA) def Sean Lenning (AZ) 16-14, 15-10

Icebreaker #9:

May 2021 Ashley Moler (AZ) def Tracy Davis 21-14, 21-4 (CA)

May 2021 Abraham Montijo (AZ) def Adam Bernhard (TX) 21-13, 21-2

Icebreaker Finishes by Event

Men’s Icebreakers

Icebreaker #1 (4-man event): September 2020

1^st: Fink (AZ)

2^nd: Ruiz (AZ)

3^rd: Montijo (AZ)

4^th: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)

Icebreaker #2 (4-man event): November 2020

1^st: D. Hernandez (CA)

2^nd: E. Torres (CA)

3^rd: R. Palma (CA)

4^th: L. Collado (CA) (no matches won)

*Icebreaker #3 (2-man event): December 2020

1^st: Fink (AZ)

2^nd: Cooney (CA) (no matches won)

*non-ranking event

*Icebreaker #4 (2-man event): February 2021

1^st: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)

2^nd: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)

*non-ranking event

Icebreaker #5 (4-man event): March 2021

1^st: Fink (AZ)

2^nd: Ruiz (AZ)

3^rd: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)

4^th: Esser (AZ) (no matches won)

Icebreaker #6 (8-man event): April 2021

1^st: K. Carroll (MA)

2^nd: S. Lenning (AZ)

3^rd: Fink (AZ)/Ruiz (AZ) (no third place playoff)

5^th: L. Canales, Jr. (TX)

6^th: Montijo (AZ)

7^th: L. Cordova (MEX)/D. Hernandez (CA) – neither won a match

Icebreaker #7 (4-man event): April 2021

1^st: Montijo (AZ)

2^nd: A. Bernhard (TX)

3^rd: M. Langmack (MO)

4^th: N. Mattioni (FL) (no matches won)

Women’s Icebreakers

*Women’s Icebreaker #1 (2-woman event): January 2021

1^st: A. Moler (AZ)

2^nd: M. Mitchell (AZ) (no matches won)

*non-ranking event

Women’s Icebreaker #2 (4-woman event): April 2021

1^st: M. Mitchell (AZ)

2^nd: A. Moler (AZ)

3^rd: D. Daskalakis (NY)

4^th: T. Davis (CA) (no matches won)

Women’s Icebreaker #3 (4-woman event): April 2021

1^st: A. Moler (AZ)

2^nd: T. Davis (CA)

3^rd: M. Mitchell (AZ)

4^th: Ciana Ni Churraoin (TX) (no matches won)

Icebreaker Contenders (Qualifiers)

Small Ball Contenders #1 (April 2021)

Contender champion: Max Langmack (KS)

Small Ball Contenders #2 (May 2021)

Contenders: Danny Perez (AZ) (champion)/John Chapman (CO) (finalist)

*both Perez and Chapman qualified

Big Ball Icebreaker Contenders #1 (May 2021)

Contender champion: David Fink (AZ)