2000–01 Pro Tour Season

2000–01 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year	Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year	Katsuhiro Mori
World Champion	Tom van de Logt
Team Champion	United States
PTs	6
Grand Prix	27
Previous season: 1999–00 Next season: 2001–02

The 2000–01 Pro Tour season was the sixth Pro Tour season. It started on 23 September 2000 with Grand Prix events in Sapporo and Porto, and ended on 12 August 2001 with the conclusion of the 2001 World Championships.

Grand Prix (September 2000)

GP Sapporo Date: 23–24 September 2000 Format: Limited Attendance: 267

1. Satoshi Nakamura 2. Takamasa Fukata 3. Tomohiro Maruyama 4. Kazuyuki Momose 5. Kiyoshi Sasanuma 6. John Taro Kageyama 7. Katsuhiro Mori 8. Yuji Otsubo

GP Porto Date: 23–24 September 2000 Format: Limited Attendance: 671

1. Antoine Ruel 2. Olivier Ruel 3. David Williams 4. Michael Pustilnik 5. Ryan Fuller 6. Paco Llopis 7. Gromko Radoslaw 8. Rui Mariani Rodrigues

Pro Tour New York

29 September–1 October 2000 in New York, United States.

Place	Team name	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Potato Nation	Scott Johns	$60,000	24	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
		Mike Turian		24
		Gary Wise		24	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2	Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Cuneo	$30,000	12
		Aaron Forsythe		12
		Andrew Johnson		12
3	Rolled-Up Aces	Daniel Clegg	$18,000	10
		Shawn Keller		10	Second Pro Tour Top 8
		Thomas Keller		10
4	Draften und Spielen	Christian Lührs	$15,000	10	Third Pro Tour Top 8
		Patrick Mello		10
		Stephan Valkyser		10

Masters – New York

Place	Player	Prize
1	William Jensen	$25,000
2	Jason Zila	$15,000
3–4	Sigurd Eskeland	$10,000
3–4	Trey Van Cleave	$10,000
5–8	Bob Maher, Jr.	$6,500
5–8	Ben Rubin	$6,500
5–8	Warren Marsh	$6,500
5–8	Dirk Baberowski	$6,500

Grand Prix (October–November 2000)

GP Manchester Date: 7–8 October 2000 Format: Limited Attendance: 247

1. Darwin Kastle 2. John Ormerod 3. Mark LePine 4. Noah Boeken 5. Justin Gary 6. Marc Hernandez 7. Neil Rigby 8. Zvi Mowshowitz

GP Helsinki Date: 28–29 October 2000 Format: Limited Attendance: 367

1. Noah Boeken 2. Erno Ekebom 3. Arto Hiltunen 4. Rickard Österberg 5. Messaoud Bouchaib 6. Dominik Hothow 7. Erik Leander 8. Jens Thorén

GP Dallas Date: 28–29 October 2000 Format: Limited Attendance: 312

1. Matthew Vienneau 2. Chris Benafel 3. Daniel Clegg 4. Matt Linde 5. Dustin Stern 6. Ben Romig 7. Peter Leiher 8. Trevor Blackwell

GP Kyoto Date: 11–12 November 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 726

1. Tsuyoshi Fujita 2. Yuki Murakami 3. Katsuhiro Mori 4. Ryan Fuller 5. Eisaku Itadani 6. Tsuyoshi Doyama 7. Tomohiro Maruyama 8. Tobey Tamber

GP Phoenix Date: 11–12 November 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 206

1. Sean Fitzgerald 2. Sean Smith 3. Thomas Keller 4. Scott Johns 5. Robert Swarowski 6. Joel Frank 7. Terry Welty 8. Chris Demaci

GP Sydney Date: 18–19 November 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 194

1. Kohei Yamadaya 2. Will Copeman 3. Satoshi Nakamura 4. Joe Connolly 5. Royce Chai 6. Chris Allen 7. Anatoli Lightfoot 8. Kim Brebach

GP Florence Date: 25–26 November 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 579

1. Benedikt Klauser 2. Bram Snepvangers 3. Kai Budde 4. Martin Zürcher 5. Ben Ronaldson 6. Daniele Canavesi 7. Mario Pascoli 8. Lionel Benezech

GP Buenos Aires Date: 25–26 November 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 314

1. Hugo Ariza 2. Walter Witt 3. Pablo Huerta 4. Rafael Le Saux 5. Diego Ostrovich 6. José Barbero 7. Emmanuel Duering 8. Mathias Bollati

Pro Tour Chicago

1–3 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	Second Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24
3	Brian Kibler	$15,000	16
4	Rob Dougherty	$13,000	16	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5	Jon Finkel	$9,500	12	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
6	Michael Pustilnik	$8,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Zvi Mowshowitz	$7,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8	Jay Elarar	$6,500	12

Masters – Chicago

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ben Rubin	$25,000
2	Jon Finkel	$15,000
3–4	Alex Shvartsman	$10,000
3–4	Kyle Rose	$10,000
5–8	Bob Maher, Jr.	$6,500
5–8	Christian Lührs	$6,500
5–8	Mike Bregoli	$6,500
5–8	David Williams	$6,500

Grand Prix (December 2000–January 2001)

GP Singapore Date: 9–10 December 2000 Format: Extended Attendance: 206

1. Sam Lau 2. Jonathan Chan 3. Tzu Ching Kuo 4. Masayuki Higashino 5. Yi Jie Vice Lin 6. Tishem Tham 7. Boon Tat Elvin Eng 8. Nicholas Wong

GP New Orleans Date: 6–7 January 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 435

1. Bill Stead 2. Michelle Bush 3. Gary Rush 4. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz 5. Casey McCarrel 6. Eric Kesselman 7. Jamie Parke 8. Dustin Stern

GP Amsterdam Date: 13–14 January 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 641

1. Chris Benafel 2. Xavier Curto Vives 3. Brian Davis 4. Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz 5. David Price 6. Antoine Ruel 7. Menno Dolstra 8. Alexander Witt

GP Hiroshima Date: 27–28 January 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 444

1. Masayuki Higashino 2. Masaya Mori 3. Nobuaki Shikata 4. Masahiko Morita 5. Katsuhiro Mori 6. Tsuyoshi Fujita 7. Koby Okada 8. Toshiki Tsukamoto

Pro Tour Los Angeles

2–4 February 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Michael Pustilnik	$30,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3	Benedikt Klauser	$15,000	16	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4	Jon Finkel	$13,000	16	Ninth Pro Tour Top 8
5	Kyle Rose	$9,500	12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6	Michael Gurney	$8,500	12
7	Erno Ekebom	$7,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8	Lawrence Creech	$6,500	12

Grand Prix (February–March 2001)

GP Kaohsiung Date: 10–11 February 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 205

1. Tobey Tamber 2. Tzu Ching Kuo 3. King Yim Kingston Tong 4. Nicholas Wong 5. Fumio Hoshino 6. Granger Petersen 7. Toshiki Tsukamoto 8. Hon Ming Au Yeung

GP Valencia Date: 10–11 February 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 417

1. Ricard Tuduri 2. Olivier Ruel 3. Noah Boeken 4. Ryan Fuller 5. Michael Pustilnik 6. Manuel Ramos 7. Raul Mestre 8. Raul Peret

GP Cologne Date: 24–25 February 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 547

1. Jim Herold 2. Antoine Ruel 3. Trey Van Cleave 4. Joost Vollebregt 5. Daniel Zink 6. Frank Karsten 7. Christoph Lippert 8. Jan Doise

GP Boston Date: 24–25 February 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 590

1. Tom Swan 2. Scott Johns 3. Alan Comer 4. Matt Vienneau 5. Brian Hegstad 6. Kurtis Hahn 7. Kyle Rose 8. Chris Benafel

GP Prague Date: 10–11 March 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 618

1. Ryan Fuller 2. Jens Thorén 3. Jakub Slemr 4. Trey Van Cleave 5. Thomas Preyer 6. Antoine Ruel 7. Kristian Kockott 8. Noah Boeken

GP Rio de Janeiro Date: 10–11 March 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 343

1. Carlos Romão 2. Alex Shvartsman 3. Justin Schneider 4. Rafael Alvarenga 5. Rafael Le Saux 6. Ernesto Mingorance 7. Damian Brown-Santirso 8. Daniel Brasil do Carmo

Pro Tour Tokyo

16–18 March 2001 in Tokyo, Japan.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Zvi Mowshowitz	$30,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2	Tsuyoshi Fujita	$20,000	24	First Japanese in a Pro Tour Top 8
3	Lucas Hager	$15,000	16
4	Chris Benafel	$13,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5	Ryan Fuller	$9,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6	Philip Freneau	$8,500	12
7	David Williams	$7,500	12
8	Frederico Bastos	$6,500	12	First Portuguese in a Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – Tokyo

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ryan Fuller	$60,000
	Noah Boeken
	Chris Benafel
2	Kazuyuki Momose	$30,000
	Itaru Ishida
	Reiji Andou
3–4	Florent Jeudon	$15,000
	Antoine Ruel
	Olivier Ruel
3–4	Andrew Johnson	$15,000
	Andrew Cuneo
	Aaron Forsythe

Grand Prix (March–April 2001)

GP Gothenburg Date: 24–25 March 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 459

1. Jan Schreurs 2. Josper Manne Thranne 3. Raphaël Lévy 4. Scott Willis 5. Eivind Nitter 6. Marcus Angelin 7. Sondre Ellingvåg 8. Jimmy Öman

GP Detroit Date: 31 March–1 April 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 639

1. Matt Vienneau 2. Brock Parker 3. Bob Maher, Jr. 4. Daniel Clegg 5. William Jensen 6. Adam Prokopin 7. Aaron Breider 8. Louis Boileau

GP Moscow Date: 21–22 April 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 241

1. Ryan Fuller 2. Iwan Tan 3. Yuri Markin 4. Antoine Ruel 5. Eugene Okin 6. David Williams 7. Sergey Norin 8. Rustam Bakirov

Pro Tour Barcelona

4–6 May 2001 in Barcelona, Spain.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
2	Alan Comer	$20,000	24	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3	Daniel Clegg	$15,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4	Patrick Mello	$13,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5	Brad Swan	$9,500	12
6	Albertus Law	$8,500	12	First Singaporean in a Pro Tour Top 8
7	Yuri Kolomeyko	$7,500	12	First Ukrainian in a Pro Tour Top 8
8	Chad Ellis	$6,500	12

Masters – Barcelona

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ben Rubin	$25,000
2	Jay Elarar	$15,000
3–4	Jon Finkel	$10,000
3–4	Zvi Mowshowitz	$10,000
5–8	Ryan Fuller	$6,500
5–8	Markus Bell	$6,500
5–8	Tuomo Nieminen	$6,500
5–8	Mike Turian	$6,500

Grand Prix (May–July 2001)

GP Yokohama Date: 12–13 May 2001 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 746 (282 teams)

1. Chris Benafel 1. Ryan Fuller 1. David Williams 2. Masashiro Kuroda 2. Tomomi Otsuka 2. Masahiko Morita 3. Tsuyoshi Douyama 3. Tadayoshi Komiya 3. Takao Higaki 4. Tsuyoshi Ikeda 4. Toshiki Tsukamoto 4. Jun Nobushita

GP Turin Date: 26–27 May 2001 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 303 (101 teams)

1. Peter Szigeti 1. Brock Parker 1. Daniel Clegg 2. Ryan Fuller 2. Chris Benafel 2. Noah Boeken 3. Menno Dolstra 3. Jan Schreurs 3. Bram Snepvangers 4. Tom van de Logt 4. Kamiel Cornelissen 4. Jelger Wiegersma

GP Taipei Date: 21–22 July 2001 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 255 (85 teams)

1. David Williams 1. Chris Benafel 1. Daniel Clegg 2. Osamu Fujita 2. Itaru Ishida 2. Katsuhiro Mori 3. Tzu Ching Kuo 3. Chen Yu Wang 3. Dell Sun 4. Jack Ho 4. Yen Chang Lee 4. Yang Bo Wang

GP Columbus Date: 28–29 July 2001 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 489 (163 teams)

1. Darwin Kastle 1. David Humpherys 1. Rob Dougherty 2. Daniel Clegg 2. Ken Ho 2. Lan D. Ho 3. Gabriel Tsang 3. Brian Hacker 3. Ben Rubin 4. Gary Krakower 4. Matt Vienneau 4. Michael Pustilnik

2001 World Championships

8–12 August 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Tom van de Logt	$35,000	32	Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Dutch to win a Pro Tour
2	Alex Borteh	$23,000	24
3	Antoine Ruel	$15,000	16
4	Andrea Santin	$13,000	16
5	Mike Turian	$9,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6	Jan Tomcani	$8,500	12	First Slovak in a Pro Tour Top 8
7	Tommi Hovi	$7,500	12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8	John Ormerod	$6,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8

Team competition

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
1	United States	Trevor Blackwell	$10,000	6
		Brian Hegstad	$10,000	6
		Eugene Harvey	$10,000	6
2	Norway	Nicolai Herzog	$5,000	5
		Øyvind Ødegaard	$5,000	5
		Jan Pieter Groenhof	$5,000	5

Notes

^I John Ormerod did not participate in the top eight of the 2001 World Championships, but he was promoted to eighth-place when David Williams was disqualified for having marked cards.