2001–02 Pro Tour Season

2001–02 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year	Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year	Farid Meraghni
World Champion	Carlos Romão
Team Champion	Germany
PTs	6
Grand Prix	33
Previous season: 2000–01 Next season: 2002–03

The 2001–02 Pro Tour season was the seventh Pro Tour season. It started on 18 August 2001 with Grand Prix events in Kobe and Denver, and ended on 18 August 2002 with the conclusion of the 2002 World Championships.

Grand Prix (August–September 2001)

GP Kobe Date: 18–19 August 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 1348

1. Itaru Ishida 2. Shuhei Nakamura 3. Kei Ikeda 4. Takayuki Nagaoka 5. Hiroshi Kawasaki 6. Ryo Ogura 7. Takumi Hasegawa 8. Kenshiro Ito

GP Denver Date: 18–19 August 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 402

1. Brett Shears 2. Danny Mandel 3. Brock Parker 4. Darwin Kastle 5. Sammy Batarseh 6. Mike Abraham 7. Aaron Knobloch 8. Alex Borteh

GP Santiago Date: 25–26 August 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 303

1. Matias Gabrenja 2. Gerardo Godinez Estrada 3. Jorge Rodriguez 4. Jose Echeverria Paredes 5. Rodrigo Sanchez 6. Brock Parker 7. Andrés Hojman 8. Juan Ruetter

GP Singapore Date: 1–2 September 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 266

1. Albertus Law 2. Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon 3. Ding Leong 4. Michihisa Onoda 5. Royce Ming Huang Chai 6. Lance Chin Wei Yeong 7. David Kwan 8. Chang Chua

GP London Date: 1–2 September 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 551

1. Kai Budde 2. Gabriel Nassif 3. Helmut Summersberger 4. Matt Henstra 5. Warren Marsh 6. René Kraft 7. Antoine Ruel 8. Pierre Malherbaud

Pro Tour New York

7–9 September 2001 in New York, United States.

Place	Team name	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Phoenix Foundation	Dirk Baberowski	$60,000	24	Third Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
		Kai Budde		24	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8, fourth Pro Tour win
		Marco Blume		24
2	Les Plus Class	Amiel Tenenbaum	$30,000	18	Pro Tour debut
		Gabriel Nassif		18
		Nicolas Olivieri		18
3	Illuminati	Justin Gary	$18,000	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
		Zvi Mowshowitz		12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
		Alex Shvartsman		12
4	Car Acrobatic Team	Aaron Forsythe	$15,000	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
		Andrew Cuneo		12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
		Andrew Johnson		12	Second Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (September–October 2001)

GP Warsaw Date: 8–9 September 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 401

1. Rickard Österberg 2. Michal Marcik 3. David Linder 4. Mattias Kettil 5. Przemek Oberbek 6. Marcin Sados 7. Felix Schneiders 8. Roman Kubera

GP Oslo Date: 22–23 September 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 410

1. Trey Van Cleave 2. Anton Jonsson 3. Johan Backfjärd 4. Sigurd Eskeland 5. Svante Landgraf 6. Rickard Österberg 7. Peter Laier 8. Haakon Monsen

GP Minneapolis Date: 29–30 September 2001 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 302

1. David Humpherys 2. Andrew Wolf 3. Brian Hegstad 4. Brian Davis 5. Craig Wescoe 6. Cassius Weatherby 7. Lee Curtis 8. Jacob Janoska

GP Vienna Date: 6–7 October 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 678

1. Stephan Meyer 2. Eivind Nitter 3. Nicolai Herzog 4. Gabor Papp 5. Matthias Künzler 6. Holger Meinecke 7. Konrad Zawadzki 8. Ladoslav Zupancic

GP Cape Town Date: 6–7 October 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 171

1. Ben Seck 2. Wagner Kruger 3. Justin Polin 4. Grant van Dyk 5. Andrew Mitchell 6. Pieter Loubser 7. Robert Thompson 8. Peter Klein

GP Shizuoka Date: 13–14 October 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 704

1. Kohei Yamadaya 2. Masahiko Morita 3. Ryouma Shiozu 4. Olivier Ruel 5. Katsuhiro Mori 6. Tsuyoshi Douyama 7. Reiji Ando 8. Eiho Kato

GP Montreal Date: 13–14 October 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 279

1. Mike Turian 2. Louis Boileau 3. Timothy McKenna 4. Brett Shears 5. David Rood 6. Bob Maher, Jr. 7. Peter Szigeti 8. Daniel Clegg

GP Brisbane Date: 20–21 October 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 194

1. Richard Johnston 2. Roger Miller 3. Alex Shvartsman 4. Egidio De Gois 5. Lenny Collins 6. Dante Rosati 7. Pang Ming Wee 8. Daniel Romans

Pro Tour New Orleans

2–4 November 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8, fifth Pro Tour win
2	Tomi Walamies	$20,000	24
3	Jelger Wiegersma	$15,000	16
4	David Humpherys	$13,000	16	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5	Anton Jonsson	$9,500	12
6	Raphaël Gennary	$8,500	12	First Swiss in a Pro Tour Top 8
7	Darwin Kastle	$7,500	12	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
8	Benedikt Klauser	$6,500	12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – New Orleans

Place	Player	Prize
1	Michael Pustilnik	$25,000
2	Chris Benafel	$15,000
3–4	Bob Maher, Jr.	$10,000
3–4	Noah Boeken	$10,000
5–8	Zvi Mowshowitz	$6,500
5–8	Ryan Fuller	$6,500
5–8	Johan Sadeghpour	$6,500
5–8	Nicholas Olivieri	$6,500

Grand Prix (November 2001–January 2002)

GP Hong Kong Date: 17–18 November 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 181

1. Jeff Fung 2. Frederick Salazar 3. Tsuyoshi Fujita 4. Shinsuke Hayashi 5. Bayani Manansala, Jr. 6. Steven Shears 7. Brian Hegstad 8. Ryan Fuller

GP Atlanta Date: 17–18 November 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 377

1. Eugene Harvey 2. Andrew Johnson 3. Brad Swan 4. Matt Linde 5. Bin Chen 6. Antonino De Rosa 7. Craig Wescoe 8. Alex Borteh

GP Biarritz Date: 24–25 November 2001 Format: Limited Attendance: 525

1. Nicolas Labarre 2. Kai Budde 3. Lucio Moratinos 4. Joost Vollebregt 5. Ferran Vila 6. Alexander Witt 7. Alexis Dumay 8. Olivier Ruel

GP Curitiba Date: 8–9 December 2001 Format: Extended Attendance: 329

1. Guilherme Svaldi 2. Alex Shvartsman 3. Antoine Ruel 4. Leopoldo Martins 5. Raphael Gunther 6. Jose Barbero 7. José Mangueira 8. Eliton Enacio

GP Las Vegas Date: 8–9 December 2001 Format: Extended Attendance: 462

1. Michael Pustilnik 2. Adam Lane 3. John Balla 4. Sean Fitzgerald 5. Kaare Anderson 6. Rob Dougherty 7. Shannon Krumick 8. Scott Gerhardt

GP Sendai Date: 15–16 December 2001 Format: Extended Attendance: 427

1. Kazuaki Arahori 2. Kazuya Hirabayashi 3. Mike Long 4. Yuki Murakami 5. Itaru Ishida 6. Kazufumi Abe 7. Jin Okamoto 8. Katsuhiro Mori

GP Houston Date: 5–6 January 2002 Format: Extended Attendance: 272

1. Joshua Smith 2. Brian Kibler 3. William Jensen 4. Ben Rubin 5. Bob Maher, Jr. 6. Alex Shvartsman 7. Jonathan Pechon 8. Jonathan Job

Pro Tour San Diego

11–13 January 2002 in San Diego, California, United States.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Farid Meraghni	$30,000	32	First Frenchman to win a Pro Tour
2	Jens Thorén	$20,000	24
3	Donald Gallitz	$15,000	16
4	Andrew Wolf	$13,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5	Jeff Cunningham	$9,500	12
6	Frederico Bastos	$8,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Neil Reeves	$7,500	12
8	Eric Froehlich	$6,500	12

Masters – San Diego

Place	Player	Prize
1	Ryan Fuller	$25,000
2	David Humpherys	$15,000
3–4	Brian Hegstad	$10,000
3–4	Tomi Walamies	$10,000
5–8	Tsuyoshi Fujita	$6,500
5–8	Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz	$6,500
5–8	Darwin Kastle	$6,500
5–8	Rob Dougherty	$6,500

Grand Prix (January–March 2002)

GP Lisbon Date: 19–20 January 2002 Format: Extended Attendance: 669

1. Kai Budde 2. Patrick Mello 3. Olivier Ruel 4. Marcio Carvalho 5. Stefano Fiore 6. Alex Shvartsman 7. Tom van de Logt 8. Jelger Wiegersma

GP Heidelberg Date: 9–10 February 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 879

1. Kamiel Cornelissen 2. Chris Benafel 3. Franck Canu 4. Thomas Preyer 5. Jelger Wiegersma 6. Patrick Mello 7. Yuri Kolomeyko 8. Joost Vollebregt

GP Fukuoka Date: 16–17 February 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 428

1. Alex Shvartsman 2. Masahiko Morita 3. Itaru Ishida 4. Jun Ishihara 5. Masashiro Kuroda 6. Tsuyoshi Fujita 7. Yusuke Sasaki 8. Shuhei Nakamura

GP Tampa Date: 23–24 February 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 409

1. Sol Malka 2. Jeff Cunningham 3. Koby Kennison 4. Mike Emmert 5. Antonino De Rosa 6. Brian Kibler 7. Adam Racht 8. Adam Prokopin

GP Antwerp Date: 2–3 March 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 614

1. Kai Budde 2. Florent Jeudon 3. Mattias Jorstedt 4. Wolfgang Eder 5. Arjan van Leeuwen 6. Christoph Lippert 7. Jan Schreurs 8. Dirk Baberowski

Pro Tour Osaka

15–17 March 2002 in Osaka, Japan.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Ken Ho	$30,000	32
2	Olivier Ruel	$20,000	24
3	Rob Dougherty	$15,000	16	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4	Jens Thorén	$13,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5	Sylvain Lauriol	$9,500	12
6	Nicholas Olivieri	$8,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Osyp Lebedowicz	$7,500	12
8	Christophe Haim	$6,500	12

Masters – Osaka

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dirk Baberowski	$60,000
	Kai Budde
	Marco Blume
2	Itaru Ishida	$30,000
	Kazuyaki Momose
	Reiji Andou
3–4	Amiel Tenenbaum	$15,000
	Gabriel Nassif
	Nicolas Olivieri
3–4	Victor Van der Broek	$15,000
	Frank Karsten
	Jelger Wiegersma

Grand Prix (March–April 2002)

GP Barcelona Date: 23–24 March 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 699

1. Noah Boeken 2. Christoph Lippert 3. Olivier Ruel 4. Carlos Barrado 5. Stan van der Velden 6. Reinhard Blech 7. Raphaël Lévy 8. Franck Canu

GP Kuala Lumpur Date: 30–31 March 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 236

1. Ding Leong 2. Chang Chua 3. Yujian Zhou 4. Veerapat Sirilertvorakul 5. Alex Shvartsman 6. Nicholas Wong 7. Tobey Tamber 8. Edsel Alvarez

GP Naples Date: 6–7 April 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 295

1. Pierre Malherbaud 2. Jelger Wiegersma 3. Kai Budde 4. Olivier Ruel 5. Patrick Mello 6. Iwan Tan 7. Raphaël Lévy 8. Christoph Lippert

Pro Tour Nice

3–5 May 2002 in Nice, France.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Eivind Nitter	$30,000	32
2	Bram Snepvangers	$20,000	24
3	Svend Geertsen	$15,000	16	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4	Brian Davis	$13,000	16	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5	Kai Budde	$9,500	12	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
6	Anton Jonsson	$8,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Gary Talim	$7,500	12
8	Benjamin Niedrig	$6,500	12

Masters – Nice

Place	Player	Prize
1	Alexander Witt	$25,000
2	Justin Gary	$15,000
3–4	Kai Budde	$10,000
3–4	Antoine Ruel	$10,000
5–8	Jens Thorén	$6,500
5–8	Patrick Mello	$6,500
5–8	Tomi Walamies	$6,500
5–8	Nicholas Olivieri	$6,500

Grand Prix (May–July 2002)

GP Nagoya Date: 11–12 May 2002 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 576 (192 teams)

1. Masashiro Kuroda 1. Katsuhiro Mori 1. Masahiko Morita 2. Naoki Kubouchi 2. Shuhei Nakamura 2. Kimio Imai 3. Ryo Ogura 3. Ryouma Shiozu 3. Koji Nose 4. Takayuki Nagaoka 4. Tsuyoshi Fujita 4. Masayuki Higashino

GP Milwaukee Date: 11–12 May 2002 Format: Standard Attendance: 652

1. Eric Taylor 2. Patrick Chapin 3. Mike Turian 4. Neil Reeves 5. David Petersen 6. Brian Kibler 7. William Jensen 8. Steve Cassell

GP New Jersey Date: 29–30 June 2002 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 603 (201 teams)

1. Eric James 1. Kyle Rose 1. Norman Woods 2. Justin Gary 2. Zvi Mowshowitz 2. Alex Shvartsman 3. Jason Huang 3. Paul Sottosanti 3. Adam Fischer 4. Alex Borteh 4. Chris Benafel 4. Eric Froehlich

GP Taipei Date: 13–14 July 2002 Format: Standard Attendance: 209

1. Sheng Hsun Hsia 2. Kang Nien Chiang 3. Joe Yi Xiang Wang 4. Albertus Law 5. Morris Song 6. Wen-Jien Hwang 7. Chang Ming Tung 8. Lucifar Sun

GP São Paulo Date: 13–14 July 2002 Format: Standard Attendance: 341

1. Gabriel Caligaris 2. Felipe Desiderati 3. Antoine Ruel 4. Luis Sérgio Massaro 5. Raphael Fontana Günter 6. André Barreto 7. Michel Shirozono 8. Rodrigo Castro

2002 World Championships

14–18 August 2002 in Sydney, Australia.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Carlos Romão	$35,000	32	First Brazilian to win a Pro Tour
2	Mark Ziegner	$23,000	24
3	Diego Ostrovich	$15,000	16	First Argentinian in a Pro Tour Top 8
4	David Humpherys	$13,000	16	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5	Sim Han How	$9,500	12	First Malaysian in a Pro Tour Top 8
6	John Larkin	$8,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7	Tuomas Kotiranta	$7,500	12
8	Ken Krouner	$6,500	12

Team competition

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
1	Germany	Mark Ziegner	$10,000	6
		Kai Budde	$10,000	6
		Felix Schneiders	$10,000	6
2	United States	Andrew Ranks	$5,000	5
		Eugene Harvey	$5,000	5
		Eric Franz	$5,000	5