2007 Pro Tour Season | ||||
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Player of the Year | Tomoharu Saito | |||
Rookie of the Year | Yuuya Watanabe | |||
World Champion | Uri Peleg | |||
Team Champion | Switzerland | |||
Hall of Fame inductions |
Kai Budde Zvi Mowshowitz Tsuyoshi Fujita Nicolai Herzog Randy Buehler | |||
PTs | 5 | |||
Grand Prix | 16 | |||
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The 2007 Pro Tour season was the twelfth Pro Tour season. It started on 9 February 2007 with Pro Tour Geneva, and ended on 9 December 2007 with the conclusion of the 2007 World Championships.
Pro Tour Geneva[ | ]
9–11 February 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | Mike Hron | $40,000 | 25 | |
2 | Takuya Osawa | $20,000 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
3 | Kenji Tsumura | $15,000 | 16 | Fifth Pro Tour Top 8 |
4 | Shingou Kurihara | $13,000 | 16 | |
5 | Marijn Lybaert | $11,000 | 12 | |
6 | Jim Herold | $10,500 | 12 | |
7 | Willy Edel | $10,000 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
8 | Ervin Tormos | $9,500 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
Grand Prix (February–April 2007)[ | ]
GP Dallas | GP Singapore | GP Amsterdam |
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Date: 24–25 February 2007 | Date: 3–4 March 2007 | Date: 10–11 March 2007 |
Format: Extended | Format: Extended | Format: Two-headed Giant Limited |
Attendance: 748 | Attendance: 331 | Attendance: 1336 (668 teams) |
1. Raphaël Lévy | 1. Raphaël Lévy | 1. Richard Hornansky 1. Michael Havlik |
2. Paul Cheon | 2. Shingou Kurihara | |
3. Kenji Tsumura | 3. Antoine Ruel | 2. Amiel Tenenbaum 2. Gabriel Nassif |
4. John Pelcak | 4. Osamu Fujita | |
5. Mark Herberholz | 5. Olivier Ruel | 3. Olaf Koster 3. Christian Kok |
6. Paul Nguyen | 6. Koutarou Ootsuka | |
7. Alex Ledbetter | 7. Ryo Ogura | 4. Vassilis Fatouros 4. Georgios Kapalos |
8. Jim Davis | 8. Tomoharu Saito |
GP Kyoto | GP Massachusetts |
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Date: 17–18 March 2007 | Date: 31 March–1 April 2007 |
Format: Standard | Format: Two-Headed Giant Limited |
Attendance: 859 | Attendance: 690 (345 teams) |
1. Yuuya Watanabe | 1. Matt Wang 1. Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz |
2. Yuusuke Iwasaki | |
3. Motokiyo Azuma | 2. Gerard Fabiano 2. Eric Ziegler |
4. Tsubasa Tomii | |
5. Naoki Shimizu | 3. Ben Lundquist 3. Tim Aten |
6. Ren Ishikawa | |
7. Atsushi Wada | 4. Matt Rubin 4. Rob DiPalma |
8. Katsuhiro Ide |
Pro Tour Yokohama[ | ]
20–22 April 2007 in Yokohama, Japan.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | Guillaume Wafo-Tapa | $40,000 | 25 | |
2 | Kazuya Mitamura | $20,000 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
3 | Mark Herberholz | $15,000 | 16 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
4 | Tomoharu Saito | $13,000 | 16 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
5 | Paulo Carvalho | $11,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
6 | Raphaël Lévy | $10,500 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
7 | Masashi Oiso | $10,000 | 12 | Sixth Pro Tour Top 8 |
8 | Sebastian Thaler | $9,500 | 12 |
Grand Prix (May–June 2007)[ | ]
GP Stockholm | GP Strasbourg | GP Colombus | GP Montreal |
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Date: 5–6 May 2007 | Date: 19–20 May 2007 | Date: 19–20 May 2007 | Date: 23–24 June 2007 |
Format: Limited | Format: Block Constructed | Format: Legacy | Format: Block Constructed |
Attendance: 713 | Attendance: 1155 | Attendance: 883 | Attendance: 739 |
1. Nicolay Potovin | 1. Tomoharu Saito | 1. Steve Sadin | 1. Celso Zampere Jr. |
2. André Müller | 2. Raul Porojan | 2. Owen Turtenwald | 2. Paul Cheon |
3. Kenji Tsumura | 3. Shota Yasooka | 3. Bill Stark | 3. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa |
4. Oliver Oks | 4. Florian Pils | 4. Max Tietze | 4. Kenji Tsumura |
5. Bas Postema | 5. Christoph Huber | 5. Gadiel Szleifer | 5. Gabriel Schwarz |
6. Thomas Refsdal | 6. Klaus Jöns | 6. Paul Nicolo | 6. Koutarou Ootsuka |
7. Klaus Jöns | 7. Petr Martinek | 7. Ryan Trepanier | 7. Jason Imperiale |
8. Samuel Korsell | 8. Stefan Heigerer | 8. Michael Belfatto | 8. Shota Yasooka |
Pro Tour San Diego[ | ]
29 June–1 July 2007 in San Diego, California, United States.
Place | Players | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | Chris Lachmann | $50,000 | 20 | Pro Tour debut |
Jacob Van Lunen | 20 | Pro Tour debut | ||
2 | Yuuta Takahashi | $30,000 | 16 | |
Kentaro Yamamoto | 16 | |||
3 | John Fiorillo | $22,000 | 12 | |
Eugene Harvey | 12 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 | ||
4 | Masami Kaneko | $20,000 | 12 | |
Genki Taru | 12 |
Grand Prix (August–September 2007)[ | ]
GP San Francisco | GP Florence |
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Date: 25–26 August 2007 | Date: 8–9 September 2007 |
Format: Block Constructed | Format: Block Constructed |
Attendance: 672 | Attendance: 1082 |
1. Luis Scott-Vargas | 1. Masami Kaneko |
2. Jonathan Stocks | 2. André Coimbra |
3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa | 3. Marco Cammilluzzi |
4. Brett Blackmann | 4. Mido Kagawa |
5. David Irvine | 5. Armin Birner |
6. Andrew Walden | 6. Manuel Bucher |
7. Zack Smith | 7. Rasmus Sibast |
8. Paul Cheon | 8. Ronald Guetl |
Pro Tour Valencia[ | ]
12–14 October 2007 in Valencia, Spain.
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | Remi Fortier | $40,000 | 25 | |
2 | André Müller | $20,000 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
3 | Giulio Barra | $15,000 | 16 | |
4 | Shuhei Nakamura | $13,000 | 16 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
5 | Takayuki Koike | $11,000 | 12 | Pro Tour debut |
6 | Tine Rus | $10,500 | 12 | First Slovenian in a Pro Tour Top 8, Pro Tour debut |
7 | Sam Stein | $10,000 | 16 | |
8 | Makihito Mihara | $9,500 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
Grand Prix (October–November 2007)[ | ]
GP Brisbane | GP Bangkok | GP Kraków |
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Date: 20–21 October 2007 | Date: 27–28 October 2007 | Date: 3–4 November 2007 |
Format: Limited | Format: Limited | Format: Standard |
Attendance: 233 | Attendance: 314 | Attendance: 849 |
1. Anatoli Lightfoot | 1. Masahiko Morita | 1. Paul Cheon |
2. Shawn Rayson | 2. Shingou Kurihara | 2. Amiel Tenenbaum |
3. André Coimbra | 3. Yong Han Choo | 3. Armin Birner |
4. Hassan Kamel | 4. Kok Seng Ong | 4. Olivier Ruel |
5. David Zhao | 5. Jun'ya Iyanaga | 5. Robert Jacko |
6. Norman McPherson | 6. Koutarou Ootsuka | 6. David Besso |
7. Andrew Eckermann | 7. Steven Tan | 7. Guillaume Wafo-Tapa |
8. Chris Ninnes | 8. Takuya Osawa | 8. Matej Zatlkaj |
GP Kitakyushu | GP Daytona Beach |
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Date: 10–11 November 2007 | Date: 17–18 November 2007 |
Format: Limited | Format: Limited |
Attendance: 354 | Attendance: 636 |
1. Jun'ya Iyanaga | 1. Seth Manfield |
2. Shota Yasooka | 2. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa |
3. Akira Asahara | 3. Tillman Bragg |
4. Olivier Ruel | 4. Tanon Grace |
5. Kazuya Hirabayashi | 5. Gabe Walls |
6. Jun Young Park | 6. Steven Wolansky |
7. Kenji Tsumura | 7. Kyle Miller |
8. Chih-Chun Tsai | 8. Alex Lieberman |
2007 World Championships[ | ]
6–9 December 2007 in New York, USA.
Final standings[ | ]
Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
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1 | Uri Peleg | $40,000 | 25 | First Israeli to win a Pro Tour |
2 | Patrick Chapin | $22,000 | 20 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
3 | Gabriel Nassif | $15,000 | 16 | Eighth Pro Tour Top 8 |
4 | Koutarou Ootsuka | $14,000 | 16 | |
5 | Christoph Huber | $11,000 | 12 | |
6 | Yoshitaka Nakano | $10,000 | 12 | |
7 | Katsuhiro Mori | $9,000 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
8 | Roel van Heeswijk | $8,000 | 12 |
Team competition[ | ]
Place | Country | Player | Prize | Pro Points |
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1 | Switzerland | Nico Bohny | $3,000 | 6 |
Manuel Bucher | $3,000 | 6 | ||
Raphael Genari | $3,000 | 6 | ||
Christoph Huber | $3,000 | 6 | ||
2 | Austria | Thomas Preyer | $1,750 | 5 |
Stefan Stradner | $1,750 | 5 | ||
David Reitbauer | $1,750 | 5 | ||
Helmut Summersberger | $1,750 | 5 |