| 2009 Pro Tour Season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year |
 Yuuya Watanabe | |||
| Rookie of the Year |
 Lino Burgold | |||
| World Champion |
 André Coimbra | |||
| Team Champion |
 China | |||
| Hall of Fame inductions |
 Antoine Ruel  Kamiel Cornelissen Frank Karsten | |||
| PTs | 4 | |||
| Grand Prix | 19 | |||
| ||||
The 2009 Pro Tour season was the fourteenth Pro Tour season. It started on 17 January 2009 with Grand Prix Los Angeles, and ended on 22 November 2009 with the conclusion of the 2009 World Championships.
Grand Prix (January–February 2009)[]
| GP Los Angeles | GP Rotterdam |
|---|---|
| Date: 17–18 January 2009 | Date: 21–22 February 2009 |
| Format: Extended | Format: Limited |
| Attendance: 834 | Attendance: 1227 |
1.  Luis Scott-Vargas
|
1. Arjan van Leeuwen
|
| 2. Brett Piazza
|
2. Robert van Medevoort
|
3.  Saul Alvarado
|
3. Shuhei Nakamura
|
| 4. Mat Marr
|
4. Alex Fanghänel
|
| 5. Michael Jacob
|
5. Aaron Brackmann
|
| 6. Carl Hendrix
|
6.  Michal Hebky
|
| 7. Mark Herberholz
|
7. Tomas Langer
|
| 8. Asher Hecht
|
8. Reinhold Kohl
|
Pro Tour Kyoto[]
27 February–1 March 2009 in Kyoto, Japan
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabriel Nassif
|
$40,000 | 25 | Ninth Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win |
| 2 | Luis Scott-Vargas
|
$20,000 | 20 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 | Akimasa Yamamoto
|
$15,000 | 16 | |
| 4 | Brian Robinson
|
$13,000 | 16 | Pro Tour debut |
| 5 |  Matteo Orsini-Jones
|
$11,000 | 12 | |
| 6 | Cedric Philips
|
$10,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Jan Ruess
|
$10,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 | Masayu Tanahashi
|
$9,500 | 12 |
Grand Prix (March–May 2009)[]
| GP Chicago | GP Hanover | GP Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| Date: 7–8 March 2009 | Date: 13–14 March 2009 | Date: 21–22 March 2009 |
| Format: Legacy | Format: Extended | Format: Extended |
| Attendance: 1230 | Attendance: 925 | Attendance: 370 |
| 1. Gabriel Nassif
|
1. Lino Burgold
|
1. Tomoharu Saito
|
| 2. Andrew Probasco
|
2. Gaudenis Vidugiris
|
2. Masaya Kitayama
|
| 3. Paul Rietzl
|
3. Lukas Kraft
|
3.  Chin Heng Tan
|
| 4. James Mink
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4.  Karim Bauer
|
4. Yuuta Takahashi
|
| 5. Brian Kowal
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5.  Kenny Öberg
|
5. Yong Han Choo
|
| 6. Tommy Kolowith
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6.  Pascal Vieren
|
6.  Liang Chen
|
7.  David Caplan
|
7. Helmut Summersberger
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7. Sam Black
|
| 8. Brian Six
|
8. Ondra Posolda
|
8. Tzu Ching Kuo
|
| GP Kobe | GP Barcelona | GP Seattle |
|---|---|---|
| Date: 18–19 April 2009 | Date: 23–24 May 2009 | Date: 30–31 May 2009 |
| Format: Extended | Format: Standard | Format: Standard |
| Attendance: 545 | Attendance: 1495 | Attendance: 1127 |
| 1. Tomoharu Saito
|
1.  Joel Calafell
|
1. Yann Massicard
|
| 2. Yuuya Watanabe
|
2.  Riccardo Neri
|
2. Ben Lundquist
|
| 3. Tzu Ching Kuo
|
3.  Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
|
3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
|
| 4. Kentaro Yamamoto
|
4. Sam Black
|
4. Charles Dupont
|
| 5. Katsuya Ueda
|
5. Hugo De Jong
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5. Luis Scott-Vargas
|
| 6. Keiichi Kondou
|
6.  Sean Og Murphy
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6.  Nicolay Potovin
|
| 7. Kenji Hamamoto
|
7. Ricardo Venancio
|
7. Michael Jacob
|
| 8. Ryouma Shiozu
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8.  George Paraskuopoulos
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8. Ari Lax
|
Pro Tour Honolulu[]
5–7 June 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuya Mitamura
|
$40,000 | 25 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 2 | Michal Hebky
|
$20,000 | 20 | |
| 3 | Paul Rietzl
|
$15,000 | 16 | |
| 4 | Conley Woods
|
$13,000 | 16 | |
| 5 | Christophe Gregoir
|
$11,000 | 12 | |
| 6 | Zac Hill
|
$10,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Brian Kibler
|
$10,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 | Tom Ross
|
$9,500 | 12 |
Grand Prix (June–October 2009)[]
| GP São Paulo | GP Boston | GP Brighton | GP Bangkok |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date: 13–14 June 2009 | Date: 1–2 August 2009 | Date: 8–9 August 2009 | Date: 22–23 August 2009 |
| Format: Standard | Format: Limited | Format: Limited | Format: Limited |
| Attendance: 639 | Attendance: 1503 | Attendance: 760 | Attendance: 414 |
| 1. Daniel Almeida Alvez
|
1. Marlon Egolf
|
1. Olivier Ruel
|
1. Shingou Kurihara
|
2.  Andres Monsalve
|
2. Ben Stark
|
2. Martin Jůza
|
2. Martin Jůza
|
| 3. Guilherme Vieira
|
3. David Feinstein
|
3. Dennis Stone
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3. Koutarou Ootsuka
|
| 4. Wendell Santini
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4. Jason Lundberg
|
4. Mark Dictus
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4. Matteo Orsini Jones
|
| 5. Allison Abe
|
5. Jonathan Pearlman
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5. Kevin Grove
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5. Ruud Warmenhoven
|
| 6. Diego Crusius
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6. Brian Lynch
|
6. Robbert Menten
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6. Yuuya Watanabe
|
7.  Juan Veliz
|
7. Bradley Wojceshonek
|
7. Reinhold Kohl
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7. Ryan Luo
|
| 8. Daniel Frias
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8. Zach Efland
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8.  Joseph Jackson
|
8. Zhiyang Zhang
|
| GP Niigata | GP Prague | GP Melbourne |
|---|---|---|
| Date: 29–30 August 2009 | Date: 5–6 September 2009 | Date: 10–11 October 2009 |
| Format: Limited | Format: Limited | Format: Limited |
| Attendance: 722 | Attendance: 1541 | Attendance: 416 |
| 1. Tsuyoshi Ikeda
|
1. Jan Schmidt
|
1. Yuuya Watanabe
|
| 2. Shingou Kurihara
|
2. Yuuya Watanabe
|
2. Tomoharu Saito
|
| 3. Ren Ishikawa
|
3.  Bojan Zunko
|
3.  Marcus Teo
|
| 4. Hajime Nakamura
|
4.  Ognjen Cividini
|
4.  Shane Daliston
|
| 5. Sho Ishikawa
|
5. Julien De Graat
|
5. Brett Hughes
|
| 6. Takaya Saitou
|
6. Lukas Vozdecky
|
6. Jacky Zhang
|
| 7. Gaudenis Vidugiris
|
7.  Marcel Kondrk
|
7. Joel Piotto
|
| 8. Yuuya Watanabe
|
8.  Radek Kaczmarczyk
|
8. Steven Aplin
|
Pro Tour Austin[]
16–18 October 2009 in Austin, Texas, United States
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Kibler
|
$40,000 | 25 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 2 | Tsuyoshi Ikeda
|
$20,000 | 20 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 3 | Naoki Shimizu
|
$15,000 | 16 | |
| 4 | Hunter Burton
|
$13,000 | 16 | |
| 5 | Evangelos Papatrarouchas
|
$11,000 | 12 | |
| 6 | Yuuya Watanabe
|
$10,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Martin Jůza
|
$10,000 | 12 | Second Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 | Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
|
$9,500 | 12 | Fifth Pro Tour Top 8 |
Grand Prix (October–November 2009)[]
| GP Tampa | GP Kitakyushu | GP Paris | GP Minneapolis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date: 24–25 October 2009 | Date: 31 October–1 November 2009 | Date: 7–8 November 2009 | Date: 14–15 November 2009 |
| Format: Limited | Format: Limited | Format: Limited | Format: Limited |
| Attendance: 834 | Attendance: 501 | Attendance: 1961 | Attendance: 1187 |
| 1. Gaudenis Vidugiris
|
1. Taisuke Ishii
|
1. Adrian Rosada
|
1. Zohar Bhagat
|
| 2. Conley Woods
|
2. Masashi Oiso
|
2. Danny Ecker
|
2. Matt Sperling
|
| 3. John Skinner
|
3. Jun'ya Iyanaga
|
3. Lino Burgold
|
3. Brian Kibler
|
| 4. John May
|
4. Ken Yukuhiro
|
4. Niels Viaene
|
4. Brad Nelson
|
| 5. Gabriel Nassif
|
5. Yuuya Watanabe
|
5. Herbert Engleitner
|
5. Owen Turtenwald
|
| 6. Alex Majlaton
|
6. Katsuhiro Mori
|
6. Bernd Brendemühl
|
6. David Ochoa
|
| 7. Tom Ross
|
7. Takeshi Takagi
|
7. Jérémy Dezani
|
7. Mike Gualtieri
|
| 8. Martin Jůza
|
8. Hironobu Sugaya
|
8. Gonzague Allouchery
|
8. Tom Ross
|
2009 World Championships[]
19–22 November 2009 in Rome, Italy.
Final standings[]
| Place | Player | Prize | Pro Points | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Coimbra
|
$45,000 | 25 | Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Portuguese to win a Pro Tour |
| 2 | David Reitbauer
|
$24,000 | 20 | |
| 3 | Terry Soh
|
$15,000 | 16 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 4 | Bram Snepvangers
|
$14,000 | 16 | Fourth Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 5 | William Cavaglieri
|
$11,000 | 12 | |
| 6 |  Manuel Bucher
|
$10,500 | 12 | |
| 7 | Marijn Lybaert
|
$10,000 | 12 | Third Pro Tour Top 8 |
| 8 | Florian Pils
|
$9,500 | 12 |
Team competition[]
| Place | Country | Player | Prize | Pro Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China
|
Wu Tong | $4,000 | 6 |
| Bo Li | $4,000 | 6 | ||
| Zhiyang Zhang | $4,000 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Austria
|
Benedikt Klauser | $2,500 | 5 |
| Benjamin Rozhon | $2,500 | 5 | ||
| Bernhard Lehner | $2,500 | 5 | ||
| 3 | Czech Republic
|
Lukas Jaklovsky | $2,000 | 4 |
| Lukas Blohon | $2,000 | 4 | ||
| Jan Kotrla | $2,000 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Netherlands
|
Kevin Grove | $1,750 | 4 |
| Niels Noorlander | $1,750 | 4 | ||
| Tom van Lamoen | $1,750 | 4 |