# Corona Open J-Bay 2019

The Corona Open J-Bay 2019 was the sixth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 July at Jeffreys Bay in Eastern Cape, South Africa, and was contested by 36 surfers.
In an all-Brazilian final, Gabriel Medina defeated Italo Ferreira to win the 13th Championship Tour event of his career. He also became the first goofy foot surfer to win the J-Bay Open since 1984.

## Format

A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.

## Competition

The competition took place from 9 to 19 July.

### Seeding Round

| Heat 1 1 Gabriel Medina 12.03 2 Joan Duru 10.57 3 Frederico Morais 9.00 | Heat 2 1 Italo Ferreira 14.43 2 Soli Bailey 10.67 3 Peterson Crisanto 10.34 | Heat 3 1 Kanoa Igarashi 12.16 2 Adriano de Souza 7.33 3 Jesse Mendes 6.74 | Heat 4 1 Jordy Smith 13.77 2 Caio Ibelli 9.27 3 Jorgann Couzinet 8.67 |
| Heat 5 1 Kolohe Andino 11.43 2 Yago Dora 9.84 3 Beyrick De Vries 8.30 | Heat 6 1 Filipe Toledo 17.60 2 Michael February 12.83 3 Adrian Buchan 11.77 | Heat 7 1 Julian Wilson 13.97 2 Deivid Silva 10.60 3 Jadson André 10.56 | Heat 8 1 Ezekiel Lau 13.17 2 Conner Coffin 11.84 3 Willian Cardoso 5.27 |
| Heat 9 1 Ricardo Christie 10.66 2 M. Rodrigues 9.03 3 Ryan Callinan 6.10 | Heat 10 1 Sebastian Zietz 12.40 2 Kelly Slater 10.67 3 Jérémy Florès 9.27 | Heat 11 1 Michel Bourez 12.24 2 Owen Wright 12.00 3 Jack Freestone 11.86 | Heat 12 1 Wade Carmichael 13.24 2 Griffin Colapinto 13.23 3 Seth Moniz 10.83 |

### Elimination round

| Heat 1 1 Jack Freestone 15.93 2 Ryan Callinan 11.40 3 Beyrick De Vries 11.14 | Heat 2 1 Seth Moniz 14.27 2 Adrian Buchan 12.03 3 Jorgann Couzinet 11.73 | Heat 3 1 Jérémy Florès 15.84 2 Frederico Morais 13.23 3 Jesse Mendes 11.83 | Heat 4 1 Peterson Crisanto 13.07 2 Willian Cardoso 12.20 3 Jadson André 11.86 |

### Round of 32

| Heat 1 1 Jordy Smith 15.67 2 Soli Bailey 10.74 | Heat 2 1 Owen Wright 11.40 2 Joan Duru 11.27 | Heat 3 1 Gabriel Medina 15.00 2 Griffin Colapinto 10.00 | Heat 4 1 Ryan Callinan 13.10 2 Yago Dora 11.33 |
| Heat 5 1 Kolohe Andino 12.33 2 Adriano de Souza 9.80 | Heat 6 1 Deivid Silva 13.43 2 Jérémy Florès 11.70 | Heat 7 1 Ezekiel Lau 11.60 2 Julian Wilson 10.56 | Heat 8 1 Adrian Buchan 14.74 2 Conner Coffin 10.86 |
| Heat 9 1 Filipe Toledo 14.77 2 Michael February 10.40 | Heat 10 1 Willian Cardoso 14.03 2 M. Rodrigues 12.10 | Heat 11 1 Sebastian Zietz 14.94 2 Wade Carmichael 11.50 | Heat 12 1 Michel Bourez 13.60 2 Ricardo Christie 12.83 |
| Heat 13 1 Kanoa Igarashi 17.53 2 Frederico Morais 13.50 | Heat 14 1 Peterson Crisanto 13.50 2 Seth Moniz 11.66 | Heat 15 1 Kelly Slater 13.57 2 Caio Ibelli 11.90 | Heat 16 1 Italo Ferreira 15.16 2 Jack Freestone 9.70 |

### Round of 16

| Heat 1 1 Owen Wright 16.23 2 Jordy Smith 14.70 | Heat 2 1 Gabriel Medina 12.94 2 Ryan Callinan 11.67 | Heat 3 1 Kolohe Andino 12.73 2 Deivid Silva 12.14 | Heat 4 1 Adrian Buchan 13.43 2 Ezekiel Lau 13.00 |
| Heat 5 1 Filipe Toledo 18.26 2 Willian Cardoso 11.33 | Heat 6 1 Sebastian Zietz 13.83 2 Michel Bourez 11.44 | Heat 7 1 Kanoa Igarashi 17.24 2 Peterson Crisanto 11.73 | Heat 8 1 Italo Ferreira 14.06 2 Kelly Slater 12.20 |

### Quarterfinals

| Heat 1 1 Gabriel Medina 15.67 2 Owen Wright 14.60 | Heat 2 1 Kolohe Andino 15.43 2 Adrian Buchan 14.10 | Heat 3 1 Filipe Toledo 15.00 2 Sebastian Zietz 14.40 | Heat 4 1 Italo Ferreira 15.53 2 Kanoa Igarashi 12.37 |

### Semifinals

| Heat 1 1 Gabriel Medina 14.30 2 Kolohe Andino 14.00 | Heat 2 1 Italo Ferreira 17.50 2 Filipe Toledo 14.00 |

### Final

Heat 1
1
Gabriel Medina
19.50
2
Italo Ferreira
16.77 :