# MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019

The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019 is an event in the 2019 World Surf League Men's and Women's Championship Tour. This year's event marks the return of the women's competition to Peniche after 8 years without it.
Brazilian surfer, Italo Ferreira was the men's winner becoming the first ever back-to-back winner as he won the event in 2018. He also ascended to the top spot of the Men's Championship Tour leaderboard surpassing the previous yellow jersey carrier, the world champion Gabriel Medina.
American surfer, Caroline Marks won the women's event and her second Championship Tour trophy of the year. The 17-year-old surfer defeated world number two, Lakey Peterson in the final.

## Background

The 11th edition of the event will be hosted in Peniche, Portugal from 16 to 28 October at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Leiria, Portugal.
Italo Ferreira, from Brazil, is the defending champion as he won the competition in 2018.

## 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
### Men's tournament
#### Seeding Round

| Heat 1 1 Willian Cardoso 10.60 2 Kanoa Igarashi 8.83 3 Ricardo Christie 5.50 | Heat 2 1 Griffin Colapinto 10.96 2 Kolohe Andino 9.20 3 Soli Bailey 7.74 | Heat 3 1 Yago Dora 13.56 2 Italo Ferreira 12.37 3 Frederico Morais 8.37 | Heat 4 1 Caio Ibelli 10.84 2 Jordy Smith 8.30 3 Crosby Colapinto 5.17 |
| Heat 5 1 Filipe Toledo 11.70 2 Vasco Ribeiro 9.56 3 Ezekiel Lau 9.33 | Heat 6 1 Gabriel Medina 14.67 2 Joan Duru 8.60 3 Miguel Blanco 6.80 | Heat 7 1 Jack Freestone 10.30 2 Jadson André 9.53 3 Owen Wright 8.73 | Heat 8 1 Deivid Silva 11.34 2 Jérémy Florès 9.16 3 Leonardo Fioravanti 6.43 |
| Heat 9 1 Julian Wilson 12.66 2 Conner Coffin 10.97 3 Jesse Mendes 7.33 | Heat 10 1 Peterson Crisanto 11.04 2 Adrian Buchan 8.77 3 Seth Moniz 5.47 | Heat 11 1 Sebastian Zietz 11.50 2 Wade Carmichael 10.13 3 Ryan Callinan 6.76 | Heat 12 1 Michael Rodrigues 12.27 2 Kelly Slater 11.00 3 Michel Bourez 8.06 |

#### Elimination round

| Heat 1 1 Owen Wright 10.96 2 Miguel Blanco 9.87 3 Ricardo Christie 6.60 | Heat 2 1 Crosby Colapinto 12.10 2 Leonardo Fioravanti 11.47 3 Seth Moniz 9.66 | Heat 3 1 Jesse Mendes 15.90 2 Frederico Morais 12.76 3 Ryan Callinan 11.33 | Heat 4 1 Soli Bailey 13.00 2 Michel Bourez 10.60 3 Ezekiel Lau 8.46 |

#### Round of 32

| Heat 1 1 Jordy Smith 8.57 2 Crosby Colapinto 3.17 | Heat 2 1 Griffin Colapinto 10.80 2 Adrian Buchan 7.54 | Heat 3 1 Kolohe Andino 11.83 2 Jadson André 8.17 | Heat 4 1 Michael Rodrigues 9.27 2 Deivid Silva 7.27 |
| Heat 5 1 Filipe Toledo 14.60 2 Vasco Ribeiro 10.10 | Heat 6 1 Wade Carmichael 11.10 2 Yago Dora 10.60 | Heat 7 1 Kanoa Igarashi 12.30 2 Leonardo Fioravanti 11.86 | Heat 8 1 Kelly Slater 15.56 2 Sebastian Zietz 1.93 |
| Heat 9 1 Gabriel Medina 13.67 2 Miguel Blanco 8.33 | Heat 10 1 Caio Ibelli 12.97 2 Michel Bourez 11.57 | Heat 11 1 Peterson Crisanto 16.54 2 Jérémy Florès 15.00 | Heat 12 1 Jesse Mendes 11.20 2 Owen Wright 10.93 |
| Heat 13 1 Italo Ferreira 16.20 2 Frederico Morais 10.33 | Heat 14 1 Conner Coffin 13.64 2 Willian Cardoso 9.60 | Heat 15 1 Jack Freestone 15.00 2 Joan Duru 11.10 | Heat 16 1 Soli Bailey 12.70 2 Julian Wilson 11.43 |

#### Round of 16

| Heat 1 1 Jordy Smith 10.84 2 Griffin Colapinto 3.76 | Heat 2 1 Kolohe Andino 14.84 2 Michael Rodrigues 11.57 | Heat 3 1 Filipe Toledo 14.60 2 Wade Carmichael 9.27 | Heat 4 1 Kanoa Igarashi 10.53 2 Kelly Slater 9.10 |
| Heat 5 1 Caio Ibelli 8.50 2 Gabriel Medina 8.17$^{[I]}$ | Heat 6 1 Peterson Crisanto 14.34 2 Jesse Mendes 12.46 | Heat 7 1 Italo Ferreira 13.83 2 Conner Coffin 10.83 | Heat 8 1 Jack Freestone 13.83 2 Soli Bailey 12.40 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Heat 1 1 Jordy Smith 13.40 2 Kolohe Andino 10.97 | Heat 2 1 Kanoa Igarashi 15.24 2 Filipe Toledo 12.26 | Heat 3 1 Caio Ibelli 12.86 2 Peterson Crisanto 11.83 | Heat 4 1 Italo Ferreira 18.40 2 Jack Freestone 16.87 |

#### Semifinals

| Heat 1 1 Jordy Smith 15.83 2 Kanoa Igarashi 12.66 | Heat 2 1 Italo Ferreira 15.43 2 Caio Ibelli 14.86 |

#### Final

Heat 1
1
Italo Ferreira
18.43
2
Jordy Smith
6.17$^{[I]}$ :

### Women's tournament
#### Seeding Round

| Heat 1 1 Sally Fitzgibbons 9.94 2 Brisa Hennessy 9.20 3 Paige Hareb 7.90 | Heat 2 1 Macy Callaghan 12.60 2 Nikki Van Dijk 10.33 3 Lakey Peterson 10.26 | Heat 3 1 Carissa Moore 14.00 2 Silvana Lima 9.00 3 Alana Blanchard 7.37 |
| Heat 4 1 Caroline Marks 11.64 2 Johanne Defay 10.27 3 Keely Andrew 5.10 | Heat 5 1 Courtney Conlogue 11.90 2 Bronte Macaulay 11.10 3 Tatiana Weston-Webb 11.07 | Heat 6 1 Coco Ho 8.36 2 Stephanie Gilmore 7.50 3 Malia Manuel 7.03 |

#### Elimination round

| Heat 1 1 Lakey Peterson 12.67 2 Keely Andrew 6.33 3 Alana Blanchard 5.34 | Heat 2 – Tatiana Weston-Webb – – Paige Hareb – 3 Malia Manuel INJ |

#### Round of 16

| Heat 1 1 Caroline Marks 12.67 2 Bronte Macaulay 9.83 | Heat 2 1 Stephanie Gilmore 13.07 2 Macy Callaghan 12.13 | Heat 3 1 Sally Fitzgibbons 12.67 2 Keely Andrew 9.50 | Heat 4 1 Tatiana Weston-Webb 14.67 2 Coco Ho 10.60 |
| Heat 5 1 Carissa Moore 13.20 2 Paige Hareb 11.00 | Heat 6 1 Johanne Defay 10.66 2 Brisa Hennessy 9.54 | Heat 7 1 Lakey Peterson 13.43 2 Silvana Lima 8.54 | Heat 8 1 Nikki Van Dijk 12.40 2 Courtney Conlogue 12.34 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Heat 1 1 Caroline Marks 15.17 2 Stephanie Gilmore 12.07 | Heat 2 1 Tatiana Weston-Webb 13.67 2 Sally Fitzgibbons 9.14 | Heat 3 1 Carissa Moore 16.06 2 Johanne Defay 7.50 | Heat 4 1 Lakey Peterson 11.33 2 Nikki Van Dijk 8.83 |

#### Semifinals

| Heat 1 1 Caroline Marks 13.16 2 Tatiana Weston-Webb 7.70 | Heat 2 1 Lakey Peterson 13.23 2 Carissa Moore 11.50 |

#### Final

Heat 1
1
Caroline Marks
13.73
2
Lakey Peterson
6.27 :