2002–03 Pro Tour Season

The 2002–03 Pro Tour season was the eighth Pro Tour season. It started on 24 August 2002 with Grand Prix Sapporo, and ended on 10 August 2003 with the conclusion of the 2003 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (August–September 2002)==
==Pro Tour Boston==
27–29 September 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Place	Team name 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Phoenix Foundation 	Dirk Baberowski	$60,000	24 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
1 	Phoenix Foundation 	Kai Budde 	$60,000	24 	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8, sixth Pro Tour win
1 	Phoenix Foundation 	Marco Blume 	$60,000	24 	Second Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 	2020 	Steven Wolfman 	$30,000	18 	
2 	2020 	David Rood 	$30,000	18 	
2 	2020 	Elijah Pollock 	$30,000	18 	
3 	Courtney's Boys 	Gary Wise 	$18,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Courtney's Boys 	Neil Reeves 	$18,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Courtney's Boys 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$18,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Slay Pillage Gerrard	Jon Sonne 	$15,000	12 	
4 	Slay Pillage Gerrard	Gerard Fabiano 	$15,000	12 	
4 	Slay Pillage Gerrard	Scott McCord 	$15,000	12 	
==Grand Prix (September–October 2002)==
==Pro Tour Houston==
8–10 November 2002 in Houston, Texas, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Justin Gary 	$30,000	32 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Rob Dougherty 	$20,000	24 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Darwin Kastle 	$15,000	16 	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
4 	John Larkin 	$13,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Peter Myrvig 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Mattias Jorstedt	$8,500 	12 	
7 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$7,500 	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Jeroen Remie 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Houston===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Jens Thorén 	$25,000
2 	Gary Wise 	$15,000
3–4 	Eric Froehlich 	$10,000
3–4 	Raphaël Lévy 	$10,000
5–8 	Alex Shvartsman 	$6,500
5–8 	Eivind Nitter 	$6,500
5–8 	Jelger Wiegersma	$6,500
5–8 	Anton Jonsson 	$6,500
==Grand Prix (November 2002–January 2003)==
==Pro Tour Chicago==
17–19 January 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kai Budde 	$30,000	32 	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8, seventh Pro Tour win
2 	Nicolai Herzog 	$20,000	24 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Jon Finkel 	$15,000	16 	Tenth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Dustin Stern 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Eugene Harvey 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Fabio Reinhardt 	$8,500 	12 	
7 	Bram Snepvangers	$7,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	William Jensen 	$6,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Masters – Chicago===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Franck Canu 	$25,000
2 	Ken Ho 	$15,000
3–4 	Antoine Ruel 	$10,000
3–4 	Neil Reeves 	$10,000
5–8 	David Humpherys 	$6,500
5–8 	Kai Budde 	$6,500
5–8 	Gary Wise 	$6,500
5–8 	Kamiel Cornelissen	$6,500
==Grand Prix (January–February 2003)==
==Pro Tour Venice==
21–23 March 2003 in Venice, Italy.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Osyp Lebedowicz 	$30,000	32 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Tomi Walamies 	$20,000	24 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Jordan Berkowitz	$15,000	16 	
4 	William Jensen 	$13,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Gabriel Nassif 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Darwin Kastle 	$8,500 	12 	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Akihiro Kashima 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Mattias Jorstedt	$6,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Masters – Venice===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Masashiro Kuroda	$60,000
1 	Katsuhiro Mori 	$60,000
1 	Masahiko Morita 	$60,000
2 	David Rood 	$30,000
2 	Steve Wolfman 	$30,000
2 	Elijah Pollock 	$30,000
3–4 	Reiji Andou 	$15,000
3–4 	Kazuyuki Momose 	$15,000
3–4 	Itaru Ishida 	$15,000
3–4 	Gary Wise 	$15,000
3–4 	Neil Reeves 	$15,000
3–4 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$15,000
==Grand Prix (March–April 2003)==
==Pro Tour Yokohama==
9–11 May 2003 in Yokohama, Japan.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Mattias Jorstedt	$30,000	32 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Masashi Oiso 	$20,000	24 	
3 	Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Jon Finkel 	$13,000	16 	Eleventh Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Benjamin Caumes 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Jose Barbero 	$8,500 	12 	
7 	Ben Seck 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Rich Hoaen 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Yokohama===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$25,000
2 	Gabriel Nassif 	$15,000
3–4 	Tomi Walamies 	$10,000
3–4 	Darwin Kastle 	$10,000
5–8 	Diego Ostrovich 	$6,500
5–8 	Pierre Malherbaud	$6,500
5–8 	Brian Kibler 	$6,500
5–8 	Zvi Mowshowitz 	$6,500
==Grand Prix (May–July 2003)==
==2003 World Championships==
6–10 August 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Daniel Zink 	$35,000	32 	
2 	Jin Okamoto 	$23,000	24 	
3 	Tuomo Nieminen 	$15,000	16 	
4 	David Humpherys	$13,000	16 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Jeroen Remie 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Peer Kröger 	$8,500 	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Wolfgang Eder 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Gabe Walls 	$6,500 	12 	
===Team competition===
Place	Country	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	 	Justin Gary 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Gabe Walls 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Joshua Wagner 	$10,000	6
2 	 	Tomi Walamies 	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Tuomo Nieminen	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Arho Toikka 	$5,000 	5
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