2000–01 Pro Tour Season

The 2000–01 Pro Tour season was the sixth Pro Tour season. It started on 23 September 2000 with Grand Prix events in Sapporo and Porto, and ended on 12 August 2001 with the conclusion of the 2001 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (September 2000)==
==Pro Tour New York==
29 September–1 October 2000 in New York, United States.
Place	Team name 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Potato Nation 	Scott Johns 	$60,000	24 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
1 	Potato Nation 	Mike Turian 	$60,000	24 	
1 	Potato Nation 	Gary Wise 	$60,000	24 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Car Acrobatic Team 	Andrew Cuneo 	$30,000	12 	
2 	Car Acrobatic Team 	Aaron Forsythe 	$30,000	12 	
2 	Car Acrobatic Team 	Andrew Johnson 	$30,000	12 	
3 	Rolled-Up Aces 	Daniel Clegg 	$18,000	10 	
3 	Rolled-Up Aces 	Shawn Keller 	$18,000	10 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Rolled-Up Aces 	Thomas Keller 	$18,000	10 	
4 	Draften und Spielen	Christian Lührs 	$15,000	10 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Draften und Spielen	Patrick Mello 	$15,000	10 	
4 	Draften und Spielen	Stephan Valkyser	$15,000	10 	
===Masters – New York===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	William Jensen 	$25,000
2 	Jason Zila 	$15,000
3–4 	Sigurd Eskeland	$10,000
3–4 	Trey Van Cleave	$10,000
5–8 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$6,500
5–8 	Ben Rubin 	$6,500
5–8 	Warren Marsh 	$6,500
5–8 	Dirk Baberowski	$6,500
==Grand Prix (October–November 2000)==
==Pro Tour Chicago==
1–3 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kai Budde 	$30,000	32 	Second Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24 	
3 	Brian Kibler 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Rob Dougherty 	$13,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Jon Finkel 	$9,500 	12 	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Michael Pustilnik 	$8,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Zvi Mowshowitz 	$7,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Jay Elarar 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Chicago===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Ben Rubin 	$25,000
2 	Jon Finkel 	$15,000
3–4 	Alex Shvartsman	$10,000
3–4 	Kyle Rose 	$10,000
5–8 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$6,500
5–8 	Christian Lührs	$6,500
5–8 	Mike Bregoli 	$6,500
5–8 	David Williams 	$6,500
==Grand Prix (December 2000–January 2001)==
==Pro Tour Los Angeles==
2–4 February 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Michael Pustilnik 	$30,000	32 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Kamiel Cornelissen	$20,000	24 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Benedikt Klauser 	$15,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Jon Finkel 	$13,000	16 	Ninth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Kyle Rose 	$9,500 	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Michael Gurney 	$8,500 	12 	
7 	Erno Ekebom 	$7,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Lawrence Creech 	$6,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (February–March 2001)==
==Pro Tour Tokyo==
16–18 March 2001 in Tokyo, Japan.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Zvi Mowshowitz 	$30,000	32 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Tsuyoshi Fujita 	$20,000	24 	First Japanese in a Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Lucas Hager 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Chris Benafel 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Ryan Fuller 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Philip Freneau 	$8,500 	12 	
7 	David Williams 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Frederico Bastos	$6,500 	12 	First Portuguese in a Pro Tour Top 8
===Masters – Tokyo===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Ryan Fuller 	$60,000
1 	Noah Boeken 	$60,000
1 	Chris Benafel 	$60,000
2 	Kazuyuki Momose	$30,000
2 	Itaru Ishida 	$30,000
2 	Reiji Andou 	$30,000
3–4 	Florent Jeudon 	$15,000
3–4 	Antoine Ruel 	$15,000
3–4 	Olivier Ruel 	$15,000
3–4 	Andrew Johnson 	$15,000
3–4 	Andrew Cuneo 	$15,000
3–4 	Aaron Forsythe 	$15,000
==Grand Prix (March–April 2001)==
==Pro Tour Barcelona==
4–6 May 2001 in Barcelona, Spain.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kai Budde 	$30,000	32 	Third Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
2 	Alan Comer 	$20,000	24 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Daniel Clegg 	$15,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Patrick Mello 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Brad Swan 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Albertus Law 	$8,500 	12 	First Singaporean in a Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Yuri Kolomeyko	$7,500 	12 	First Ukrainian in a Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Chad Ellis 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Barcelona===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Ben Rubin 	$25,000
2 	Jay Elarar 	$15,000
3–4 	Jon Finkel 	$10,000
3–4 	Zvi Mowshowitz	$10,000
5–8 	Ryan Fuller 	$6,500
5–8 	Markus Bell 	$6,500
5–8 	Tuomo Nieminen	$6,500
5–8 	Mike Turian 	$6,500
==Grand Prix (May–July 2001)==
==2001 World Championships==
8–12 August 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Tom van de Logt	$35,000	32 	Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Dutch to win a Pro Tour
2 	Alex Borteh 	$23,000	24 	
3 	Antoine Ruel 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Andrea Santin 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Mike Turian 	$9,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Jan Tomcani 	$8,500 	12 	First Slovak in a Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Tommi Hovi 	$7,500 	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8 	John Ormerod 	$6,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
===Team competition===
Place	Country	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	 	Trevor Blackwell 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Brian Hegstad 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Eugene Harvey 	$10,000	6
2 	 	Nicolai Herzog 	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Øyvind Ødegaard 	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Jan Pieter Groenhof	$5,000 	5
==Notes==
: John Ormerod did not participate in the top eight of the 2001 World Championships, but he was promoted to eighth-place when David Williams was disqualified for having marked cards.
==References==
Category:2001