2001–02 Pro Tour Season

The 2001–02 Pro Tour season was the seventh Pro Tour season. It started on 18 August 2001 with Grand Prix events in Kobe and Denver, and ended on 18 August 2002 with the conclusion of the 2002 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (August–September 2001)==
==Pro Tour New York==
7–9 September 2001 in New York, United States.
Place	Team name 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Phoenix Foundation	Dirk Baberowski 	$60,000	24 	Third Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
1 	Phoenix Foundation	Kai Budde 	$60,000	24 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8, fourth Pro Tour win
1 	Phoenix Foundation	Marco Blume 	$60,000	24 	
2 	Les Plus Class 	Amiel Tenenbaum 	$30,000	18 	Pro Tour debut
2 	Les Plus Class 	Gabriel Nassif 	$30,000	18 	
2 	Les Plus Class 	Nicolas Olivieri	$30,000	18 	
3 	Illuminati 	Justin Gary 	$18,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Illuminati 	Zvi Mowshowitz 	$18,000	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Illuminati 	Alex Shvartsman 	$18,000	12 	
4 	Car Acrobatic Team	Aaron Forsythe 	$15,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Cuneo 	$15,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Car Acrobatic Team	Andrew Johnson 	$15,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
==Grand Prix (September–October 2001)==
==Pro Tour New Orleans==
2–4 November 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kai Budde 	$30,000	32 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8, fifth Pro Tour win
2 	Tomi Walamies 	$20,000	24 	
3 	Jelger Wiegersma	$15,000	16 	
4 	David Humpherys 	$13,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Anton Jonsson 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Raphaël Gennary 	$8,500 	12 	First Swiss in a Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Darwin Kastle 	$7,500 	12 	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Benedikt Klauser	$6,500 	12 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
===Masters – New Orleans===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Michael Pustilnik	$25,000
2 	Chris Benafel 	$15,000
3–4 	Bob Maher, Jr. 	$10,000
3–4 	Noah Boeken 	$10,000
5–8 	Zvi Mowshowitz 	$6,500
5–8 	Ryan Fuller 	$6,500
5–8 	Johan Sadeghpour 	$6,500
5–8 	Nicholas Olivieri	$6,500
==Grand Prix (November 2001–January 2002)==
==Pro Tour San Diego==
11–13 January 2002 in San Diego, California, United States.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Farid Meraghni 	$30,000	32 	First Frenchman to win a Pro Tour
2 	Jens Thorén 	$20,000	24 	
3 	Donald Gallitz 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Andrew Wolf 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Jeff Cunningham 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Frederico Bastos	$8,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Neil Reeves 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Eric Froehlich 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – San Diego===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Ryan Fuller 	$25,000
2 	David Humpherys 	$15,000
3–4 	Brian Hegstad 	$10,000
3–4 	Tomi Walamies 	$10,000
5–8 	Tsuyoshi Fujita 	$6,500
5–8 	Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz	$6,500
5–8 	Darwin Kastle 	$6,500
5–8 	Rob Dougherty 	$6,500
==Grand Prix (January–March 2002)==
==Pro Tour Osaka==
15–17 March 2002 in Osaka, Japan.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Ken Ho 	$30,000	32 	
2 	Olivier Ruel 	$20,000	24 	
3 	Rob Dougherty 	$15,000	16 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Jens Thorén 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Sylvain Lauriol 	$9,500 	12 	
6 	Nicholas Olivieri	$8,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Osyp Lebedowicz 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Christophe Haim 	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Osaka===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Dirk Baberowski 	$60,000
1 	Kai Budde 	$60,000
1 	Marco Blume 	$60,000
2 	Itaru Ishida 	$30,000
2 	Kazuyaki Momose 	$30,000
2 	Reiji Andou 	$30,000
3–4 	Amiel Tenenbaum 	$15,000
3–4 	Gabriel Nassif 	$15,000
3–4 	Nicolas Olivieri 	$15,000
3–4 	Victor Van der Broek	$15,000
3–4 	Frank Karsten 	$15,000
3–4 	Jelger Wiegersma 	$15,000
==Grand Prix (March–April 2002)==
==Pro Tour Nice==
3–5 May 2002 in Nice, France.
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Eivind Nitter 	$30,000	32 	
2 	Bram Snepvangers	$20,000	24 	
3 	Svend Geertsen 	$15,000	16 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Brian Davis 	$13,000	16 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Kai Budde 	$9,500 	12 	Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
6 	Anton Jonsson 	$8,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Gary Talim 	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Benjamin Niedrig	$6,500 	12 	
===Masters – Nice===
Place	Player 	Prize
1 	Alexander Witt 	$25,000
2 	Justin Gary 	$15,000
3–4 	Kai Budde 	$10,000
3–4 	Antoine Ruel 	$10,000
5–8 	Jens Thorén 	$6,500
5–8 	Patrick Mello 	$6,500
5–8 	Tomi Walamies 	$6,500
5–8 	Nicholas Olivieri	$6,500
==Grand Prix (May–July 2002)==
==2002 World Championships==
14–18 August 2002 in Sydney, Australia.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Carlos Romão 	$35,000	32 	First Brazilian to win a Pro Tour
2 	Mark Ziegner 	$23,000	24 	
3 	Diego Ostrovich 	$15,000	16 	First Argentinian in a Pro Tour Top 8
4 	David Humpherys 	$13,000	16 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	Sim Han How 	$9,500 	12 	First Malaysian in a Pro Tour Top 8
6 	John Larkin 	$8,500 	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
7 	Tuomas Kotiranta	$7,500 	12 	
8 	Ken Krouner 	$6,500 	12 	
===Team competition===
Place	Country	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	 	Mark Ziegner 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Kai Budde 	$10,000	6
1 	 	Felix Schneiders	$10,000	6
2 	 	Andrew Ranks 	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Eugene Harvey 	$5,000 	5
2 	 	Eric Franz 	$5,000 	5
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