2009 Pro Tour Season

The 2009 Pro Tour season was the fourteenth Pro Tour season. It started on 17 January 2009 with Grand Prix Los Angeles, and ended on 22 November 2009 with the conclusion of the 2009 World Championships.
==Grand Prix (January–February 2009)==
GP Los Angeles 	GP Rotterdam
 Date: 17–18 January 2009	 Date: 21–22 February 2009
 Format: Extended 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 834 	 Attendance: 1227
 1. Luis Scott-Vargas 	 1. Arjan van Leeuwen
 2. Brett Piazza 	 2. Robert van Medevoort
 3. Saul Alvarado 	 3. Shuhei Nakamura
 4. Mat Marr 	 4. Alex Fanghänel
 5. Michael Jacob 	 5. Aaron Brackmann
 6. Carl Hendrix 	 6. Michal Hebky
 7. Mark Herberholz 	 7. Tomas Langer
 8. Asher Hecht 	 8. Reinhold Kohl
==Pro Tour Kyoto==
27 February–1 March 2009 in Kyoto, Japan
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Gabriel Nassif 	$40,000	25 	Ninth Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2 	Luis Scott-Vargas 	$20,000	20 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Akimasa Yamamoto 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Brian Robinson 	$13,000	16 	Pro Tour debut
5 	Matteo Orsini-Jones	$11,000	12 	
6 	Cedric Philips 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Jan Ruess 	$10,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Masayu Tanahashi 	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (March–May 2009)==
GP Chicago 	GP Hanover 	GP Singapore
 Date: 7–8 March 2009	 Date: 13–14 March 2009 	 Date: 21–22 March 2009
 Format: Legacy 	 Format: Extended 	 Format: Extended
 Attendance: 1230 	 Attendance: 925 	 Attendance: 370
 1. Gabriel Nassif 	 1. Lino Burgold 	 1. Tomoharu Saito
 2. Andrew Probasco 	 2. Gaudenis Vidugiris 	 2. Masaya Kitayama
 3. Paul Rietzl 	 3. Lukas Kraft 	 3. Chin Heng Tan
 4. James Mink 	 4. Karim Bauer 	 4. Yuuta Takahashi
 5. Brian Kowal 	 5. Kenny Öberg 	 5. Yong Han Choo
 6. Tommy Kolowith 	 6. Pascal Vieren 	 6. Liang Chen
 7. David Caplan 	 7. Helmut Summersberger	 7. Sam Black
 8. Brian Six 	 8. Ondra Posolda 	 8. Tzu Ching Kuo
GP Kobe 	GP Barcelona 	GP Seattle
 Date: 18–19 April 2009	 Date: 23–24 May 2009 	 Date: 30–31 May 2009
 Format: Extended 	 Format: Standard 	 Format: Standard
 Attendance: 545 	 Attendance: 1495 	 Attendance: 1127
 1. Tomoharu Saito 	 1. Joel Calafell 	 1. Yann Massicard
 2. Yuuya Watanabe 	 2. Riccardo Neri 	 2. Ben Lundquist
 3. Tzu Ching Kuo 	 3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	 3. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 4. Kentaro Yamamoto 	 4. Sam Black 	 4. Charles Dupont
 5. Katsuya Ueda 	 5. Hugo De Jong 	 5. Luis Scott-Vargas
 6. Keiichi Kondou 	 6. Sean Og Murphy 	 6. Nicolay Potovin
 7. Kenji Hamamoto 	 7. Ricardo Venancio 	 7. Michael Jacob
 8. Ryouma Shiozu 	 8. George Paraskuopoulos 	 8. Ari Lax
==Pro Tour Honolulu==
5–7 June 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Kazuya Mitamura 	$40,000	25 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Michal Hebky 	$20,000	20 	
3 	Paul Rietzl 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Conley Woods 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Christophe Gregoir	$11,000	12 	
6 	Zac Hill 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Brian Kibler 	$10,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Tom Ross 	$9,500 	12 	
==Grand Prix (June–October 2009)==
GP São Paulo 	GP Boston 	GP Brighton 	GP Bangkok
 Date: 13–14 June 2009 	 Date: 1–2 August 2009 	 Date: 8–9 August 2009	 Date: 22–23 August 2009
 Format: Standard 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 639 	 Attendance: 1503 	 Attendance: 760 	 Attendance: 414
 1. Daniel Almeida Alvez	 1. Marlon Egolf 	 1. Olivier Ruel 	 1. Shingou Kurihara
 2. Andres Monsalve 	 2. Ben Stark 	 2. Martin Jůza 	 2. Martin Jůza
 3. Guilherme Vieira 	 3. David Feinstein 	 3. Dennis Stone 	 3. Koutarou Ootsuka
 4. Wendell Santini 	 4. Jason Lundberg 	 4. Mark Dictus 	 4. Matteo Orsini Jones
 5. Allison Abe 	 5. Jonathan Pearlman 	 5. Kevin Grove 	 5. Ruud Warmenhoven
 6. Diego Crusius 	 6. Brian Lynch 	 6. Robbert Menten 	 6. Yuuya Watanabe
 7. Juan Veliz 	 7. Bradley Wojceshonek	 7. Reinhold Kohl 	 7. Ryan Luo
 8. Daniel Frias 	 8. Zach Efland 	 8. Joseph Jackson 	 8. Zhiyang Zhang
GP Niigata 	GP Prague 	GP Melbourne
 Date: 29–30 August 2009	 Date: 5–6 September 2009	 Date: 10–11 October 2009
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 722 	 Attendance: 1541 	 Attendance: 416
 1. Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	 1. Jan Schmidt 	 1. Yuuya Watanabe
 2. Shingou Kurihara 	 2. Yuuya Watanabe 	 2. Tomoharu Saito
 3. Ren Ishikawa 	 3. Bojan Zunko 	 3. Marcus Teo
 4. Hajime Nakamura 	 4. Ognjen Cividini 	 4. Shane Daliston
 5. Sho Ishikawa 	 5. Julien De Graat 	 5. Brett Hughes
 6. Takaya Saitou 	 6. Lukas Vozdecky 	 6. Jacky Zhang
 7. Gaudenis Vidugiris 	 7. Marcel Kondrk 	 7. Joel Piotto
 8. Yuuya Watanabe 	 8. Radek Kaczmarczyk 	 8. Steven Aplin
==Pro Tour Austin==
16–18 October 2009 in Austin, Texas, United States
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	Brian Kibler 	$40,000	25 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2 	Tsuyoshi Ikeda 	$20,000	20 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
3 	Naoki Shimizu 	$15,000	16 	
4 	Hunter Burton 	$13,000	16 	
5 	Evangelos Papatrarouchas	$11,000	12 	
6 	Yuuya Watanabe 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Martin Jůza 	$10,000	12 	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa	$9,500 	12 	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
==Grand Prix (October–November 2009)==
GP Tampa 	GP Kitakyushu 	GP Paris 	GP Minneapolis
 Date: 24–25 October 2009	 Date: 31 October–1 November 2009	 Date: 7–8 November 2009	 Date: 14–15 November 2009
 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited 	 Format: Limited
 Attendance: 834 	 Attendance: 501 	 Attendance: 1961 	 Attendance: 1187
 1. Gaudenis Vidugiris 	 1. Taisuke Ishii 	 1. Adrian Rosada 	 1. Zohar Bhagat
 2. Conley Woods 	 2. Masashi Oiso 	 2. Danny Ecker 	 2. Matt Sperling
 3. John Skinner 	 3. Jun'ya Iyanaga 	 3. Lino Burgold 	 3. Brian Kibler
 4. John May 	 4. Ken Yukuhiro 	 4. Niels Viaene 	 4. Brad Nelson
 5. Gabriel Nassif 	 5. Yuuya Watanabe 	 5. Herbert Engleitner 	 5. Owen Turtenwald
 6. Alex Majlaton 	 6. Katsuhiro Mori 	 6. Bernd Brendemühl 	 6. David Ochoa
 7. Tom Ross 	 7. Takeshi Takagi 	 7. Jérémy Dezani 	 7. Mike Gualtieri
 8. Martin Jůza 	 8. Hironobu Sugaya 	 8. Gonzague Allouchery	 8. Tom Ross
==2009 World Championships==
19–22 November 2009 in Rome, Italy.
===Final standings===
Place	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points	Comment
1 	André Coimbra 	$45,000	25 	Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Portuguese to win a Pro Tour
2 	David Reitbauer 	$24,000	20 	
3 	Terry Soh 	$15,000	16 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4 	Bram Snepvangers 	$14,000	16 	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5 	William Cavaglieri	$11,000	12 	
6 	Manuel Bucher 	$10,500	12 	
7 	Marijn Lybaert 	$10,000	12 	Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 	Florian Pils 	$9,500 	12 	
===Team competition===
Place	Country 	Player 	Prize 	Pro Points
1 	China 	Wu Tong 	$4,000	6
1 	China 	Bo Li 	$4,000	6
1 	China 	Zhiyang Zhang 	$4,000	6
2 	Austria 	Benedikt Klauser	$2,500	5
2 	Austria 	Benjamin Rozhon 	$2,500	5
2 	Austria 	Bernhard Lehner 	$2,500	5
3 	Czech Republic	Lukas Jaklovsky 	$2,000	4
3 	Czech Republic	Lukas Blohon 	$2,000	4
3 	Czech Republic	Jan Kotrla 	$2,000	4
4 	Netherlands 	Kevin Grove 	$1,750	4
4 	Netherlands 	Niels Noorlander	$1,750	4
4 	Netherlands 	Tom van Lamoen 	$1,750	4
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