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)

**Date:** 24–25 August 2002
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Shinichi Kumagai
2.  Masahiko Morita
3.  Satoshi Nakamura
4.  Itaru Ishida
5.  Kenji Kimoto
6.  Junichi Kinoshita
7.  Yuta Hirosawa
8.  Nobuaki Shikata

**Date:** 31 August–1 September 2002
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Jakub Slemr
2.  Christoph Hölzl
3.  Bram Snepvangers
4.  Craig Stevenson
5.  Pedro Velhinho
6.  Christophe Haim
7.  Dario Minieri
8.  Gérard Garcia

**Date:** 7–8 September 2002
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Valentin Moskovich
2.  Gabriel Tsang
3.  Jeremy Pinter
4.  Matthew Schrempp
5.  Adam Prosak
6.  David Williams
7.  Brian Davis
8.  Rob Dougherty

## Pro Tour Boston

27–29 September 2002 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

## Grand Prix (September–October 2002)

**Date:** 28–29 September 2002
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Simon Hockwin
2.  Arndt Meier
3.  Jens Krause
4.  Patrick Plößer
5.  Nico Wendt
6.  Piotr Sienko
7.  Dennis Schmitz
8.  Jean Charles Salvin

**Date:** 12–13 October 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Rei Hashimoto
2.  Shuhei Nakamura
3.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
4.  Masashi Oiso
5.  Eiji Nomura
6.  Masanori Kobayashi
7.  Jin Okamoto
8.  Junichi Kinoshita

**Date:** 12–13 October 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Bob Maher, Jr.
2.  Jens Krause
3.  Kai Budde
4.  Fredrik Boberg
5.  Dirk Baberowski
6.  Jens Thorén
7.  David Linder
8.  Fleurent Jeudon

**Date:** 26–27 October 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jeff Cunningham
2.  Shaun Doran
3.  Eli Aden
4.  Morgan Douglass
5.  Nick Eisel
6.  Craig Krempels
7.  Patrick Sullivan
8.  Jacob Rabinowitz

## Pro Tour Houston

8–10 November 2002 in Houston, Texas, United States.

### Masters – Houston

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (November 2002–January 2003)

**Date:** 23–24 November 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ben Seck
2.  Tristan Gall
3.  Jarron Puszet.
4.  Shun Jiang
5.  Richard Grace
6.  Milton Jian Xiong Lin
7.  Chris Allen
8.  Jake Hart

**Date:** 23–24 November 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Philip Freneau
2.  Bob Maher, Jr.
3.  Brian Hegstad
4.  Ken Krouner
5.  Peter Swarowski
6.  Allen Sun
7.  Nick Eisel
8.  Gerardo Gordinez Estrada

**Date:** 30 November–1 December 2002
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Alex Mack
2.  Benjamin Caumes
3.  Patrick Mello
4.  Emmanuel Vernay
5.  Hans Joachim Höh
6.  Régis Lavoisier
7.  Christoph Lippert
8.  Anton Jonsson

**Date:** 3–4 January 2003
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Zvi Mowshowitz
2.  Eugene Harvey
3.  Michael Pustilnik
4.  Diego Ostrovich
5.  Jeff Cunningham
6.  Morgan Douglass
7.  Carl Lobato
8.  Trey Van Cleave

## Pro Tour Chicago

17–19 January 2003 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

### Masters – Chicago

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (January–February 2003)

**Date:** 25–26 January 2003
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Motokiyo Azuma
2.  Osamu Fujita
3.  Takao Higaki
4.  Kang Jisang
5.  Junichi Kinoshita
6.  Yoshitaka Nakano
7.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
8.  Atsushi Tabuchi

**Date:** 22–23 February 2003
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Anton Jonsson
2.  Carlos Romão
3.  Eivind Nitter
4.  Antoine Ruel
5.  Stan van der Velden
6.  Adriano Rohner
7.  David Brucker
8.  Javier Perez Fresnedo

**Date:** 22–23 February 2003
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Brian Kibler
2.  Matthew Cory
3.  Aaron Breider
4.  Mark Zajdner
5.  Ben Rubin
6.  Joshua Wagener
7.  Zvi Mowshowitz
8.  Eric James

### Masters – Venice

 3–4

## Grand Prix (March–April 2003)

**Date:** 29–30 March 2003
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Akira Asahara
2.  Hisaya Tanaka
3.  Masashi Oiso
4.  Akihiro Takakuwa
5.  Itaru Ishida
6.  Shuhei Nakamura
7.  Ryouma Shiozu
8.  Yoshiaki Tashiro

**Date:** 29–30 March 2003
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Mikael Polgary
2.  Terry Soh
3.  Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
4.  Sam Lei Kang Lau
5.  Chang Chua
6.  Kai Cheong Tang
7.  Gary Talim
8.  Antonino De Rosa

**Date:** 12–13 April 2003
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Stefan Jedlicka
2.  Raphaël Lévy
3.  Thomas Gundersen
4.  David Jensen
5.  Jelger Wiegersma
6.  Gabriel Nassif
7.  Anton Jonsson
8.  Armin Birner

### Masters – Yokohama

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (May–July 2003)

**Date:** 31 May–1 June 2003
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Justin Gary
1.  Zvi Mowshowitz
1.  Alex Shvartsman
2.  James Duguid
2.  Charles Gindy
2.  Manny Orellana
3.  Jean Charles Salvin
3.  Pasquale Ruggiero
3.  Jairo Liquidano
4.  Justin Schneider
4.  Michael Krzywicki
4.  Mike Long

**Date:** 7–8 June 2003
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Wilfried Ranque
1.  Carlos Romão
1.  Jose Barbero
2.  Kamiel Cornelissen
2.  Jon Finkel
2.  Eric Froehlich
3.  Tomi Walamies
3.  Jens Thorén
3.  Anton Jonsson
4.  André Delere
4.  Rolf Otto vor dem Gentschenfelde
4.  René Kraft

**Date:** 12–13 July 2003
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
2.  Itaru Ishida
3.  Vincent Gan
4.  Osamu Fujita
5.  Masahiko Morita
6.  Tsutomu Yamada
7.  Peerapat Ekpoorthorn
8.  Noppadol Srirattana

**Date:** 12–13 July 2003
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Bob Maher, Jr.
2.  Eugene Harvey
3.  Josh Ravitz
4.  Alex Shvartsman
5.  Mark Herberholz
6.  Matt Severa
7.  Morgan Douglass
8.  Derek Starleaf

## 2003 World Championships

*Main article: 2003 World Championships*
6–10 August 2003 in Berlin, Germany.

### Team competition

 Gabe Walls
 Joshua Wagner
 2
 Tuomo Nieminen
 Arho Toikka