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)

**Date:** 18–19 August 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Itaru Ishida
2.  Shuhei Nakamura
3.  Kei Ikeda
4.  Takayuki Nagaoka
5.  Hiroshi Kawasaki
6.  Ryo Ogura
7.  Takumi Hasegawa
8.  Kenshiro Ito

**Date:** 18–19 August 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Brett Shears
2.  Danny Mandel
3.  Brock Parker
4.  Darwin Kastle
5.  Sammy Batarseh
6.  Mike Abraham
7.  Aaron Knobloch
8.  Alex Borteh

**Date:** 25–26 August 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Matias Gabrenja
2.  Gerardo Godinez Estrada
3.  Jorge Rodriguez
4.  Jose Echeverria Paredes
5.  Rodrigo Sanchez
6.  Brock Parker
7.  Andrés Hojman
8.  Juan Ruetter

**Date:** 1–2 September 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Albertus Law
2.  Kelvin Yew Teck Hoon
3.  Ding Leong
4.  Michihisa Onoda
5.  Royce Ming Huang Chai
6.  Lance Chin Wei Yeong
7.  David Kwan
8.  Chang Chua

**Date:** 1–2 September 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Gabriel Nassif
3.  Helmut Summersberger
4.  Matt Henstra
5.  Warren Marsh
6.  René Kraft
7.  Antoine Ruel
8.  Pierre Malherbaud

## Pro Tour New York

7–9 September 2001 in New York, United States.

## Grand Prix (September–October 2001)

**Date:** 8–9 September 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Rickard Österberg
2.  Michal Marcik
3.  David Linder
4.  Mattias Kettil
5.  Przemek Oberbek
6.  Marcin Sados
7.  Felix Schneiders
8.  Roman Kubera

**Date:** 22–23 September 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Trey Van Cleave
2.  Anton Jonsson
3.  Johan Backfjärd
4.  Sigurd Eskeland
5.  Svante Landgraf
6.  Rickard Österberg
7.  Peter Laier
8.  Haakon Monsen

**Date:** 29–30 September 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  David Humpherys
2.  Andrew Wolf
3.  Brian Hegstad
4.  Brian Davis
5.  Craig Wescoe
6.  Cassius Weatherby
7.  Lee Curtis
8.  Jacob Janoska

**Date:** 6–7 October 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Stephan Meyer
2.  Eivind Nitter
3.  Nicolai Herzog
4.  Gabor Papp
5.  Matthias Künzler
6.  Holger Meinecke
7.  Konrad Zawadzki
8.  Ladoslav Zupancic

**Date:** 6–7 October 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ben Seck
2.  Wagner Kruger
3.  Justin Polin
4.  Grant van Dyk
5.  Andrew Mitchell
6.  Pieter Loubser
7.  Robert Thompson
8.  Peter Klein

**Date:** 13–14 October 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kohei Yamadaya
2.  Masahiko Morita
3.  Ryouma Shiozu
4.  Olivier Ruel
5.  Katsuhiro Mori
6.  Tsuyoshi Douyama
7.  Reiji Ando
8.  Eiho Kato

**Date:** 13–14 October 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Mike Turian
2.  Louis Boileau
3.  Timothy McKenna
4.  Brett Shears
5.  David Rood
6.  Bob Maher, Jr.
7.  Peter Szigeti
8.  Daniel Clegg

**Date:** 20–21 October 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Richard Johnston
2.  Roger Miller
3.  Alex Shvartsman
4.  Egidio De Gois
5.  Lenny Collins
6.  Dante Rosati
7.  Pang Ming Wee
8.  Daniel Romans

## Pro Tour New Orleans

2–4 November 2001 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

### Masters – New Orleans

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (November 2001–January 2002)

**Date:** 17–18 November 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jeff Fung
2.  Frederick Salazar
3.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
4.  Shinsuke Hayashi
5.  Bayani Manansala, Jr.
6.  Steven Shears
7.  Brian Hegstad
8.  Ryan Fuller

**Date:** 17–18 November 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Eugene Harvey
2.  Andrew Johnson
3.  Brad Swan
4.  Matt Linde
5.  Bin Chen
6.  Antonino De Rosa
7.  Craig Wescoe
8.  Alex Borteh

**Date:** 24–25 November 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Nicolas Labarre
2.  Kai Budde
3.  Lucio Moratinos
4.  Joost Vollebregt
5.  Ferran Vila
6.  Alexander Witt
7.  Alexis Dumay
8.  Olivier Ruel

**Date:** 8–9 December 2001
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Guilherme Svaldi
2.  Alex Shvartsman
3.  Antoine Ruel
4.  Leopoldo Martins
5.  Raphael Gunther
6.  Jose Barbero
7.  José Mangueira
8.  Eliton Enacio

**Date:** 8–9 December 2001
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Michael Pustilnik
2.  Adam Lane
3.  John Balla
4.  Sean Fitzgerald
5.  Kaare Anderson
6.  Rob Dougherty
7.  Shannon Krumick
8.  Scott Gerhardt

**Date:** 15–16 December 2001
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Kazuaki Arahori
2.  Kazuya Hirabayashi
3.  Mike Long
4.  Yuki Murakami
5.  Itaru Ishida
6.  Kazufumi Abe
7.  Jin Okamoto
8.  Katsuhiro Mori

**Date:** 5–6 January 2002
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Joshua Smith
2.  Brian Kibler
3.  William Jensen
4.  Ben Rubin
5.  Bob Maher, Jr.
6.  Alex Shvartsman
7.  Jonathan Pechon
8.  Jonathan Job

## Pro Tour San Diego

11–13 January 2002 in San Diego, California, United States.

### Masters – San Diego

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (January–March 2002)

**Date:** 19–20 January 2002
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Patrick Mello
3.  Olivier Ruel
4.  Marcio Carvalho
5.  Stefano Fiore
6.  Alex Shvartsman
7.  Tom van de Logt
8.  Jelger Wiegersma

**Date:** 9–10 February 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kamiel Cornelissen
2.  Chris Benafel
3.  Franck Canu
4.  Thomas Preyer
5.  Jelger Wiegersma
6.  Patrick Mello
7.  Yuri Kolomeyko
8.  Joost Vollebregt

**Date:** 16–17 February 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Alex Shvartsman
2.  Masahiko Morita
3.  Itaru Ishida
4.  Jun Ishihara
5.  Masashiro Kuroda
6.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
7.  Yusuke Sasaki
8.  Shuhei Nakamura

**Date:** 23–24 February 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Sol Malka
2.  Jeff Cunningham
3.  Koby Kennison
4.  Mike Emmert
5.  Antonino De Rosa
6.  Brian Kibler
7.  Adam Racht
8.  Adam Prokopin

**Date:** 2–3 March 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Kai Budde
2.  Florent Jeudon
3.  Mattias Jorstedt
4.  Wolfgang Eder
5.  Arjan van Leeuwen
6.  Christoph Lippert
7.  Jan Schreurs
8.  Dirk Baberowski

### Masters – Osaka

 3–4
 3–4

## Grand Prix (March–April 2002)

**Date:** 23–24 March 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Noah Boeken
2.  Christoph Lippert
3.  Olivier Ruel
4.  Carlos Barrado
5.  Stan van der Velden
6.  Reinhard Blech
7.  Raphaël Lévy
8.  Franck Canu

**Date:** 30–31 March 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ding Leong
2.  Chang Chua
3.  Yujian Zhou
4.  Veerapat Sirilertvorakul
5.  Alex Shvartsman
6.  Nicholas Wong
7.  Tobey Tamber
8.  Edsel Alvarez

**Date:** 6–7 April 2002
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Pierre Malherbaud
2.  Jelger Wiegersma
3.  Kai Budde
4.  Olivier Ruel
5.  Patrick Mello
6.  Iwan Tan
7.  Raphaël Lévy
8.  Christoph Lippert

### Masters – Nice

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (May–July 2002)

**Date:** 11–12 May 2002
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Masashiro Kuroda
1.  Katsuhiro Mori
1.  Masahiko Morita
2.  Naoki Kubouchi
2.  Shuhei Nakamura
2.  Kimio Imai
3.  Ryo Ogura
3.  Ryouma Shiozu
3.  Koji Nose
4.  Takayuki Nagaoka
4.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
4.  Masayuki Higashino

**Date:** 11–12 May 2002
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Eric Taylor
2.  Patrick Chapin
3.  Mike Turian
4.  Neil Reeves
5.  David Petersen
6.  Brian Kibler
7.  William Jensen
8.  Steve Cassell

**Date:** 29–30 June 2002
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Eric James
1.  Kyle Rose
1.  Norman Woods
2.  Justin Gary
2.  Zvi Mowshowitz
2.  Alex Shvartsman
3.  Jason Huang
3.  Paul Sottosanti
3.  Adam Fischer
4.  Alex Borteh
4.  Chris Benafel
4.  Eric Froehlich

**Date:** 13–14 July 2002
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Sheng Hsun Hsia
2.  Kang Nien Chiang
3.  Joe Yi Xiang Wang
4.  Albertus Law
5.  Morris Song
6.  Wen-Jien Hwang
7.  Chang Ming Tung
8.  Lucifar Sun

**Date:** 13–14 July 2002
**Format:** Standard
 1.  Gabriel Caligaris
2.  Felipe Desiderati
3.  Antoine Ruel
4.  Luis Sérgio Massaro
5.  Raphael Fontana Günter
6.  André Barreto
7.  Michel Shirozono
8.  Rodrigo Castro

## 2002 World Championships

*Main article: 2002 World Championships*
14–18 August 2002 in Sydney, Australia.

### Team competition

 Kai Budde | $10,000
 Felix Schneiders
 2
 Eugene Harvey | $5,000
 Eric Franz