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)

**Date:** 23–24 September 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Satoshi Nakamura
2.  Takamasa Fukata
3.  Tomohiro Maruyama
4.  Kazuyuki Momose
5.  Kiyoshi Sasanuma
6.  John Taro Kageyama
7.  Katsuhiro Mori
8.  Yuji Otsubo

**Date:** 23–24 September 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Antoine Ruel
2.  Olivier Ruel
3.  David Williams
4.  Michael Pustilnik
5.  Ryan Fuller
6.  Paco Llopis
7.  Gromko Radoslaw
8.  Rui Mariani Rodrigues

## Pro Tour New York

29 September–1 October 2000 in New York, United States.

### Masters – New York

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (October–November 2000)

**Date:** 7–8 October 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Darwin Kastle
2.  John Ormerod
3.  Mark LePine
4.  Noah Boeken
5.  Justin Gary
6.  Marc Hernandez
7.  Neil Rigby
8.  Zvi Mowshowitz

**Date:** 28–29 October 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Noah Boeken
2.  Erno Ekebom
3.  Arto Hiltunen
4.  Rickard Österberg
5.  Messaoud Bouchaib
6.  Dominik Hothow
7.  Erik Leander
8.  Jens Thorén

**Date:** 28–29 October 2000
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Matthew Vienneau
2.  Chris Benafel
3.  Daniel Clegg
4.  Matt Linde
5.  Dustin Stern
6.  Ben Romig
7.  Peter Leiher
8.  Trevor Blackwell

**Date:** 11–12 November 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
2.  Yuki Murakami
3.  Katsuhiro Mori
4.  Ryan Fuller
5.  Eisaku Itadani
6.  Tsuyoshi Doyama
7.  Tomohiro Maruyama
8.  Tobey Tamber

**Date:** 11–12 November 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Sean Fitzgerald
2.  Sean Smith
3.  Thomas Keller
4.  Scott Johns
5.  Robert Swarowski
6.  Joel Frank
7.  Terry Welty
8.  Chris Demaci

**Date:** 18–19 November 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Kohei Yamadaya
2.  Will Copeman
3.  Satoshi Nakamura
4.  Joe Connolly
5.  Royce Chai
6.  Chris Allen
7.  Anatoli Lightfoot
8.  Kim Brebach

**Date:** 25–26 November 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Benedikt Klauser
2.  Bram Snepvangers
3.  Kai Budde
4.  Martin Zürcher
5.  Ben Ronaldson
6.  Daniele Canavesi
7.  Mario Pascoli
8.  Lionel Benezech

**Date:** 25–26 November 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Hugo Ariza
2.  Walter Witt
3.  Pablo Huerta
4.  Rafael Le Saux
5.  Diego Ostrovich
6.  José Barbero
7.  Emmanuel Duering
8.  Mathias Bollati

## Pro Tour Chicago

1–3 December 2000 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

### Masters – Chicago

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (December 2000–January 2001)

**Date:** 9–10 December 2000
**Format:** Extended
 1.  Sam Lau
2.  Jonathan Chan
3.  Tzu Ching Kuo
4.  Masayuki Higashino
5.  Yi Jie Vice Lin
6.  Tishem Tham
7.  Boon Tat Elvin Eng
8.  Nicholas Wong

**Date:** 6–7 January 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Bill Stead
2.  Michelle Bush
3.  Gary Rush
4.  Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
5.  Casey McCarrel
6.  Eric Kesselman
7.  Jamie Parke
8.  Dustin Stern

**Date:** 13–14 January 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Chris Benafel
2.  Xavier Curto Vives
3.  Brian Davis
4.  Daniel O'Mahoney-Schwartz
5.  David Price
6.  Antoine Ruel
7.  Menno Dolstra
8.  Alexander Witt

**Date:** 27–28 January 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Masayuki Higashino
2.  Masaya Mori
3.  Nobuaki Shikata
4.  Masahiko Morita
5.  Katsuhiro Mori
6.  Tsuyoshi Fujita
7.  Koby Okada
8.  Toshiki Tsukamoto

## Pro Tour Los Angeles

2–4 February 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Grand Prix (February–March 2001)

**Date:** 10–11 February 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Tobey Tamber
2.  Tzu Ching Kuo
3.  King Yim Kingston Tong
4.  Nicholas Wong
5.  Fumio Hoshino
6.  Granger Petersen
7.  Toshiki Tsukamoto
8.  Hon Ming Au Yeung

**Date:** 10–11 February 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ricard Tuduri
2.  Olivier Ruel
3.  Noah Boeken
4.  Ryan Fuller
5.  Michael Pustilnik
6.  Manuel Ramos
7.  Raul Mestre
8.  Raul Peret

**Date:** 24–25 February 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jim Herold
2.  Antoine Ruel
3.  Trey Van Cleave
4.  Joost Vollebregt
5.  Daniel Zink
6.  Frank Karsten
7.  Christoph Lippert
8.  Jan Doise

**Date:** 24–25 February 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Tom Swan
2.  Scott Johns
3.  Alan Comer
4.  Matt Vienneau
5.  Brian Hegstad
6.  Kurtis Hahn
7.  Kyle Rose
8.  Chris Benafel

**Date:** 10–11 March 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Ryan Fuller
2.  Jens Thorén
3.  Jakub Slemr
4.  Trey Van Cleave
5.  Thomas Preyer
6.  Antoine Ruel
7.  Kristian Kockott
8.  Noah Boeken

**Date:** 10–11 March 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Carlos Romão
2.  Alex Shvartsman
3.  Justin Schneider
4.  Rafael Alvarenga
5.  Rafael Le Saux
6.  Ernesto Mingorance
7.  Damian Brown-Santirso
8.  Daniel Brasil do Carmo

### Masters – Tokyo

 2
 3–4

## Grand Prix (March–April 2001)

**Date:** 24–25 March 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Jan Schreurs
2.  Josper Manne Thranne
3.  Raphaël Lévy
4.  Scott Willis
5.  Eivind Nitter
6.  Marcus Angelin
7.  Sondre Ellingvåg
8.  Jimmy Öman

**Date:** 31 March–1 April 2001
**Format:** Limited
 1.  Matt Vienneau
2.  Brock Parker
3.  Bob Maher, Jr.
4.  Daniel Clegg
5.  William Jensen
6.  Adam Prokopin
7.  Aaron Breider
8.  Louis Boileau

**Date:** 21–22 April 2001
**Format:** Block Constructed
 1.  Ryan Fuller
2.  Iwan Tan
3.  Yuri Markin
4.  Antoine Ruel
5.  Eugene Okin
6.  David Williams
7.  Sergey Norin
8.  Rustam Bakirov

### Masters – Barcelona

 2
 3–4
 3–4
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8
 5–8

## Grand Prix (May–July 2001)

**Date:** 12–13 May 2001
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Chris Benafel
1.  Ryan Fuller
1.  David Williams
2.  Masashiro Kuroda
2.  Tomomi Otsuka
2.  Masahiko Morita
3.  Tsuyoshi Douyama
3.  Tadayoshi Komiya
3.  Takao Higaki
4.  Tsuyoshi Ikeda
4.  Toshiki Tsukamoto
4.  Jun Nobushita

**Date:** 26–27 May 2001
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Peter Szigeti
1.  Brock Parker
1.  Daniel Clegg
2.  Ryan Fuller
2.  Chris Benafel
2.  Noah Boeken
3.  Menno Dolstra
3.  Jan Schreurs
3.  Bram Snepvangers
4.  Tom van de Logt
4.  Kamiel Cornelissen
4.  Jelger Wiegersma

**Date:** 21–22 July 2001
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  David Williams
1.  Chris Benafel
1.  Daniel Clegg
2.  Osamu Fujita
2.  Itaru Ishida
2.  Katsuhiro Mori
3.  Tzu Ching Kuo
3.  Chen Yu Wang
3.  Dell Sun
4.  Jack Ho
4.  Yen Chang Lee
4.  Yang Bo Wang

**Date:** 28–29 July 2001
**Format:** Team Limited
 1.  Darwin Kastle
1.  David Humpherys
1.  Rob Dougherty
2.  Daniel Clegg
2.  Ken Ho
2.  Lan D. Ho
3.  Gabriel Tsang
3.  Brian Hacker
3.  Ben Rubin
4.  Gary Krakower
4.  Matt Vienneau
4.  Michael Pustilnik

## 2001 World Championships

*Main article: 2001 World Championships*
8–12 August 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

### Team competition

 Brian Hegstad
 Eugene Harvey | $10,000
 2
 Øyvind Ødegaard
 Jan Pieter Groenhof

## Notes

**^I** 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

1. ↑ DAVE WILLIAMS DISQUALIFIED. Wizards of the Coast (2001-08-12). Retrieved on 2016-05-09.
2. ↑ FINAL STANDINGS (BY SCORE). Wizards of the Coast (2001-08-12). Retrieved on 2016-05-09.