2002–03 Pro Tour Season

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2002–03 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year	Kai Budde
Rookie of the Year	Masashi Oiso
World Champion	Daniel Zink
Team Champion	United States
PTs	6
Grand Prix	21
Previous season: 2001–02 Next season: 2003–04

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)

GP Sapporo Date: 24–25 August 2002 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 467

1. Shinichi Kumagai 2. Masahiko Morita 3. Satoshi Nakamura 4. Itaru Ishida 5. Kenji Kimoto 6. Junichi Kinoshita 7. Yuta Hirosawa 8. Nobuaki Shikata

GP London Date: 31 August–1 September 2002 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 683

1. Jakub Slemr 2. Christoph Hölzl 3. Bram Snepvangers 4. Craig Stevenson 5. Pedro Velhinho 6. Christophe Haim 7. Dario Minieri 8. Gérard Garcia

GP Cleveland Date: 7–8 September 2002 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 605

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.

Place	Team name	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Phoenix Foundation	Dirk Baberowski	$60,000	24	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8, third Pro Tour win
		Kai Budde		24	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8, sixth Pro Tour win
		Marco Blume		24	Second Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2	2020	Steven Wolfman	$30,000	18
		David Rood		18
		Elijah Pollock		18
3	Courtney's Boys	Gary Wise	$18,000	12	Third Pro Tour Top 8
		Neil Reeves		12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
		Bob Maher, Jr.		12	Third Pro Tour Top 8
4	Slay Pillage Gerrard	Jon Sonne	$15,000	12
		Gerard Fabiano		12
		Scott McCord		12

Grand Prix (September–October 2002)

GP Hamburg Date: 28–29 September 2002 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 582

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

GP Utsonomiya Date: 12–13 October 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 682

1. Rei Hashimoto 2. Shuhei Nakamura 3. Tsuyoshi Fujita 4. Masashi Oiso 5. Eiji Nomura 6. Masanori Kobayashi 7. Jin Okamoto 8. Junichi Kinoshita

GP Copenhagen Date: 12–13 October 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 507

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

GP Philadelphia Date: 26–27 October 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 594

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.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Justin Gary	$30,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2	Rob Dougherty	$20,000	24	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
3	Darwin Kastle	$15,000	16	Seventh Pro Tour Top 8
4	John Larkin	$13,000	16	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5	Peter Myrvig	$9,500	12
6	Mattias Jorstedt	$8,500	12
7	Bob Maher, Jr.	$7,500	12	Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
8	Jeroen Remie	$6,500	12

Masters – Houston

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jens Thorén	$25,000
2	Gary Wise	$15,000
3–4	Eric Froehlich	$10,000
3–4	Raphaël Lévy	$10,000
5–8	Alex Shvartsman	$6,500
5–8	Eivind Nitter	$6,500
5–8	Jelger Wiegersma	$6,500
5–8	Anton Jonsson	$6,500

Grand Prix (November 2002–January 2003)

GP Melbourne Date: 23–24 November 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 180

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

GP Los Angeles Date: 23–24 November 2002 Format: Limited Attendance: 480

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

GP Reims Date: 30 November–1 December 2002 Format: Extended Attendance: 831

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

GP New Orleans Date: 3–4 January 2003 Format: Extended Attendance: 386

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.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Kai Budde	$30,000	32	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8, seventh Pro Tour win
2	Nicolai Herzog	$20,000	24	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3	Jon Finkel	$15,000	16	Tenth Pro Tour Top 8
4	Dustin Stern	$13,000	16
5	Eugene Harvey	$9,500	12
6	Fabio Reinhardt	$8,500	12
7	Bram Snepvangers	$7,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
8	William Jensen	$6,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – Chicago

Place	Player	Prize
1	Franck Canu	$25,000
2	Ken Ho	$15,000
3–4	Antoine Ruel	$10,000
3–4	Neil Reeves	$10,000
5–8	David Humpherys	$6,500
5–8	Kai Budde	$6,500
5–8	Gary Wise	$6,500
5–8	Kamiel Cornelissen	$6,500

Grand Prix (January–February 2003)

GP Hiroshima Date: 25–26 January 2003 Format: Extended Attendance: 399

1. Motokiyo Azuma 2. Osamu Fujita 3. Takao Higaki 4. Kang Jisang 5. Junichi Kinoshita 6. Yoshitaka Nakano 7. Tsuyoshi Fujita 8. Atsushi Tabuchi

GP Sevilla Date: 22–23 February 2003 Format: Limited Attendance: 815

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

GP Boston Date: 22–23 February 2003 Format: Limited Attendance: 610

1. Brian Kibler 2. Matthew Cory 3. Aaron Breider 4. Mark Zajdner 5. Ben Rubin 6. Joshua Wagener 7. Zvi Mowshowitz 8. Eric James

Pro Tour Venice

21–23 March 2003 in Venice, Italy.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Osyp Lebedowicz	$30,000	32	Second Pro Tour Top 8
2	Tomi Walamies	$20,000	24	Second Pro Tour Top 8
3	Jordan Berkowitz	$15,000	16
4	William Jensen	$13,000	16	Third Pro Tour Top 8
5	Gabriel Nassif	$9,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6	Darwin Kastle	$8,500	12	Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
7	Akihiro Kashima	$7,500	12
8	Mattias Jorstedt	$6,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8

Masters – Venice

Place	Player	Prize
1	Masashiro Kuroda	$60,000
	Katsuhiro Mori
	Masahiko Morita
2	David Rood	$30,000
	Steve Wolfman
	Elijah Pollock
3–4	Reiji Andou	$15,000
	Kazuyuki Momose
	Itaru Ishida
3–4	Gary Wise	$15,000
	Neil Reeves
	Bob Maher, Jr.

Grand Prix (March–April 2003)

GP Kyoto Date: 29–30 March 2003 Format: Limited Attendance: 679

1. Akira Asahara 2. Hisaya Tanaka 3. Masashi Oiso 4. Akihiro Takakuwa 5. Itaru Ishida 6. Shuhei Nakamura 7. Ryouma Shiozu 8. Yoshiaki Tashiro

GP Singapore Date: 29–30 March 2003 Format: Limited Attendance: 237

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

GP Prague Date: 12–13 April 2003 Format: Limited Attendance: 947

1. Stefan Jedlicka 2. Raphaël Lévy 3. Thomas Gundersen 4. David Jensen 5. Jelger Wiegersma 6. Gabriel Nassif 7. Anton Jonsson 8. Armin Birner

Pro Tour Yokohama

9–11 May 2003 in Yokohama, Japan.

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Mattias Jorstedt	$30,000	32	Third Pro Tour Top 8
2	Masashi Oiso	$20,000	24
3	Tsuyoshi Ikeda	$15,000	16
4	Jon Finkel	$13,000	16	Eleventh Pro Tour Top 8
5	Benjamin Caumes	$9,500	12
6	Jose Barbero	$8,500	12
7	Ben Seck	$7,500	12
8	Rich Hoaen	$6,500	12

Masters – Yokohama

Place	Player	Prize
1	Bob Maher, Jr.	$25,000
2	Gabriel Nassif	$15,000
3–4	Tomi Walamies	$10,000
3–4	Darwin Kastle	$10,000
5–8	Diego Ostrovich	$6,500
5–8	Pierre Malherbaud	$6,500
5–8	Brian Kibler	$6,500
5–8	Zvi Mowshowitz	$6,500

Grand Prix (May–July 2003)

GP Pittsburgh Date: 31 May–1 June 2003 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 585 (195 teams)

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

GP Amsterdam Date: 7–8 June 2003 Format: Team Limited Attendance: 594 (198 teams)

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

GP Bangkok Date: 12–13 July 2003 Format: Standard Attendance: 257

1. Tsuyoshi Fujita 2. Itaru Ishida 3. Vincent Gan 4. Osamu Fujita 5. Masahiko Morita 6. Tsutomu Yamada 7. Peerapat Ekpoorthorn 8. Noppadol Srirattana

GP Detroit Date: 12–13 July 2003 Format: Block Constructed Attendance: 604

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

6–10 August 2003 in Berlin, Germany.

Final standings

Place	Player	Prize	Pro Points	Comment
1	Daniel Zink	$35,000	32
2	Jin Okamoto	$23,000	24
3	Tuomo Nieminen	$15,000	16
4	David Humpherys	$13,000	16	Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
5	Jeroen Remie	$9,500	12	Second Pro Tour Top 8
6	Peer Kröger	$8,500	12	Third Pro Tour Top 8
7	Wolfgang Eder	$7,500	12
8	Gabe Walls	$6,500	12

Team competition

Place	Country	Player	Prize	Pro Points
1	United States	Justin Gary	$10,000	6
		Gabe Walls	$10,000	6
		Joshua Wagner	$10,000	6
2	Finland	Tomi Walamies	$5,000	5
		Tuomo Nieminen	$5,000	5
		Arho Toikka	$5,000	5