2007 Pro Tour Season

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2007 Pro Tour Season
Player of the Year JPN flag Tomoharu Saito
Rookie of the Year JPN flag Yuuya Watanabe
World Champion ISR flag Uri Peleg
Team Champion CHE flag Switzerland
Hall of Fame inductions DEU flag Kai Budde
USA flag Zvi Mowshowitz
JPN flag Tsuyoshi Fujita
NOR flag Nicolai Herzog
USA flag Randy Buehler
PTs 5
Grand Prix 16
Previous season:
2006
Next season:
2008

The 2007 Pro Tour season was the twelfth Pro Tour season. It started on 9 February 2007 with Pro Tour Geneva, and ended on 9 December 2007 with the conclusion of the 2007 World Championships.

Pro Tour Geneva

9–11 February 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 USA flag Mike Hron $40,000 25
2 JPN flag Takuya Osawa $20,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 JPN flag Kenji Tsumura $15,000 16 Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
4 JPN flag Shingou Kurihara $13,000 16
5 BEL flag Marijn Lybaert $11,000 12
6 DEU flag Jim Herold $10,500 12
7 BRA flag Willy Edel $10,000 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 USA flag Ervin Tormos $9,500 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (February–April 2007)

GP Dallas GP Singapore GP Amsterdam
 Date: 24–25 February 2007  Date: 3–4 March 2007  Date: 10–11 March 2007
 Format: Extended  Format: Extended  Format: Two-headed Giant Limited
 Attendance: 748  Attendance: 331  Attendance: 1336 (668 teams)
 1. FRA flag Raphaël Lévy  1. FRA flag Raphaël Lévy  1. SVK flag Richard Hornansky
 1. SVK flag Michael Havlik
 2. USA flag Paul Cheon  2. JPN flag Shingou Kurihara
 3. JPN flag Kenji Tsumura  3. FRA flag Antoine Ruel  2. FRA flag Amiel Tenenbaum
 2. FRA flag Gabriel Nassif
 4. USA flag John Pelcak  4. JPN flag Osamu Fujita
 5. USA flag Mark Herberholz  5. FRA flag Olivier Ruel  3. NLD flag Olaf Koster
 3. NLD flag Christian Kok
 6. USA flag Paul Nguyen  6. JPN flag Koutarou Ootsuka
 7. USA flag Alex Ledbetter  7. JPN flag Ryo Ogura  4. GRC flag Vassilis Fatouros
 4. GRC flag Georgios Kapalos
 8. USA flag Jim Davis  8. JPN flag Tomoharu Saito
GP Kyoto GP Massachusetts
 Date: 17–18 March 2007  Date: 31 March–1 April 2007
 Format: Standard  Format: Two-Headed Giant Limited
 Attendance: 859  Attendance: 690 (345 teams)
 1. JPN flag Yuuya Watanabe  1. USA flag Matt Wang
 1. USA flag Steven O'Mahoney-Schwartz
 2. JPN flag Yuusuke Iwasaki
 3. JPN flag Motokiyo Azuma  2. USA flag Gerard Fabiano
 2. USA flag Eric Ziegler
 4. JPN flag Tsubasa Tomii
 5. JPN flag Naoki Shimizu  3. USA flag Ben Lundquist
 3. USA flag Tim Aten
 6. JPN flag Ren Ishikawa
 7. JPN flag Atsushi Wada  4. USA flag Matt Rubin
 4. USA flag Rob DiPalma
 8. JPN flag Katsuhiro Ide

Pro Tour Yokohama

20–22 April 2007 in Yokohama, Japan.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 FRA flag Guillaume Wafo-Tapa $40,000 25
2 JPN flag Kazuya Mitamura $20,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 USA flag Mark Herberholz $15,000 16 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4 JPN flag Tomoharu Saito $13,000 16 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5 PRT flag Paulo Carvalho $11,000 12 Second Pro Tour Top 8
6 FRA flag Raphaël Lévy $10,500 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
7 JPN flag Masashi Oiso $10,000 12 Sixth Pro Tour Top 8
8 DEU flag Sebastian Thaler $9,500 12

Grand Prix (May–June 2007)

GP Stockholm GP Strasbourg GP Colombus GP Montreal
 Date: 5–6 May 2007  Date: 19–20 May 2007  Date: 19–20 May 2007  Date: 23–24 June 2007
 Format: Limited  Format: Block Constructed  Format: Legacy  Format: Block Constructed
 Attendance: 713  Attendance: 1155  Attendance: 883  Attendance: 739
 1. RUS flag Nicolay Potovin  1. JPN flag Tomoharu Saito  1. USA flag Steve Sadin  1. BRA flag Celso Zampere Jr.
 2. DEU flag André Müller  2. DEU flag Raul Porojan  2. USA flag Owen Turtenwald  2. USA flag Paul Cheon
 3. JPN flag Kenji Tsumura  3. JPN flag Shota Yasooka  3. USA flag Bill Stark  3. FRA flag Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
 4. JPN flag Oliver Oks  4. DEU flag Florian Pils  4. USA flag Max Tietze  4. JPN flag Kenji Tsumura
 5. NLD flag Bas Postema  5. CHE flag Christoph Huber  5. USA flag Gadiel Szleifer  5. USA flag Gabriel Schwarz
 6. NOR flag Thomas Refsdal  6. DEU flag Klaus Jöns  6. USA flag Paul Nicolo  6. JPN flag Koutarou Ootsuka
 7. DEU flag Klaus Jöns  7. CZE flag Petr Martinek  7. CAN flag Ryan Trepanier  7. USA flag Jason Imperiale
 8. SWE flag Samuel Korsell  8. AUT flag Stefan Heigerer  8. USA flag Michael Belfatto  8. JPN flag Shota Yasooka

Pro Tour San Diego

29 June–1 July 2007 in San Diego, California, United States.

Place Players Prize Pro Points Comment
1 USA flag Chris Lachmann $50,000 20 Pro Tour debut
USA flag Jacob Van Lunen 20 Pro Tour debut
2 JPN flag Yuuta Takahashi $30,000 16
JPN flag Kentaro Yamamoto 16
3 USA flag John Fiorillo $22,000 12
USA flag Eugene Harvey 12 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
4 JPN flag Masami Kaneko $20,000 12
JPN flag Genki Taru 12

Grand Prix (August–September 2007)

GP San Francisco GP Florence
 Date: 25–26 August 2007  Date: 8–9 September 2007
 Format: Block Constructed  Format: Block Constructed
 Attendance: 672  Attendance: 1082
 1. USA flag Luis Scott-Vargas  1. JPN flag Masami Kaneko
 2. USA flag Jonathan Stocks  2. PRT flag André Coimbra
 3. BRA flag Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa  3. ITA flag Marco Cammilluzzi
 4. USA flag Brett Blackmann  4. ITA flag Mido Kagawa
 5. USA flag David Irvine  5. AUT flag Armin Birner
 6. USA flag Andrew Walden  6. CHE flag Manuel Bucher
 7. USA flag Zack Smith  7. DNK flag Rasmus Sibast
 8. USA flag Paul Cheon  8. AUT flag Ronald Guetl

Pro Tour Valencia

12–14 October 2007 in Valencia, Spain.

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 FRA flag Remi Fortier $40,000 25
2 DEU flag André Müller $20,000 20 Second Pro Tour Top 8
3 ITA flag Giulio Barra $15,000 16
4 JPN flag Shuhei Nakamura $13,000 16 Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5 JPN flag Takayuki Koike $11,000 12 Pro Tour debut
6 SVN flag Tine Rus $10,500 12 First Slovenian in a Pro Tour Top 8, Pro Tour debut
7 USA flag Sam Stein $10,000 16
8 JPN flag Makihito Mihara $9,500 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8

Grand Prix (October–November 2007)

GP Brisbane GP Bangkok GP Kraków
 Date: 20–21 October 2007  Date: 27–28 October 2007  Date: 3–4 November 2007
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited  Format: Standard
 Attendance: 233  Attendance: 314  Attendance: 849
 1. AUS flag Anatoli Lightfoot  1. JPN flag Masahiko Morita  1. USA flag Paul Cheon
 2. AUS flag Shawn Rayson  2. JPN flag Shingou Kurihara  2. FRA flag Amiel Tenenbaum
 3. PRT flag André Coimbra  3. SGP flag Yong Han Choo  3. AUT flag Armin Birner
 4. NZL flag Hassan Kamel  4. SGP flag Kok Seng Ong  4. FRA flag Olivier Ruel
 5. AUS flag David Zhao  5. JPN flag Jun'ya Iyanaga  5. SVK flag Robert Jacko
 6. AUS flag Norman McPherson  6. JPN flag Koutarou Ootsuka  6. ITA flag David Besso
 7. AUS flag Andrew Eckermann  7. SGP flag Steven Tan  7. FRA flag Guillaume Wafo-Tapa
 8. AUS flag Chris Ninnes  8. JPN flag Takuya Osawa  8. SVK flag Matej Zatlkaj
GP Kitakyushu GP Daytona Beach
 Date: 10–11 November 2007  Date: 17–18 November 2007
 Format: Limited  Format: Limited
 Attendance: 354  Attendance: 636
 1. JPN flag Jun'ya Iyanaga  1. USA flag Seth Manfield
 2. JPN flag Shota Yasooka  2. BRA flag Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
 3. JPN flag Akira Asahara  3. USA flag Tillman Bragg
 4. FRA flag Olivier Ruel  4. USA flag Tanon Grace
 5. JPN flag Kazuya Hirabayashi  5. USA flag Gabe Walls
 6. KOR flag Jun Young Park  6. USA flag Steven Wolansky
 7. JPN flag Kenji Tsumura  7. USA flag Kyle Miller
 8. JPN flag Chih-Chun Tsai  8. USA flag Alex Lieberman

2007 World Championships

6–9 December 2007 in New York, USA.

Final standings

Place Player Prize Pro Points Comment
1 ISR flag Uri Peleg $40,000 25 First Israeli to win a Pro Tour
2 FRA flag Patrick Chapin $22,000 20 Third Pro Tour Top 8
3 FRA flag Gabriel Nassif $15,000 16 Eighth Pro Tour Top 8
4 JPN flag Koutarou Ootsuka $14,000 16
5 CHE flag Christoph Huber $11,000 12
6 JPN flag Yoshitaka Nakano $10,000 12
7 JPN flag Katsuhiro Mori $9,000 12 Third Pro Tour Top 8
8 NLD flag Roel van Heeswijk $8,000 12

Team competition

Place Country Player Prize Pro Points
1 CHE flag Switzerland Nico Bohny $3,000 6
Manuel Bucher $3,000 6
Raphael Genari $3,000 6
Christoph Huber $3,000 6
2 AUT flag Austria Thomas Preyer $1,750 5
Stefan Stradner $1,750 5
David Reitbauer $1,750 5
Helmut Summersberger $1,750 5