2009 Pro Tour Season Player of the Year
Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe Rookie of the Year
Template:Flagicon Lino Burgold World Champion
Template:Flagicon André Coimbra Team Champion
China Hall of Fame inductions
Template:Flagicon Antoine Ruel Template:Flagicon Kamiel Cornelissen Template:Flagicon Frank Karsten PTs
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The 2009 Pro Tour season was the fourteenth Pro Tour season. It started on 17 January 2009 with Grand Prix Los Angeles, and ended on 22 November 2009 with the conclusion of the 2009 World Championships .
Grand Prix (January–February 2009)
GP Los Angeles
GP Rotterdam
Date: 17–18 January 2009
Date: 21–22 February 2009
Format: Extended
Format: Limited
Attendance: 834
Attendance: 1227
1. Template:Flagicon Luis Scott-Vargas
1. Template:Flagicon Arjan van Leeuwen
2. Template:Flagicon Brett Piazza
2. Template:Flagicon Robert van Medevoort
3. Template:Flagicon Saul Alvarado
3. Template:Flagicon Shuhei Nakamura
4. Template:Flagicon Mat Marr
4. Template:Flagicon Alex Fanghänel
5. Template:Flagicon Michael Jacob
5. Template:Flagicon Aaron Brackmann
6. Template:Flagicon Carl Hendrix
6. Template:Flagicon Michal Hebky
7. Template:Flagicon Mark Herberholz
7. Template:Flagicon Tomas Langer
8. Template:Flagicon Asher Hecht
8. Template:Flagicon Reinhold Kohl
Pro Tour Kyoto
Main article: Pro Tour Kyoto 2009
27 February–1 March 2009 in Kyoto, Japan
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon Gabriel Nassif
$40,000
25
Ninth Pro Tour Top 8, second Pro Tour win
2
Template:Flagicon Luis Scott-Vargas
$20,000
20
Second Pro Tour Top 8
3
Template:Flagicon Akimasa Yamamoto
$15,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon Brian Robinson
$13,000
16
Pro Tour debut
5
Template:Flagicon Matteo Orsini-Jones
$11,000
12
6
Template:Flagicon Cedric Philips
$10,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon Jan Ruess
$10,000
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon Masayu Tanahashi
$9,500
12
Grand Prix (March–May 2009)
GP Chicago
GP Hanover
GP Singapore
Date: 7–8 March 2009
Date: 13–14 March 2009
Date: 21–22 March 2009
Format: Legacy
Format: Extended
Format: Extended
Attendance: 1230
Attendance: 925
Attendance: 370
1. Template:Flagicon Gabriel Nassif
1. Template:Flagicon Lino Burgold
1. Template:Flagicon Tomoharu Saito
2. Template:Flagicon Andrew Probasco
2. Template:Flagicon Gaudenis Vidugiris
2. Template:Flagicon Masaya Kitayama
3. Template:Flagicon Paul Rietzl
3. Template:Flagicon Lukas Kraft
3. Template:Flagicon Chin Heng Tan
4. Template:Flagicon James Mink
4. Template:Flagicon Karim Bauer
4. Template:Flagicon Yuuta Takahashi
5. Template:Flagicon Brian Kowal
5. Template:Flagicon Kenny Öberg
5. Template:Flagicon Yong Han Choo
6. Template:Flagicon Tommy Kolowith
6. Template:Flagicon Pascal Vieren
6. Template:Flagicon Liang Chen
7. Template:Flagicon David Caplan
7. Template:Flagicon Helmut Summersberger
7. Template:Flagicon Sam Black
8. Template:Flagicon Brian Six
8. Template:Flagicon Ondra Posolda
8. Template:Flagicon Tzu Ching Kuo
GP Kobe
GP Barcelona
GP Seattle
Date: 18–19 April 2009
Date: 23–24 May 2009
Date: 30–31 May 2009
Format: Extended
Format: Standard
Format: Standard
Attendance: 545
Attendance: 1495
Attendance: 1127
1. Template:Flagicon Tomoharu Saito
1. Template:Flagicon Joel Calafell
1. Template:Flagicon Yann Massicard
2. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
2. Template:Flagicon Riccardo Neri
2. Template:Flagicon Ben Lundquist
3. Template:Flagicon Tzu Ching Kuo
3. Template:Flagicon Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
3. Template:Flagicon Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
4. Template:Flagicon Kentaro Yamamoto
4. Template:Flagicon Sam Black
4. Template:Flagicon Charles Dupont
5. Template:Flagicon Katsuya Ueda
5. Template:Flagicon Hugo De Jong
5. Template:Flagicon Luis Scott-Vargas
6. Template:Flagicon Keiichi Kondou
6. Template:Flagicon Sean Og Murphy
6. Template:Flagicon Nicolay Potovin
7. Template:Flagicon Kenji Hamamoto
7. Template:Flagicon Ricardo Venancio
7. Template:Flagicon Michael Jacob
8. Template:Flagicon Ryouma Shiozu
8. Template:Flagicon George Paraskuopoulos
8. Template:Flagicon Ari Lax
Pro Tour Honolulu
Main article: Pro Tour Honolulu 2009
5–7 June 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon Kazuya Mitamura
$40,000
25
Third Pro Tour Top 8
2
Template:Flagicon Michal Hebky
$20,000
20
3
Template:Flagicon Paul Rietzl
$15,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon Conley Woods
$13,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon Christophe Gregoir
$11,000
12
6
Template:Flagicon Zac Hill
$10,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon Brian Kibler
$10,000
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon Tom Ross
$9,500
12
Grand Prix (June–October 2009)
GP São Paulo
GP Boston
GP Brighton
GP Bangkok
Date: 13–14 June 2009
Date: 1–2 August 2009
Date: 8–9 August 2009
Date: 22–23 August 2009
Format: Standard
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 639
Attendance: 1503
Attendance: 760
Attendance: 414
1. Template:Flagicon Daniel Almeida Alvez
1. Template:Flagicon Marlon Egolf
1. Template:Flagicon Olivier Ruel
1. Template:Flagicon Shingou Kurihara
2. Template:Flagicon Andres Monsalve
2. Template:Flagicon Ben Stark
2. Template:Flagicon Martin Jůza
2. Template:Flagicon Martin Jůza
3. Template:Flagicon Guilherme Vieira
3. Template:Flagicon David Feinstein
3. Template:Flagicon Dennis Stone
3. Template:Flagicon Koutarou Ootsuka
4. Template:Flagicon Wendell Santini
4. Template:Flagicon Jason Lundberg
4. Template:Flagicon Mark Dictus
4. Template:Flagicon Matteo Orsini Jones
5. Template:Flagicon Allison Abe
5. Template:Flagicon Jonathan Pearlman
5. Template:Flagicon Kevin Grove
5. Template:Flagicon Ruud Warmenhoven
6. Template:Flagicon Diego Crusius
6. Template:Flagicon Brian Lynch
6. Template:Flagicon Robbert Menten
6. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
7. Template:Flagicon Juan Veliz
7. Template:Flagicon Bradley Wojceshonek
7. Template:Flagicon Reinhold Kohl
7. Template:Flagicon Ryan Luo
8. Template:Flagicon Daniel Frias
8. Template:Flagicon Zach Efland
8. Template:Flagicon Joseph Jackson
8. Template:Flagicon Zhiyang Zhang
GP Niigata
GP Prague
GP Melbourne
Date: 29–30 August 2009
Date: 5–6 September 2009
Date: 10–11 October 2009
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 722
Attendance: 1541
Attendance: 416
1. Template:Flagicon Tsuyoshi Ikeda
1. Template:Flagicon Jan Schmidt
1. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
2. Template:Flagicon Shingou Kurihara
2. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
2. Template:Flagicon Tomoharu Saito
3. Template:Flagicon Ren Ishikawa
3. Template:Flagicon Bojan Zunko
3. Template:Flagicon Marcus Teo
4. Template:Flagicon Hajime Nakamura
4. Template:Flagicon Ognjen Cividini
4. Template:Flagicon Shane Daliston
5. Template:Flagicon Sho Ishikawa
5. Template:Flagicon Julien De Graat
5. Template:Flagicon Brett Hughes
6. Template:Flagicon Takaya Saitou
6. Template:Flagicon Lukas Vozdecky
6. Template:Flagicon Jacky Zhang
7. Template:Flagicon Gaudenis Vidugiris
7. Template:Flagicon Marcel Kondrk
7. Template:Flagicon Joel Piotto
8. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
8. Template:Flagicon Radek Kaczmarczyk
8. Template:Flagicon Steven Aplin
Pro Tour Austin
Main article: Pro Tour Austin 2009
16–18 October 2009 in Austin, Texas, United States
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon Brian Kibler
$40,000
25
Third Pro Tour Top 8
2
Template:Flagicon Tsuyoshi Ikeda
$20,000
20
Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
3
Template:Flagicon Naoki Shimizu
$15,000
16
4
Template:Flagicon Hunter Burton
$13,000
16
5
Template:Flagicon Evangelos Papatrarouchas
$11,000
12
6
Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
$10,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon Martin Jůza
$10,000
12
Second Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
$9,500
12
Fifth Pro Tour Top 8
Grand Prix (October–November 2009)
GP Tampa
GP Kitakyushu
GP Paris
GP Minneapolis
Date: 24–25 October 2009
Date: 31 October–1 November 2009
Date: 7–8 November 2009
Date: 14–15 November 2009
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Format: Limited
Attendance: 834
Attendance: 501
Attendance: 1961
Attendance: 1187
1. Template:Flagicon Gaudenis Vidugiris
1. Template:Flagicon Taisuke Ishii
1. Template:Flagicon Adrian Rosada
1. Template:Flagicon Zohar Bhagat
2. Template:Flagicon Conley Woods
2. Template:Flagicon Masashi Oiso
2. Template:Flagicon Danny Ecker
2. Template:Flagicon Matt Sperling
3. Template:Flagicon John Skinner
3. Template:Flagicon Jun'ya Iyanaga
3. Template:Flagicon Lino Burgold
3. Template:Flagicon Brian Kibler
4. Template:Flagicon John May
4. Template:Flagicon Ken Yukuhiro
4. Template:Flagicon Niels Viaene
4. Template:Flagicon Brad Nelson
5. Template:Flagicon Gabriel Nassif
5. Template:Flagicon Yuuya Watanabe
5. Template:Flagicon Herbert Engleitner
5. Template:Flagicon Owen Turtenwald
6. Template:Flagicon Alex Majlaton
6. Template:Flagicon Katsuhiro Mori
6. Template:Flagicon Bernd Brendemühl
6. Template:Flagicon David Ochoa
7. Template:Flagicon Tom Ross
7. Template:Flagicon Takeshi Takagi
7. Template:Flagicon Jérémy Dezani
7. Template:Flagicon Mike Gualtieri
8. Template:Flagicon Martin Jůza
8. Template:Flagicon Hironobu Sugaya
8. Template:Flagicon Gonzague Allouchery
8. Template:Flagicon Tom Ross
2009 World Championships 19–22 November 2009 in Rome, Italy.
Final standings
Place
Player
Prize
Pro Points
Comment
1
Template:Flagicon André Coimbra
$45,000
25
Second Pro Tour Top 8, first Portuguese to win a Pro Tour
2
Template:Flagicon David Reitbauer
$24,000
20
3
Template:Flagicon Terry Soh
$15,000
16
Third Pro Tour Top 8
4
Template:Flagicon Bram Snepvangers
$14,000
16
Fourth Pro Tour Top 8
5
Template:Flagicon William Cavaglieri
$11,000
12
6
Template:Flagicon Manuel Bucher
$10,500
12
7
Template:Flagicon Marijn Lybaert
$10,000
12
Third Pro Tour Top 8
8
Template:Flagicon Florian Pils
$9,500
12
Team competition
Place
Country
Player
Prize
Pro Points
1
Template:Flagicon China
Wu Tong
$4,000
6
Bo Li
$4,000
6
Zhiyang Zhang
$4,000
6
2
Template:Flagicon Austria
Benedikt Klauser
$2,500
5
Benjamin Rozhon
$2,500
5
Bernhard Lehner
$2,500
5
3
Template:Flagicon Czech Republic
Lukas Jaklovsky
$2,000
4
Lukas Blohon
$2,000
4
Jan Kotrla
$2,000
4
4
Template:Flagicon Netherlands
Kevin Grove
$1,750
4
Niels Noorlander
$1,750
4
Tom van Lamoen
$1,750
4
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