The Corona Open J-Bay 2019 was the sixth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 July at Jeffreys Bay in Eastern Cape, South Africa, and was contested by 36 surfers.[1]
In an all-Brazilian final, Gabriel Medina defeated Italo Ferreira to win the 13th Championship Tour event of his career. He also became the first goofy foot surfer to win the J-Bay Open since 1984.[2]
A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.[3]
Competition
The competition took place from 9 to 19 July.[4]
Seeding Round
| Heat 2 | | 1 | Italo Ferreira | | 14.43 | | | 2 | Soli Bailey | | 10.67 | | | 3 | Peterson Crisanto | | 10.34 | | | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Jordy Smith | | 13.77 | | | 2 | Caio Ibelli | | 9.27 | | | 3 | Jorgann Couzinet | | 8.67 | | |
Heat 5 | | 1 | Kolohe Andino | | 11.43 | | | 2 | Yago Dora | | 9.84 | | | 3 | Beyrick De Vries | | 8.30 | | | Heat 6 | | 1 | Filipe Toledo | | 17.60 | | | 2 | Michael February | | 12.83 | | | 3 | Adrian Buchan | | 11.77 | | | Heat 7 | | 1 | Julian Wilson | | 13.97 | | | 2 | Deivid Silva | | 10.60 | | | 3 | Jadson André | | 10.56 | | | Heat 8 | | 1 | Ezekiel Lau | | 13.17 | | | 2 | Conner Coffin | | 11.84 | | | 3 | Willian Cardoso | | 5.27 | | |
Heat 9 | | 1 | Ricardo Christie | | 10.66 | | | 2 | M. Rodrigues | | 9.03 | | | 3 | Ryan Callinan | | 6.10 | | | | Heat 11 | | 1 | Michel Bourez | | 12.24 | | | 2 | Owen Wright | | 12.00 | | | 3 | Jack Freestone | | 11.86 | | | |
Elimination round
Heat 1 | | 1 | Jack Freestone | | 15.93 | | | 2 | Ryan Callinan | | 11.40 | | | 3 | Beyrick De Vries | | 11.14 | | | Heat 2 | | 1 | Seth Moniz | | 14.27 | | | 2 | Adrian Buchan | | 12.03 | | | 3 | Jorgann Couzinet | | 11.73 | | | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Peterson Crisanto | | 13.07 | | | 2 | Willian Cardoso | | 12.20 | | | 3 | Jadson André | | 11.86 | | |
Round of 32
| | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Ryan Callinan | | 13.10 | | | 2 | Yago Dora | | 11.33 | | |
| | Heat 7 | | 1 | Ezekiel Lau | | 11.60 | | | 2 | Julian Wilson | | 10.56 | | | Heat 8 | | 1 | Adrian Buchan | | 14.74 | | | 2 | Conner Coffin | | 10.86 | | |
| Heat 10 | | 1 | Willian Cardoso | | 14.03 | | | 2 | M. Rodrigues | | 12.10 | | | | |
| Heat 14 | | 1 | Peterson Crisanto | | 13.50 | | | 2 | Seth Moniz | | 11.66 | | | | |
Round of 16
| | | Heat 4 | | 1 | Adrian Buchan | | 13.43 | | | 2 | Ezekiel Lau | | 13.00 | | |
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
- ^ "Corona Open J-Bay, Jul 9 - 22, 2019". World Surf League. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Gabriel Medina becomes first goofyfoot to win J-Bay since 1984". surfer.com. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Updates to the 2019 CT Format". World Surf League. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Corona Open J-Bay 2019 / Event PDF". World Surf League. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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