2001 Pro Tour Barcelona

2001 Pro Tour Barcelona Coverage

Kai Budde defeated Alan Comer to take the Barcelona Championship, but in the process smashed records and put himself way out in front of the Player of the Year race. Not only is he now the only player to have won three Pro Tours, he's also the only player to win two in one season.

Congratulations to Kai Budde, Pro Tour Barcelona Champion!

Top 8 Final Standing

1. Kai Budde (Germany)	$30,000
2. Alan Comer (USA)	$20,000
3. Daniel Clegg(USA)	$15,000
4. Patrick Mello (Germany)	$13,000
5. Brad Swan (USA)	$9,000
6. Albertus Law (Singapore)	$8,500
7. Yuri Kolomeyko (Ukraine)	$8,000
8. Chad Ellis (USA)	$7,500

(Click here for complete final standings)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion

1 Daniel Clegg Daniel Clegg, 3-0

8 Chad Ellis Alan Comer, 3-2

4 Alan Comer Alan Comer, 3-0 Kai Budde, 3-1

5 Brad Swan

2 Patrick Mello Patrick Mello, 3-0

7 Yuri Kolomeyko Kai Budde, 3-1

3 Kai Budde Kai Budde, 3-0

6 Albertus Law

Quick Interview (archive)

Question Fifteen: What is the meaning of life? (Part 2)

Alexander Witt (Netherlands) - "Having fun." Gary Wise (Canada) - "Experience life . . . no, that's the key of life (rolling eyes). I don't think any human being is capable to comprehend the meaning of life." Trey van Cleave (Denmark) - "Bigger is better."

Urban Legend (Italiano)

Barcelona Masters Coverage

Photo Coverage: By Day / By Subject

INFORMATION	MATCH COVERAGE
Event Recap Fantasy Pro Tour Results Conclusion (en Francais) Judge List Damian Brown-Santirso Interview Top 8: Brad Swan Top 8: Yuri Kolomeyko Top 8: Dan Clegg Top 8: Chad Ellis Top 8: Albertus Law Top 8: Patrick Mello Top 8: Kai Budde Top 8: Alan Comer Top 8 Decklists Day Two Recap Day 3 Intro (en Francais) Dia 2 Recap (en Espanol) Draft 4 Decklists Draft 4: Benedikt Klauser and Chris Benafel Draft 4: Kai Budde Draft 4: Justin Gary and Tuomo Nieminen Draft 4: Tatsuo Yoshii (in Japanese) Draft 4: Jon Finkel and Alan Comer Ronde 13 (en Francais) Ronde 12 (en Francais) Thomas Bisballe Interview Draft 4 (en Francais) Draft 3 Decklists Ronde 10 (en Francais) Ronde 9 (en Francais) Draft 3: Shawn "Hammer" Regnier Draft 3: Kai Budde Draft 3: Benedikt Klauser (in Japanese) Draft 3: Kyle Rose Draft 3 (en Francais) Day 2 Player Breakdown Dis 1 Recap (en Espanol) Day 1 Recap Friday (Portuguese) Xavir Petit Disqualified Ronde 5 (en Francais) Jon Finkel Interview Draft 2: Kai Budde Draft 2: Michael Pustilnik (in Japanese) Draft 2: Price, Hovi, O'Mahoney-Schwartz Draft 2 (en Francais) Ronde 4 (en Francais) Hammer Interview Quick Interviews David Williams Interview Draft 1: Jon Finkel (in Japanese) Draft 1: Julien Le Loeuff (en Francais) Player Breakdown Intro (en Francais) Fact Sheet	Finals: Kai Budde vs. Alan Comer (in Japanese) Finals: Kai Budde vs. Alan Comer Semifinals: Kai Budde vs. Patrick Mello (in Japanese) Semifinals: Alan Comer vs. Dan Clegg Semifinals: Kai Budde vs. Patrick Mello Quarterfinals: Kai Budde vs. Albertus Law (in Japanese) Quarterfinals: Alan Comer vs. Brad Swan Quarterfinals: Kai Budde vs. Albertus Law Quarterfinals: Alan Comer vs. Brad Swan (in Japanese) Quarterfinals: Patrick Mello vs. Yuri Kolomeyko Round 14: Kai Budde vs. Markus Jöbstl Round 14: Franck Canu vs. Yuri Kolomeyko Round 14: Jon Finkel vs. Raphael Gennari Round 14: Justin Gary vs. Brad Swan (in Japanese) Round 13: Justin Gary vs. Benedikt Klauser Round 13: Yuri Kolomeyko vs. Stewart Shinkins Round 13: Kai Budde vs. Albertus Law Round 13: Jon Finkel vs. Alan Comer Round 13: Tatsuo Yoshii vs. Jan Tomcani (in Japanese) Round 12: Jon Finkel vs. Darwin Kastle Round 12: Kai Budde vs. Patrick Mello Round 12: Tatsuo Yoshii vs. Albertus Law (in Japanese) Round 11: Scott Johns vs. Mike Pustilnik Round 11: Chris Benafel vs. Darwin Kastle Round 11: Alan Comer vs. David Price Round 11: Benedikt Klauser vs. Olivier Ruel (in Japanese) Round 10: Matt Place vs. Lawrence Creech Round 10: Gary Wise vs. Paco Llopis Martinez (in Japanese) Round 10: Scott Johns vs. Kai Budde Round 10: Gary Wise vs. Paco Llopis Martinez Round 10: Kyle Rose vs. Rob Dougherty Round 9: Tomoharu Saito vs. Bryan Hubble (in Japanese) Round 9: Justin Gary vs. Olle Råde Round 9: Steve O'Mahoney Schwartz vs. David Price Round 9: Darwin Kastle vs. Shawn "Hammer" Regnier Round 9: Michael Pustilnik vs. Janosch Kühn Round 8: Darwin Kastle vs. Chad Ellis Round 8: Kamiel Cornelissen vs. Justin Gary Round 8: Kai Budde vs. Dan Clegg Round 8: Kai Budde vs. Daniel Clegg (in Japanese) Round 8: Shawn "Hammer" Regnier vs. Tommi Hovi Round 7: Katsuhiro Mori vs. Ko Okada (in Japanese) Round 7: William "Baby Huey" Jensen vs. Dan OMS Round 7: Øyvind Ødegaard vs. Antoine Ruel Round 6: Katsuhiro Mori vs. Stephan Valkyser (in Japanese) Round 6: John Ormerod vs. Ryan Fuller Round 6: Benedikt Klauser vs. Kamiel Cornelissen Round 5: William Jensen vs. Olivier Ruel Round 5: Dave Price vs. Steve O'Mahoney-Schwartz Round 5: Janosch Kühn vs. Bob Maher Round 4: Michelle Bush vs. Kamiel Cornelissen Round 4: Gerardo Godinez-Estrada vs. Masayuki Higashino Round 4: Chris Benafel vs. Casey McCarrel Round 4: Kai Budde vs. Gary Wise Round 3: Kyle Rose vs. Matt Vienneau Round 3: Noah Boeken vs. Frederico Bastos Round 3: Scott Johns vs. Darwin Kastle Round 2: Tsuyoshi Fujita vs. Gabriele Pisicchio (in Japanese) Round 2: Ryan Fuller vs. Lawrence Creech Round 2: Julien Le Loeuff vs. Johan Franzen (en Francais) Round 2: Nicolai Herzog vs. Tommi Hovi Round 2: Sigurd Eskeland vs. Satoshi Nakamura Round 1: Jon Finkel vs. Mattias Jorstedt Round 1: Gary Wise vs. Antoine Ruel
PAIRINGS	RESULTS	STANDINGS
Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Table) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Fourth Draft Pods Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Third Draft Pods Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Second Draft Pods Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table) First Draft Pods	Finals Semifinals Quarterfinals Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Table) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Table) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Table) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Table) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Table) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Table) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Table) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Table) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Table) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Table) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Table) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Table) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Table) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Table)	Final Standings (By Player) Final Standings (By Score) Round 14 (by Player) Round 14 (by Score) Round 13 (by Player) Round 13 (by Score) Round 12 (by Player) Round 12 (by Score) Round 11 (by Player) Round 11 (by Score) Round 10 (by Player) Round 10 (by Score) Round 9 (by Player) Round 9 (by Score) Round 8 (by Player) Round 8 (by Score) Round 7 (by Player) Round 7 (by Score) Round 6 (by Player) Round 6 (by Score) Round 5 (by Player) Round 5 (by Score) Round 4 (by Player) Round 4 (by Score) Round 3 (by Player) Round 3 (by Score) Round 2 (by Player) Round 2 (by Score) Round 1 (by Player) Round 1 (by Score)