Paul Stephen Cleary (#27) at WSC 2001

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Paul Stephen Cleary (#27) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Paul Stephen Surname(s): Cleary Home: Rozelle, NSW, Australia Age: 30 Awards: 1996 NSW Winter Masters, 1997 1999 2000 Australian NSC, 3rd 1999 Singapore Channel News Asia, 2nd 2001 Thai King's Cup Hobbies: Skat, red wine Occupation: Corporate lawyer WSC 1991 Rank: 45 WSC 1997 Rank: 24 WSC 1999 Rank: 58 WSC 2001 Team: Australia

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 562 Average for: 418 Average against: 421
Round 1		Cleary played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 500 to 346 (a spread of 154) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +154.
Round 2	Larger photo available	Cleary played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 519 to 391 (a spread of 128) . Current ranking: #2. Current record: 2-0, +282. Cleary is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Cleary is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 3	Larger photo available	Cleary played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 477 to 532 (a spread of -55) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 2-1, +227. Cleary is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Cleary is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 4	Larger photo available	Cleary played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 329 to 474 (a spread of -145) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 2-2, +82.
Round 5		Cleary played #10 Bob Lipton (United States) and won 487 to 382 (a spread of 105) . Current ranking: #22. Current record: 3-2, +187.
Round 6		Cleary played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 425 to 390 (a spread of 35) . Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-2, +222.
Round 7		Cleary played #09 Adam Logan (Canada) and lost 393 to 400 (a spread of -7) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 4-3, +215. Cleary is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Cleary played #01 Joel Wapnick (World Champion) and lost 376 to 442 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 4-4, +149.
Round 9		Cleary played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and won 489 to 303 (a spread of 186) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-4, +335.
Round 10		Cleary played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 365 to 463 (a spread of -98) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 5-5, +237. Cleary is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Cleary played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 429 to 393 (a spread of 36) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 6-5, +273.
Round 12		Cleary played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 386 to 342 (a spread of 44) . Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-5, +317.
Round 13		Cleary played #73 James Kramer (United States) and lost 423 to 544 (a spread of -121) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 7-6, +196.
Round 14		Cleary played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and lost 440 to 498 (a spread of -58) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 7-7, +138. Cleary is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 15		Cleary played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and won 562 to 346 (a spread of 216) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 8-7, +354.
Round 16		Cleary played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and lost 345 to 450 (a spread of -105) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-8, +249.
Round 17		Cleary played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and won 445 to 348 (a spread of 97) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-8, +346.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Cleary played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 366 to 591 (a spread of -225) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 9-9, +121.
Round 19		Cleary played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 402 to 407 (a spread of -5) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 9-10, +116.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Cleary played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and won 386 to 377 (a spread of 9) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 10-10, +125.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Cleary played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 425 to 427 (a spread of -2) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 10-11, +123.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Cleary played #23 Jakkrit Klaphajone (Thailand) and lost 305 to 416 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 10-12, +12.
Round 23		Cleary played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 417 to 444 (a spread of -27) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 10-13, -15.
Round 24		Cleary played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and lost 334 to 400 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 10-14, -81. Cleary is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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