Keiichiro Hirai (#51) at WSC 2001

Navigation Bar

[WSC 2001 logo]

Go to: Finals Commentary Games Players Photos Profiles Standings Teams Press

Congratulations to the 2001 World Champion, Brian Cappelletto!

Back to WSC 2001 Live Coverage: Players

Keiichiro Hirai (#51) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Keiichiro Surname(s): Hirai Home: Japan Awards: 1999 2000 2001 Japan NSC Occupation: translator WSC 1999 Rank: 72 WSC 2001 Team: Japan

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: 591 Average for: 424 Average against: 396
Round 1	Larger photo available	Hirai played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 380 to 444 (a spread of -64) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 0-1, -64.
Round 2		Hirai played #73 James Kramer (United States) and lost 356 to 389 (a spread of -33) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 0-2, -97. Hirai is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Hirai is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 3		Hirai played #67 Maor Eichler (Israel) and lost 403 to 433 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 0-3, -127. Hirai is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Hirai is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 4		Hirai played #18 Peter Elbourne (Malta) and lost 378 to 406 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 0-4, -155.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Hirai played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 353 to 466 (a spread of -113) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 0-5, -268.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Hirai played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and lost 387 to 535 (a spread of -148) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 0-6, -416.
Round 7		Hirai played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 527 to 292 (a spread of 235) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 1-6, -181.
Round 8	Larger photo available	Hirai played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 394 to 360 (a spread of 34) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 2-6, -147.
Round 9	Larger photo available	Hirai played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 491 to 240 (a spread of 251) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 3-6, +104.
Round 10		Hirai played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 548 to 336 (a spread of 212) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 4-6, +316.
Round 11		Hirai played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 450 to 376 (a spread of 74) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 5-6, +390. Hirai is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 12	Larger photo available	Hirai played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and lost 336 to 486 (a spread of -150) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 5-7, +240.
Round 13		Hirai played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 483 to 319 (a spread of 164) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 6-7, +404.
Round 14		Hirai played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and won 439 to 374 (a spread of 65) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 7-7, +469.
Round 15		Hirai played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 341 to 427 (a spread of -86) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-8, +383.
Round 16		Hirai played #84 Evan Simpson (England) and won 411 to 346 (a spread of 65) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 8-8, +448.
Round 17		Hirai played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 353 to 394 (a spread of -41) . Current ranking: #45. Current record: 8-9, +407.
Round 18		Hirai played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 591 to 366 (a spread of 225) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-9, +632.
Round 19		Hirai played #30 David Webb (England) and lost 349 to 497 (a spread of -148) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 9-10, +484.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Hirai played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and lost 377 to 474 (a spread of -97) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 9-11, +387. Hirai is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 21		Hirai played #30 David Webb (England) and lost 413 to 482 (a spread of -69) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 9-12, +318.
Round 22		Hirai played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and won 494 to 341 (a spread of 153) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 10-12, +471.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Hirai played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 534 to 330 (a spread of 204) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 11-12, +675.
Round 24		Hirai played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and won 394 to 393 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-12, +676. Hirai is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Hirai is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Final Game 4		Hirai is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2001 HASBRO. All rights reserved. "SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game" is the proper way to refer to this unique group of word games and related properties marketed by HASBRO. "SCRABBLE^®" is not a generic term. To use it as such is not only misleading but also does injustice to the company responsible for the trademark's longtime popularity. All we ask is that when you mean SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game, you say so.

The SCRABBLE^® trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

For more information about SCRABBLE^® or the NSA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, please e-mail: info@scrabble-assoc.com
To report technical difficulties in reading this page, please contact webmaster John Chew at: jjchew@math.utoronto.ca