Dixon Assesa (#54) at WSC 2001

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Dixon Assesa (#54) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Dixon Surname(s): Assesa Home: Kenya Age: 54 Occupation: Textile Colourist WSC 1999 Rank: 79 WSC 2001 Team: Kenya

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: 541 Average for: 404 Average against: 406
Before Round 1		Assesa is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1		Assesa played #10 Bob Lipton (United States) and lost 429 to 469 (a spread of -40) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 0-1, -40.
Round 2		Assesa played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and lost 390 to 434 (a spread of -44) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 0-2, -84.
Round 3		Assesa played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and tied at 392 . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 0.5-2.5, -84. Assesa is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Assesa played #06 Joe Edley (United States) and lost 347 to 389 (a spread of -42) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 0.5-3.5, -126.
Round 5		Assesa played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and won 498 to 403 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1.5-3.5, -31.
Round 6		Assesa played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 480 to 385 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 2.5-3.5, +64.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Assesa played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and lost 414 to 502 (a spread of -88) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 2.5-4.5, -24.
Round 8	Larger photo available	Assesa played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and lost 334 to 410 (a spread of -76) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 2.5-5.5, -100. Assesa is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Assesa is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Assesa played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 417 to 329 (a spread of 88) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 3.5-5.5, -12.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Assesa played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and lost 362 to 519 (a spread of -157) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 3.5-6.5, -169.
Round 11	Larger photo available	Assesa played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 448 to 368 (a spread of 80) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 4.5-6.5, -89.
Round 12		Assesa played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 392 to 397 (a spread of -5) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 4.5-7.5, -94.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Assesa played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 483 to 308 (a spread of 175) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 5.5-7.5, +81.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Assesa played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 435 to 444 (a spread of -9) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 5.5-8.5, +72.
Round 15		Assesa played #67 Maor Eichler (Israel) and lost 310 to 396 (a spread of -86) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 5.5-9.5, -14.
Round 16		Assesa played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and lost 413 to 448 (a spread of -35) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 5.5-10.5, -49.
Round 17		Assesa played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 377 to 361 (a spread of 16) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 6.5-10.5, -33. Assesa is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits). Assesa is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 18		Assesa played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and lost 418 to 435 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 6.5-11.5, -50.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Assesa played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and lost 324 to 468 (a spread of -144) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 6.5-12.5, -194.
Round 20		Assesa played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and lost 274 to 557 (a spread of -283) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 6.5-13.5, -477.
Round 21		Assesa played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and won 388 to 361 (a spread of 27) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 7.5-13.5, -450.
Round 22		Assesa played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 541 to 262 (a spread of 279) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 8.5-13.5, -171.
Round 23		Assesa played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and won 380 to 285 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 9.5-13.5, -76. Assesa is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 24	Larger photo available	Assesa played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 439 to 433 (a spread of 6) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 10.5-13.5, -70.

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