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October 21-24, 2003

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Joel Wapnick [#39] at WSC 2003

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Congratulations to the new World Champion, Panupol Sujjayakorn. Panupol beat Pakorn Nemitrmansuk in an exciting best-of-five series, 418-380, 384-495, 470-514, 446-433 and 444-387.

 

Background Information

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Given name(s): Joel
Surname(s): Wapnick
Home: Montréal, QC, Canada
Age: 57
Awards: 1983 US NSC; 1998 CNSC; 1999 World Champion; 2003-01 Oshawa ON
Hobbies: tennis
Occupation: University professor
WSC 1991 Rank: 27
WSC 1993 Rank: 2
WSC 1995 Rank: 15
WSC 1997 Rank: 36
WSC 1999 Rank: 1
WSC 2001 Rank: 2
WSC 2003 Team: Canada

 

 

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round

High score: 551
Average for: 429
Average against: 401

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In round Round 1, Wapnick played #26 Ferdy Anthonius (Indonesia) and won 514 to 291 (a spread of 223).

Current ranking: #2.

Current record: 1-0, +223.

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In round Round 2, Wapnick played #51 Mark Nyman (England) and lost 345 to 414 (a spread of -69).

Current ranking: #24.

Current record: 1-1, +154.

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In round Round 3, Wapnick played #74 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 435 to 463 (a spread of -28).

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 1-2, +126.

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In round Round 4, Wapnick played #22 Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) and won 515 to 416 (a spread of 99).

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 2-2, +225.

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In round Round 5, Wapnick played #52 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and won 537 to 356 (a spread of 181).

Current ranking: #18.

Current record: 3-2, +406.

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In round Round 6, Wapnick played #57 Phil Appleby (England) and won 392 to 340 (a spread of 52).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 4-2, +458.

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In round Round 7, Wapnick played #66 Rich Baker (Westhampton Beach, NY) and won 551 to 358 (a spread of 193).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 5-2, +651.

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In round Round 8, Wapnick played #64 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and lost 428 to 493 (a spread of -65).

Current ranking: #14.

Current record: 5-3, +586.

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In round Round 9, Wapnick played #34 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and won 535 to 364 (a spread of 171).

Current ranking: #9.

Current record: 6-3, +757.

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In round Round 10, Wapnick played #41 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and won 501 to 357 (a spread of 144).

Current ranking: #6.

Current record: 7-3, +901.

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In round Round 11, Wapnick played #65 Panupol Sujjayakorn (Thailand) and lost 333 to 478 (a spread of -145).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 7-4, +756.

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In round Round 12, Wapnick played #15 David Boys (Dorval QC) and lost 389 to 487 (a spread of -98).

Current ranking: #20.

Current record: 7-5, +658.

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In round Round 13, Wapnick played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and lost 383 to 450 (a spread of -67).

Current ranking: #28.

Current record: 7-6, +591.

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In round Round 14, Wapnick played #63 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 424 to 366 (a spread of 58).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 8-6, +649.

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In round Round 15, Wapnick played #72 Bob Jackman (Australia) and won 398 to 352 (a spread of 46).

Current ranking: #16.

Current record: 9-6, +695.

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In round Round 16, Wapnick played #07 Andy Kurnia (Singapore) and won 448 to 370 (a spread of 78).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 10-6, +773.

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In round Round 17, Wapnick played #28 Gareth Williams (Wales) and won 445 to 436 (a spread of 9).

Current ranking: #8.

Current record: 11-6, +782.

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In round Round 18, Wapnick played #30 Helen Gipson (England) and won 525 to 358 (a spread of 167).

Current ranking: #4.

Current record: 12-6, +949.

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In round Round 19, Wapnick played #08 Andrew Perry (England) and lost 273 to 469 (a spread of -196).

Current ranking: #10.

Current record: 12-7, +753.

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In round Round 20, Wapnick played #27 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 446 to 313 (a spread of 133).

Current ranking: #7.

Current record: 13-7, +886.

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In round Round 21, Wapnick played #64 Pakorn Nemitrmansuk (Thailand) and lost 315 to 545 (a spread of -230).

Current ranking: #11.

Current record: 13-8, +656.

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In round Round 22, Wapnick played #15 David Boys (Dorval QC) and lost 306 to 410 (a spread of -104).

Current ranking: #15.

Current record: 13-9, +552.

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In round Round 23, Wapnick played #56 Paul Allan (Scotland) and lost 399 to 435 (a spread of -36).

Current ranking: #21.

Current record: 13-10, +516.

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In round Round 24, Wapnick played #05 Andrew Fisher (Australia) and won 468 to 294 (a spread of 174).

Current ranking: #17.

Current record: 14-10, +690.


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