MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019 explained

Background

Format

Competition

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Seeding Round

Elimination round

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Event:	MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019
Competition:	Surf
Venue:	Supertubos
Location:	Peniche (POR)
Dates:	16 to 28 October
Competitors:	54
Nations:	10
Prize Money:	$607.800 (men's) $420.800 (women's)
Gold:	Italo Ferreira
Gold2:	Caroline Marks
Goldnoc:	BRA
Goldnoc2:	USA
Silvernoc:	ZAF
Silver2:	Lakey Peterson
Silvernoc2:	USA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2020
Men:	Italo Ferreira

The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2019 is an event in the 2019 World Surf League Men's and Women's Championship Tour.^[1] This year's event marks the return of the women's competition to Peniche after 8 years without it.

Brazilian surfer, Italo Ferreira was the men's winner becoming the first ever back-to-back winner as he won the event in 2018. He also ascended to the top spot of the Men's Championship Tour leaderboard surpassing the previous yellow jersey carrier, the world champion Gabriel Medina.^[2]

American surfer, Caroline Marks won the women's event and her second Championship Tour trophy of the year. The 17-year-old surfer defeated world number two, Lakey Peterson in the final.^[3]

The 11th edition of the event will be hosted in Peniche, Portugal from 16 to 28 October at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Leiria, Portugal.

Italo Ferreira, from Brazil, is the defending champion as he won the competition in 2018.^[4]

A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.^[5]

Heat 1
	1	Jordy Smith	8.57
	2	Crosby Colapinto	3.17

Heat 2
	1	Griffin Colapinto	10.80
	2	Adrian Buchan	7.54

Heat 3
	1	Kolohe Andino	11.83
	2	Jadson André	8.17

Heat 4
	1	Michael Rodrigues	9.27
	2	Deivid Silva	7.27

Heat 5
	1	Filipe Toledo	14.60
	2	Vasco Ribeiro	10.10

Heat 6
	1	Wade Carmichael	11.10
	2	Yago Dora	10.60

Heat 7
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	12.30
	2	Leonardo Fioravanti	11.86

Heat 8
	1	Kelly Slater	15.56
	2	Sebastian Zietz	1.93

Heat 9
	1	Gabriel Medina	13.67
	2	Miguel Blanco	8.33

Heat 10
	1	Caio Ibelli	12.97
	2	Michel Bourez	11.57

Heat 11
	1	Peterson Crisanto	16.54
	2	Jérémy Florès	15.00

Heat 12
	1	Jesse Mendes	11.20
	2	Owen Wright	10.93

Heat 13
	1	Italo Ferreira	16.20
	2	Frederico Morais	10.33

Heat 14
	1	Conner Coffin	13.64
	2	Willian Cardoso	9.60

Heat 15
	1	Jack Freestone	15.00
	2	Joan Duru	11.10

Heat 16
	1	Soli Bailey	12.70
	2	Julian Wilson	11.43

Heat 1
	1	Jordy Smith	10.84
	2	Griffin Colapinto	3.76

Heat 2
	1	Kolohe Andino	14.84
	2	Michael Rodrigues	11.57

Heat 3
	1	Filipe Toledo	14.60
	2	Wade Carmichael	9.27

Heat 4
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	10.53
	2	Kelly Slater	9.10

Heat 5
	1	Caio Ibelli	8.50
	2	Gabriel Medina	8.17^[I]

Heat 6
	1	Peterson Crisanto	14.34
	2	Jesse Mendes	12.46

Heat 7
	1	Italo Ferreira	13.83
	2	Conner Coffin	10.83

Heat 8
	1	Jack Freestone	13.83
	2	Soli Bailey	12.40

Heat 1
	1	Jordy Smith	13.40
	2	Kolohe Andino	10.97

Heat 2
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	15.24
	2	Filipe Toledo	12.26

Heat 3
	1	Caio Ibelli	12.86
	2	Peterson Crisanto	11.83

Heat 4
	1	Italo Ferreira	18.40
	2	Jack Freestone	16.87

Heat 1
	1	Jordy Smith	15.83
	2	Kanoa Igarashi	12.66

Heat 2
	1	Italo Ferreira	15.43
	2	Caio Ibelli	14.86

Heat 1
	1	Italo Ferreira	18.43
	2	Jordy Smith	6.17^[I]

Heat 1

Willian Cardoso

Kanoa Igarashi

Ricardo Christie