Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2019 Explained

Event:	Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
Location:	Bells Beach, Victoria, Australia
Dates:	17 to 27 April 2019
Competitors:	36
Nations:	9
Gold:	John John Florence
Silver:	Filipe Toledo
Gold Nation:	HAW
Silver Nation:	BRA
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach 2019 was the second event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 17 to 27 April in Bells Beach, Victoria, and was contested by 36 surfers.^[1]

In the final, John John Florence of Hawaii defeated Brazil's Filipe Toledo to win his sixth Championship Tour event, and his first at Bells Beach.^[2]

Format

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.^[3]

Competition

The competition took place from 17 to 27 April.^[4]

Seeding Round

Heat 1 1 Jadson André 12.23 2 Jérémy Florès 9.97 3 Owen Wright 8.20

Heat 2 1 Jordy Smith 10.26 2 Adrian Buchan 8.07 3 Jack Freestone 7.84

Heat 3 1 Filipe Toledo 15.87 2 Kelly Slater 10.63 3 Xavier Huxtable 10.23

Heat 4 1 Ezekiel Lau 10.57 2 Italo Ferreira 10.06 3 Caio Ibelli 9.73

Heat 5 1 Jacob Willcox 13.74 2 Julian Wilson 13.73 3 Joan Duru 11.00

Heat 6 1 Gabriel Medina 13.70 2 Ryan Callinan 13.00 3 Harrison Mann 7.87

Heat 7 1 Conner Coffin 10.77 2 L. Fioravanti 10.60 3 M. Rodrigues 9.56

Heat 8 1 Kolohe Andino 10.77 2 Seth Moniz 8.67 3 Soli Bailey 8.37

Heat 9 1 Ricardo Christie 11.83 2 Yago Dora 10.10 3 Wade Carmichael 8.04

Heat 10 1 Deivid Silva 10.67 2 Michel Bourez 10.60 3 Reef Heazlewood 10.34

Heat 11 1 John Florence 13.00 2 Willian Cardoso 7.67 3 Jesse Mendes 7.53

Heat 12 1 Peterson Crisanto 10.87 2 Kanoa Igarashi 10.46 3 Mikey Wright 9.33

Elimination round

Heat 1 1 Owen Wright 11.30 2 Jack Freestone 10.80 3 Harrison Mann 8.37

Heat 2 1 Soli Bailey 13.03 2 Wade Carmichael 11.74 3 Xavier Huxtable 11.40

Heat 3 1 Reef Heazlewood 12.67 2 Mikey Wright 11.50 3 Jesse Mendes 11.46

Heat 4 1 M. Rodrigues 12.83 2 Caio Ibelli 11.07 3 Joan Duru 7.64

Round of 32

Heat 1 1 Kelly Slater 11.84 2 Julian Wilson 7.20

Heat 2 1 Peterson Crisanto 11.97 2 M. Rodrigues 11.67

Heat 3 1 Conner Coffin 13.43 2 Soli Bailey 11.83

Heat 4 1 Ryan Callinan 12.50 2 Michel Bourez 10.76

Heat 5 1 Filipe Toledo 14.50 2 Caio Ibelli 13.07

Heat 6 1 Seth Moniz 14.00 2 Mikey Wright 8.50

Heat 7 1 Jacob Willcox 13.24 2 Kolohe Andino 12.20

Heat 8 1 Deivid Silva 13.17 2 Wade Carmichael 11.87

Heat 9 1 Gabriel Medina 16.03 2 Reef Heazlewood 7.80

Heat 10 1 Willian Cardoso 12.20 2 Yago Dora 9.63

Heat 11 1 Owen Wright 16.10 2 Ricardo Christie 12.07

Heat 12 1 John Florence 17.67 2 Jadson André 11.24

Heat 13 1 Italo Ferreira 13.76 2 Jack Freestone 9.10

Heat 14 1 Jérémy Florès 14.03 2 Ezekiel Lau 13.44

Heat 15 1 Kanoa Igarashi 12.07 2 Adrian Buchan 11.93

Heat 16 1 Jordy Smith 14.10 2 L. Fioravanti 13.27

Round of 16

Heat 1 1 Kelly Slater 10.80 2 Peterson Crisanto 6.87

Heat 2 1 Ryan Callinan 13.93 2 Conner Coffin 9.93

Heat 3 1 Filipe Toledo 14.10 2 Seth Moniz 7.13

Heat 4 1 Jacob Willcox 11.80 2 Deivid Silva 10.04

Heat 5 1 Gabriel Medina 17.27 2 Willian Cardoso 7.76

Heat 6 1 John Florence 18.16 2 Owen Wright 16.97

Heat 7 1 Italo Ferreira 12.20 2 Jérémy Florès 6.03

Heat 8 1 Jordy Smith 13.10 2 Kanoa Igarashi 11.03

Quarterfinals

Heat 1 1 Ryan Callinan 12.67 2 Kelly Slater 5.67

Heat 2 1 Filipe Toledo 14.17 2 Jacob Willcox 13.06

Heat 3 1 John Florence 16.87 2 Gabriel Medina 15.17

Heat 4 1 Jordy Smith 15.23 2 Italo Ferreira 8.40

Semifinals

Heat 1 1 Filipe Toledo 13.40 2 Ryan Callinan 12.84

Heat 2 1 John Florence 16.80 2 Jordy Smith 15.24

Final

Heat 1 1 John Florence 14.30 2 Filipe Toledo 13.83

External links

• World Surf League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, Apr 17 - 27, 2019 . World Surf League . 8 April 2019.
2. Web site: Florence wins Rip Curl Pro in a nailbiter . The Guardian . 27 April 2019 . 27 April 2019.
3. Web site: Updates to the 2019 CT Format . World Surf League . 22 April 2019.
4. Web site: Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach / Event PDF . World Surf League . 27 April 2019.