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unusual facts about Pro Tour



Itaru Ishida

In addition to his Grand Prix success, Ishida had success in the teams format, with second place finishes at Pro Tour Seattle 2004 and at the Master Series in Tokyo (2001) and Osaka (2002).


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Antoine Ruel

He has reached the top eight at the Pro Tour four times, including a win in Los Angeles in 2005.

Dinny Pails

Pails turned professional and played on the pro tour off and on for many years, Bud Collins ranking him the World No. 4 pro in 1948, whilst he reached as high as World No. 6 in the 1947 amateur rankings.

Eugene Harvey

Harvey was part of the US national team that won the World Championship in 2001, which was Harvey's first Pro Tour.

Frank Kovacs

In December 1941 - April 1942 the Pro tour consisted of round-robin matches between Don Budge, Bobby Riggs, Fred Perry, and Kovacs (with Gene Mako, Lester Stoefen and even Bill Tilden, for one match, as replacements).

Mike Long

Head Magic Designer and former Pro Tour organizer Mark Rosewater, who is allowed to submit a Hall of Fame ballot, voted for Long in his first two years of eligibility.

Mike Turian

Eventually he won Pro Tour New York 2000 with teammates Gary Wise and Scott Johns.

Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa

However, da Rosa excelled off the Pro Tour, with two Grand Prix top eights and a win at the Brazilian national championship.

At Pro Tour Hollywood he reached the quarterfinal, losing to eventual player of the year Shuhei Nakamura.

Scott Johns

During his playing career he reached the top eight of a Pro Tour five times including his very first Pro Tour, and won Pro Tour New York 2000 with Gary Wise and Mike Turian as a part of Potato Nation.

Tommi Hovi

Following Hovi's induction into the Pro Tour Hall of Fame, Mark Rosewater said that one of his fondest memories of Hovi was from an ill-fated interview conducted by Rosewater.