The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2019 was the first event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place at Coolangatta in Gold Coast, Queensland, and was contested by 36 surfers.
The event window was 3 to 13 April, but the competition was completed between 3 and 8 April.
Italo Ferreira defeated Kolohe Andino in the final to win the fourth World Surf League event of his career.
Format
A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in Round 1. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to Round 3, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters Round 2. In each of the four heats in Round 2, the top two surfers advance to Round 3, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From Round 3 onwards, all heats are head-to-head, with the winner advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.
Competition
The competition started on 3 April, with the final taking place on 8 April.
Round 1
Heat 1 1Griffin Colapinto10.26 2Soli Bailey9.83 3Owen Wright8.23 Heat 2 1Jack Freestone10.67 2Ezekiel Lau10.47 3Jordy Smith5.03 Heat 3 1Yago Dora14.33 2Italo Ferreira11.93 3Kelly Slater9.70 Heat 4 1Joan Duru11.10 2Filipe Toledo9.53 3Caio Ibelli7.60
Heat 5 1Seth Moniz11.17 2Reef Heazlewood9.50 3Julian Wilson8.36 Heat 6 1Gabriel Medina13.84 2Ryan Callinan13.57 3Mateus Herdy7.23 Heat 7 1Adrian Buchan10.13 2Conner Coffin10.00 3Jadson André8.40 Heat 8 1Michel Bourez13.27 2Jérémy Florès8.90 3L. Fioravanti7.57 Heat 9 1M. Rodrigues13.17 2Wade Carmichael13.07 3Ricardo Christie12.67 Heat 10 1Kanoa Igarashi12.73 2Deivid Silva12.00 3Sebastian Zietz8.03 Heat 11 1Kolohe Andino11.00 2Jesse Mendes10.90 3Willian Cardoso8.40 Heat 12 1Mikey Wright12.10 2John Florence10.93 3Peterson Crisanto8.36
Round 2
Heat 1 1Mateus Herdy12.77 2Julian Wilson11.23 3L. Fioravanti10.66 Heat 2 1Jordy Smith13.93 2Ricardo Christie12.56 3Caio Ibelli10.63 Heat 3 1Owen Wright13.73 2Peterson Crisanto13.50 3Kelly Slater10.63 Heat 4 1Willian Cardoso12.93 2Sebastian Zietz11.64 3Jadson André8.90
Round 3
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo13.93 2Soli Bailey11.50 Heat 2 1John Florence14.83 2Adrian Buchan11.20 Heat 3 1Kanoa Igarashi13.14 2Jesse Mendes8.50 Heat 4 1Conner Coffin11.00 2Jérémy Florès8.70
Heat 5 116.07 2Julian Wilson13.40 Heat 6 1Seth Moniz12.60 2Griffin Colapinto12.57 Heat 7 1Kolohe Andino14.10 2Peterson Crisanto12.90 Heat 8 1Owen Wright10.14 2Ezekiel Lau5.00 Heat 9 1Gabriel Medina19.13 2Mateus Herdy12.23 Heat 10 1Yago Dora15.64 2Joan Duru14.57 Heat 11 1Jordy Smith11.27 2Ryan Callinan10.53 Heat 12 1Mikey Wright14.26 2Jack Freestone10.47 Heat 13 1Italo Ferreira16.53 2Ricardo Christie13.10 Heat 14 1Willian Cardoso13.47 2M. Rodrigues12.13 Heat 15 1Wade Carmichael15.50 2Sebastian Zietz8.80 Heat 16 1Michel Bourez10.96 2Deivid Silva9.70
Round 4
Heat 1 1John Florence14.06 2Filipe Toledo13.27 Heat 2 1Conner Coffin12.27 2Kanoa Igarashi12.06 Heat 3 1Seth Moniz13.37 2Reef Heazlewood10.97 Heat 4 1Kolohe Andino12.03 2Owen Wright11.23
Heat 5 1Gabriel Medina13.00 2Yago Dora12.53 Heat 6 1Jordy Smith13.57 2Mikey Wright11.07 Heat 7 1Italo Ferreira12.70 2Willian Cardoso11.30 Heat 8 1Wade Carmichael14.43 2Michel Bourez10.70
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 1John Florence11.00 2Conner Coffin10.56 Heat 2 1Kolohe Andino12.33 2Seth Moniz11.47 Heat 3 1Jordy Smith13.17 2Gabriel Medina9.23 Heat 4 1Italo Ferreira11.07 2Wade Carmichael9.77
Semifinals
Heat 1 1Kolohe Andino9.23 2John Florence8.96 Heat 2 1Italo Ferreira15.33 2Jordy Smith14.67
Final
Heat 1 1Italo Ferreira12.57 2Kolohe Andino12.43
References
External links World Surf League