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.
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.
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.
Competition
The competition took place from 17 to 27 April.
Seeding Round
Heat 1 1Jadson André12.23 2Jérémy Florès9.97 3Owen Wright8.20 Heat 2 1Jordy Smith10.26 2Adrian Buchan8.07 3Jack Freestone7.84 Heat 3 1Filipe Toledo15.87 2Kelly Slater10.63 3Xavier Huxtable10.23 Heat 4 1Ezekiel Lau10.57 2Italo Ferreira10.06 3Caio Ibelli9.73
Heat 5 1Jacob Willcox13.74 2Julian Wilson13.73 3Joan Duru11.00 Heat 6 1Gabriel Medina13.70 2Ryan Callinan13.00 3Harrison Mann7.87 Heat 7 1Conner Coffin10.77 2L. Fioravanti10.60 3M. Rodrigues9.56 Heat 8 1Kolohe Andino10.77 2Seth Moniz8.67 3Soli Bailey8.37 Heat 9 1Ricardo Christie11.83 2Yago Dora10.10 3Wade Carmichael8.04 Heat 10 1Deivid Silva10.67 2Michel Bourez10.60 3Reef Heazlewood10.34 Heat 11 1John Florence13.00 2Willian Cardoso7.67 3Jesse Mendes7.53 Heat 12 1Peterson Crisanto10.87 2Kanoa Igarashi10.46 3Mikey Wright9.33
Elimination round
Heat 1 1Owen Wright11.30 2Jack Freestone10.80 3Harrison Mann8.37 Heat 2 1Soli Bailey13.03 2Wade Carmichael11.74 3Xavier Huxtable11.40 Heat 3 1Reef Heazlewood12.67 2Mikey Wright11.50 3Jesse Mendes11.46 Heat 4 1M. Rodrigues12.83 2Caio Ibelli11.07 3Joan Duru7.64
Round of 32
Heat 1 1Kelly Slater11.84 2Julian Wilson7.20 Heat 2 1Peterson Crisanto11.97 2M. Rodrigues11.67 Heat 3 1Conner Coffin13.43 2Soli Bailey11.83 Heat 4 1Ryan Callinan12.50 2Michel Bourez10.76
Heat 5 1Filipe Toledo14.50 2Caio Ibelli13.07 Heat 6 1Seth Moniz14.00 2Mikey Wright8.50 Heat 7 1Jacob Willcox13.24 2Kolohe Andino12.20 Heat 8 1Deivid Silva13.17 2Wade Carmichael11.87 Heat 9 1Gabriel Medina16.03 2Reef Heazlewood7.80 Heat 10 1Willian Cardoso12.20 2Yago Dora9.63 Heat 11 1Owen Wright16.10 2Ricardo Christie12.07 Heat 12 1John Florence17.67 2Jadson André11.24 Heat 13 1Italo Ferreira13.76 2Jack Freestone9.10 Heat 14 1Jérémy Florès14.03 2Ezekiel Lau13.44 Heat 15 1Kanoa Igarashi12.07 2Adrian Buchan11.93 Heat 16 1Jordy Smith14.10 2L. Fioravanti13.27
Round of 16
Heat 1 1Kelly Slater10.80 2Peterson Crisanto6.87 Heat 2 1Ryan Callinan13.93 2Conner Coffin9.93 Heat 3 1Filipe Toledo14.10 2Seth Moniz7.13 Heat 4 1Jacob Willcox11.80 2Deivid Silva10.04
Heat 5 1Gabriel Medina17.27 2Willian Cardoso7.76 Heat 6 1John Florence18.16 2Owen Wright16.97 Heat 7 1Italo Ferreira12.20 2Jérémy Florès6.03 Heat 8 1Jordy Smith13.10 2Kanoa Igarashi11.03
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 1Ryan Callinan12.67 2Kelly Slater5.67 Heat 2 1Filipe Toledo14.17 2Jacob Willcox13.06 Heat 3 1John Florence16.87 2Gabriel Medina15.17 Heat 4 1Jordy Smith15.23 2Italo Ferreira8.40
Semifinals
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo13.40 2Ryan Callinan12.84 Heat 2 1John Florence16.80 2Jordy Smith15.24
Final
Heat 1 1John Florence14.30 2Filipe Toledo13.83
References
External links
World Surf League