The Oi Rio Pro 2019 was the fifth event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 20 to 23 June in Saquarema, Rio de Janeiro, and was contested by 36 surfers.
In the final, Brazil's Filipe Toledo defeated Jordy Smith of South Africa to win the eighth Championship Tour event of his career.
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 20 to 23 June.
Seeding Round
Heat 1 1Kanoa Igarashi12.17 2Jadson André10.60 3Peterson Crisanto7.83 Heat 2 1Gabriel Medina12.10 2Soli Bailey8.40 3Adrian Buchan6.93 Heat 3 1Yago Dora16.33 2Adriano de Souza11.27 3Kolohe Andino11.16 Heat 4 1Filipe Toledo13.97 2Frederico Morais9.60 3Sebastian Zietz9.30
Heat 5 1Italo Ferreira12.17 2Deivid Silva11.07 3Mateus HerdyInjured Heat 6 1John Florence13.67 2Caio Ibelli10.53 3Alex Ribeiro9.60 Heat 7 1Willian Cardoso10.47 2Ricardo Christie9.00 3Jordy Smith6.30 Heat 8 1Julian Wilson12.67 2M. Rodrigues9.06 3Ezekiel Lau6.00 Heat 9 1Kelly Slater10.87 2Griffin Colapinto10.80 3Conner Coffin9.93 Heat 10 1Seth Moniz13.77 2Owen Wright11.90 3Jack Freestone7.43 Heat 11 1Ryan Callinan13.17 2Jesse Mendes11.53 3Wade Carmichael9.74 Heat 12 1Michel Bourez11.13 2Joan Duru10.76 3Jérémy Florès7.23
Elimination round
Heat 1 1Sebastian Zietz12.77 2Kolohe Andino12.00 3Alex Ribeiro7.33 Heat 2 1K. Kymerson11.43 2Jordy Smith9.67 3Adrian Buchan7.54 Heat 3 1Conner Coffin14.83 2Ezekiel Lau10.73 3Peterson Crisanto7.54 Heat 4 1Wade Carmichael11.77 2Jack Freestone9.10 3Jérémy Florès8.46
Round of 32
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo14.26 2Adriano de Souza10.27 Heat 2 1Kelly Slater11.93 2Sebastian Zietz8.20 Heat 3 1Kanoa Igarashi13.67 2Ricardo Christie10.37 Heat 4 1Joan Duru12.40 2Owen Wright10.13
Heat 5 1Frederico Morais13.27 2Italo Ferreira7.13 Heat 6 1M. Rodrigues12.06 2Willian Cardoso6.20 Heat 7 1Julian Wilson8.90 2Ezekiel Lau6.10 Heat 8 1Jesse Mendes11.60 2Conner Coffin11.10 Heat 9 1John Florence11.83 2K. Kymerson9.24 Heat 10 1Wade Carmichael12.37 2Yago Dora11.40 Heat 11 1Jordy Smith15.83 2Jack Freestone11.00 Heat 12 1Griffin Colapinto10.73 2Ryan Callinan7.57 Heat 13 1Kolohe Andino12.87 2Soli Bailey8.56 Heat 14 1Deivid Silva14.83 2Seth Moniz8.33 Heat 15 1Michel Bourez11.44 2Caio Ibelli6.10 Heat 16 1Gabriel Medina13.00 2Jadson André10.90
Round of 16
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo17.84 2Kelly Slater14.83 Heat 2 1Kanoa Igarashi13.17 2Joan Duru10.83 Heat 3 1Frederico Morais12.83 2M. Rodrigues7.43 Heat 4 1Julian Wilson14.00 2Jesse Mendes13.60
Heat 5 1John Florence12.66 2Wade Carmichael10.33 Heat 6 1Jordy Smith15.63 2Griffin Colapinto9.67 Heat 7 1Kolohe Andino14.07 2Deivid Silva11.53 Heat 8 1Gabriel Medina14.43 2Michel Bourez9.27
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo11.00 2Kanoa Igarashi7.57 Heat 2 1Frederico Morais13.17 2Julian Wilson11.83 Heat 3 1Jordy Smithw/o 2John FlorenceInjured Heat 4 1Kolohe Andino13.10 2Gabriel Medina12.00
Semifinals
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo16.00 2Frederico Morais10.30 Heat 2 1Jordy Smith16.06 2Kolohe Andino10.40
Final
Heat 1 1Filipe Toledo18.04 2Jordy Smith8.43
References
External links
World Surf League