The Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o 2019 was the seventh event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 24 to 29 August at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, French Polynesia, and was contested by 36 surfers.
In the final, Australia's Owen Wright defeated Brazil's Gabriel Medina to win the fourth 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 24 to 29 August.
Seeding Round
Heat 1 1Soli Bailey9.50 2Gabriel Medina6.13 3Peterson Crisanto0.77 Heat 2 1Adrian Buchan11.50 2Jadson André9.90 3Jordy Smith3.00 Heat 3 1Kanoa Igarashi8.83 2Adriano de Souza5.50 3Caio Ibelli3.70 Heat 4 1Italo Ferreira12.16 2Kauli Vaast7.07 3Sebastian Zietz1.20
Heat 5 1Joan Duru9.37 2Filipe Toledo8.70 3Tyler Newton3.54 Heat 6 1Kolohe Andino11.73 2Yago Dora11.20 3Matahi Drollet5.56 Heat 7 1Kelly Slater10.63 2Deivid Silva8.76 3Frederico Morais8.00 Heat 8 1Ricardo Christie10.23 2Willian Cardoso9.67 3Ryan Callinan7.54 Heat 9 1Ezekiel Lau12.66 2Julian Wilson11.60 3M. Rodrigues9.34 Heat 10 1Griffin Colapinto10.50 2Jérémy Florès8.77 3Michel Bourez6.90 Heat 11 1Owen Wright11.33 2Wade Carmichael9.36 3Jesse Mendes6.26 Heat 12 1Seth Moniz11.70 2Jack Freestone10.13 3Conner Coffin9.67
Elimination round
Heat 1 1Sebastian Zietz14.40 2Jordy Smith11.87 3Matahi Drollet9.57 Heat 2 1Ryan Callinan12.50 2Caio Ibelli8.74 3Tyler Newton6.57 Heat 3 1Peterson Crisanto11.50 2Michel Bourez11.33 3Frederico Morais10.17 Heat 4 1Conner Coffin15.43 2Jesse Mendes9.93 3M. Rodrigues6.66
Round of 32
Heat 1 1Jadson André12.16 2Kanoa Igarashi9.00 Heat 2 1Deivid Silva10.10 2Adrian Buchan9.34 Heat 3 1Owen Wright12.73 2Soli Bailey12.36 Heat 4 1Michel Bourez11.60 2Sebastian Zietz11.23
Heat 5 1Adriano de Souza17.87 2Italo Ferreira16.83 Heat 6 1Joan Duru14.67 2Willian Cardoso1.43 Heat 7 1Jordy Smith13.20 2Ricardo Christie7.74 Heat 8 1Julian Wilson14.57 2Yago Dora5.27 Heat 9 1Kauli Vaast14.50 2Kolohe Andino12.16 Heat 10 1Jérémy Florès10.27 2Wade Carmichael8.74 Heat 11 1Griffin Colapinto18.10 2Ryan Callinan14.07 Heat 12 1Gabriel Medina14.03 2Ezekiel Lau10.00 Heat 13 1Filipe Toledo12.00 2Jesse Mendes11.07 Heat 14 1Seth Moniz14.67 2Peterson Crisanto9.66 Heat 15 1Caio Ibelli17.73 2Conner Coffin16.96 Heat 16 1Jack Freestone17.17 2Kelly Slater14.20
Round of 16
Heat 1 1Jadson André18.23 2Deivid Silva11.84 Heat 2 1Owen Wright18.50 2Michel Bourez18.10 Heat 3 1Adriano de Souza17.50 2Joan Duru9.27 Heat 4 1Jordy Smith13.54 2Julian Wilson10.83
Heat 5 1Jérémy Florès15.76 2Kauli Vaast13.66 Heat 6 1Gabriel Medina19.23 2Griffin Colapinto15.43 Heat 7 1Seth Moniz16.40 2Filipe Toledo6.17 Heat 8 1Caio Ibelli18.64 2Jack Freestone15.83
Quarterfinals
Heat 1 1Owen Wright19.07 2Jadson André16.67 Heat 2 1Jordy Smith14.06 2Adriano de Souza8.67 Heat 3 1Gabriel Medina11.77 2Jérémy Florès2.50 Heat 4 1Seth Moniz15.60 2Caio Ibelli12.83
Semifinals
Heat 1 1Owen Wright15.67 2Jordy Smith10.66 Heat 2 1Gabriel Medina11.16 2Seth Moniz7.43
Final
Heat 1 1Owen Wright17.07 2Gabriel Medina14.93
References
External links
World Surf League