WPH Press, Tucson, AZ, 4/20/22
After a 614-day pandemic-induced Race 4 Eight hiatus that started after the 2020 R48 RFC, the Race 4 Eight tour returned at the 2021 Tucson Memorial, featuring the game’s best at one of the tour’s most prestigious stops. The 2021/22 Race 4 Eight X featured seven R48 Men’s Pro events, three WR48 events, and one SR48 event, with 246 pro players competing in the eleven combined R48 Men’s Pro (206 players), WR48 (32 players), and SR48 (8 players) events.
2021/22 Race 4 Eight Champions
R48
Tucson, AZ: November 2021, Tucson Memorial: Killian Carroll
Nashville, TN: December 2021, USHA Four Wall Nationals: Killian Carroll
Tucson, AZ: December 2021, R48 3-Wall Icebreaker: David Fink
Tucson, AZ: January 2022, January Classic: Killian Carroll
Houston, TX: February 2022, Houston Race 4 Eight: Killian Carroll
Tucson, AZ: March 2022, March Madness: Killian Carroll
Salt Lake City, UT: April 2022, Aces Player’s Championship: Martin Mulkerrins
WR48
Nashville, TN: December 2021, USHA Four Wall Nationals: Danielle Daskalakis
Houston, TX: February 2022, Houston Race 4 Eight: Catriona Casey
Salt Lake City, UT: April 2022, Aces Player’s Championship: Catriona Casey
SR48
Salt Lake City, UT: April 2022, Aces Player’s Championship: David Fink
Race 4 Eight Player’s Cup Champions: Year-End Number One
R48: Killian Carroll
WR48: Catriona Casey
SR48: David Fink
Race 4 Eight X Highlights
- R48 #1 Killian Carroll won his first five R48 X starts and stood one game from the first undefeated R48 Men’s Pro season in history at the 2022 Aces Player’s Championship
- Catriona Casey completed her fifth prefect WR48 season, winning both of her WR48 starts (Houston, Salt Lake City) to collect her twenty-first and twenty-second WR48 titles (in twenty-four starts)
- The only players to finish in the top three in all of their R48 Men’s Pro starts during the 2022/23 season were Carroll (6), Lucho (6), Mulkerrins (2), Brady (1)
- The only players to play in all three WR48 events during the 2022/23 season were Ashley Moler, Mikaila Esser, and Kristen Hughes
- In 70 Men’s Race 4 Eight Pro events, there have been 12 different champions and 17 different finalists. Of the 17 different finalists, 10 have been from the U.S., six from Ireland, and one from Mexico
- In 25 WR48 events held since the inception of the WR48 tour in 2013, there have been four different champions: Casey (22), Reilly (1), McMahon (1), Daskalakis (1)
- Streaks ending at the 2022 Aces Player’s Championship: Killian Carroll 42-match WPH singles winning streak, Danielle Daskalakis 9-match WPH singles winning streak
- David Fink extended his SR48 winning streak to six SR48 events in winning the 2022 Aces SR48 Player’s Championship
2021/22 Race 4 Eight Season X Results
R48 Men’s Pro
Tucson (AZ): Killian Carroll (IRE) def Lucho Cordova (MEX) 15-11, 15-2
Nashville (TN): Killian Carroll (IRE) def Paul Brady (IRE) 15-21, 21-6, 5-4 inj fft
Tucson (AZ): David Fink (AZ) def Luis Cordova (MEX) inj. fft
Tucson (AZ): Killian Carroll (IRE) def Danos Cordova (TX) 15-6, 15-9
Houston (TX): Killian Carroll (IRE) def Diarmaid Nash (IRE) 15-1, 11-15, 15-7
Tucson (AZ): Killian Carroll (IRE) def Lucho Cordova (MEX) 15-4, 8-15, 15-1
Salt Lake City (UT): Martin Mulkerrins (IRE) def Killian Carroll (IRE) 15-8, 11-15, 15-3
WR48
Nashville (TN): Danielle Daskalakis (NY) def Ashley Moler (AZ) 21-8, 21-7
Houston (TX): Catriona Casey (IRE) def Fiona Tully (IRE) 15-1, 15-4
Salt Lake City (UT): Catriona Casey (IRE) def Martina McMahon (IRE) 16-14, 1-15, 15-7
SR48
Salt Lake City (UT): David Fink (AZ) def Bill Mehilos (IN) 15-6, 15-4
David Fink