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WPH R48Pro Elite 8 Stats, Trends and Career Highlights
As the Race 4 Eight rolls into New York City for the fifth stop of the Race 4 Eight V season this upcoming weekend (Mar 10th-13th @ the NYAC) and the second stop of the Women’s Race 4 Eight III season, let’s break down the Men’s Elite 8 and Women’s Fab 4 finishes in their last five starts and examine their trends and R48 career highlights.
Men’s R48Pro Elite 8
Paul Brady last five R48 starts:
- NYAC ‘15: win (Nett), finished 1st
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ‘15: round of 16 forfeit (Schneider), finished 13th (forfeit)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: win (Moreno), finished 1st
- New Orleans ‘16: win (Carroll), finished 1st
- Houston ’16: semifinals (Ortiz), finished 3rd
Average finish (not including dns in Tucson Memorial ‘15): 3.8
Current R48 ranking: 1
Brady R48 Highlights:
Brady has won 11 of 14 R48 events in which he has started (lost to Ortiz at the 2014 WPH Player’s Championship, forfeit in the round of 16 at the 2015 WPH Player’s Championship), lost to Ortiz at the 2016 Houston R48 V
Brady holds the Race 4 Eight record with 11 R48 titles
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Sean Lenning last five R48 starts:
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ‘15: win (Ortiz), finished 1st
- Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: semis (Brady), finished 3rd (McCarthy)
- Tucson Memorial ‘15: win (Ortiz), finished 1st
- New Orleans ‘16: semis (Carroll), finished 3rd
- Houston ’16: finals (Ortiz): finished 2nd
Average finish = 2
Current R48 ranking: 2
Lenning R48 Highlights:
5 R48 titles (3rd most behind Brady and Moreno), Career high R48 #1 ranking (January 2012), has not finished outside of the top three in a R48 event since February of 2015 (7 events)
Mando Ortiz last 5 R48 starts:
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: finals loss (Lenning), finished 2nd
- U.S. Open ’15: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7th (Carroll)
- Tucson Memorial ’15: finals loss (Lenning), finished 2nd
- New Orleans ’16: quarterfinal loss (Carroll), finished 5th (L. Cordova)
- Houston ’16: win (Lenning), finished 1st
Average finish: 3.4
Current R48 ranking: 3
Ortiz R48 Highlights:
4 R48 finals appearances, one R48 title (Houston ’16), first qualifier to advance to a R48 final (2013 R48 III Plummer), career high #3 R48 ranking (current), only player to defeat Paul Brady in R48 play (Salt Lake City ’14, Houston ’16)
Luis Moreno last 5 R48 starts:
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: semifinal loss (Ortiz), finished 3rd (D. Cordova)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: finals loss (Brady), finished 2nd
- Tucson Memorial ‘15: round of 8 loss (Carroll), finished 5th (D. Cordova)
- New Orleans ‘16: round of 16 loss (L Cordova), finished 10th (Peixoto)
- Houston: semifinal loss (Lenning), finished 3rd
Average finish= 4.6
Current R48 ranking: 4
Since losing in the final of the 2014 WPH Player’s Championship (McCarthy), Moreno has advanced to the final of just two R48 events (Simple Green U.S. Open ’14, ’15) in his last 10 starts
Moreno has lost in the round of 16 in two of the last six R48 events (NYAC ’15, New Orleans ’16)
Moreno R48 Highlights:
9 R48 titles, R48 I Player’s Champion, Season-ending R48 #1 in the R48 I in 2012 and the R48 III in 2014, Career high R48 #1 ranking (February 2012)
Emmett Peixoto last 5 R48 starts:
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ‘15: quarterfinal loss (Ortiz), finished 6th (Fink)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: quarterfinal loss (McCarthy), finished 6th (Carroll)
- Tucson Memorial ‘15: semifinal loss (Lenning), finished 3rd
- New Orleans ‘16: round of 16 loss (Carroll), finished 9th
- Houston ’16: quarterfinal loss (Ortiz), finished 5th (Iglesias)
Average finish: 5.8
Current R48 ranking: 5
Peixoto R48 Highlights:
2 R48 finals appearances (2014 Denver, 2015 San Francisco), career high #2 R48 ranking (March 2014)
Killian Carroll last 4 R48 starts:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ‘15: quarterfinal loss (Lenning), finished 5th (Peixoto)
- Tucson Memorial ‘15: semifinal loss (Ortiz), finished 3rd
- New Orleans ‘16: final loss (Brady), finished 2nd
- Houston ’16: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7th
Average finish (did not play in any events during the R48 IV season): 4.25
Current R48 ranking: 6
Trending: Carroll lost in the quarters, semis and finals in his last three starts
Carroll R48 Highlights:
Carroll is one of two R48 pros (McCarthy) to finish fifth or better in every R48 event in which he has played. Carroll became the fifth qualifier in R48 history to advance to the finals (New Orleans). Carroll is the one of only two players (Brady) to have an undefeated R48 record against Luis Moreno (1-0)
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David Fink last 5 R48 starts:
- San Francisco ’15: semifinals loss (Brady), finished 3rd
- NYAC ’15: round of 16 loss (Crehan), finished 13th
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: quarterfinal loss (Lenning), finished 5th (Peixoto)
- New Orleans ’16: semifinal loss (Brady), finished 3rd
- Houston ’16: round of 16 loss (Selestow), finished 11th
Average finish (dns Simple Green U.S. Open ’15, Tucson Memorial ’15): 7
Current R48 ranking: 7
Fink R48 Highlights:
7 semifinal appearances in 28 R48 starts, reached career-high #2 R48 ranking in January of 2014
Daniel Cordova last 5 R48 starts:
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: semifinal loss (Lenning), finished 4th (Moreno)
- U.S. Open ’15: round of 16 loss (Ortiz), finished 9th
- Tucson Memorial ’15: quarterfinal loss (Peixoto), finished 6th (Moreno)
- New Orleans ’16: quarterfinal loss (Brady), finished 7th (L. Cordova)
- Houston ’16: round of 16 loss (Iglesias), finished 13th
Average finish: 7.8
Current R48 ranking: 8
- Cordova R48 Highlights:
2015 R48 Rookie of the Year, second youngest R48 star to finish the season in the Elite 8 (L. Cordova), one semifinal appearance (2015 R48 Player’s Championship)
Women’s WR48Pro Fab 5
Catriona Casey last 5 WR48 events:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: win (Reilly), finished 1st
- San Francisco ’15: win (Gawley), finished 1st
- NYAC ’15: win (Ni Churraoin), finished 1st
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: win (Relly), finished 1st
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: finals loss (Reilly), finished 2nd
Average finish: 1.2
Catriona Casey WR48 Stats: 2013-2015 (8 Events)
Every point WR48 #1 Catriona Casey has played in WR48 events is tracked below, to include Casey points scored compared to her opponents, scoring ratio, and win/loss records
Simple Green U.S. Open ’13: 168-48 (4-0)
NYAC ’14: 134-30 (4-0)
Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’14: 84-31 (2-0)
Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: 126-38 (3-0)
San Francisco ’15: 90-2 (3-0)
NYAC ’15: 102-31 (3-0)
Salt Lake City Player’s Championship’15: 92-40 (3-0)
Seven wins:
Combined score: Casey 796-220. Scoring ratio 3.6:1
Match record: 22-0
Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: 125-47 (2-1)
Combined score in eight events: 921-267
Combined match record: 24-1
Combined scoring ratio: 3.4:1
Danielle Daskalakis last 5 WR48 events:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: quarterfinal loss (Davis), finished tie 5th
- San Francisco ’15: semifinal loss (Casey), finished 3rd (Davis)
- NYAC ’15: quarterfinal loss (McMahon), finished 5th (August)
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: semifinal loss (Casey), finished 4th (McMahon)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: did not start
Average finish: 4.25
Martina McMahon last 5 WR48 events:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: round of 16 loss (Moler), finished tie 9th
- San Francisco ’15: did not start
- NYAC ’15: semifinal loss (Ni Churraoin), finished 3rd (McCarthy)
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: semifinal loss (Reilly), finished 3rd (Daskalakis)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: semifinal loss (Casey), finished 3rd (Gawley)
Average finish: 4.5
Sandy Ng last 5 WR48 events:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: did not start
- San Francisco ’15: quarterfinal loss (Casey), finished tie 7th (Peixoto de Melo)
- NYAC ’15: did not start
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: did not start
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: did not start
Average finish: 7
Tracy Davis last 5 WR48 events:
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’14: semifinal loss (Reilly), finished 4th (Gawley)
- San Francisco ’15: semifinal loss (Gawley), finished 4th (Daskalakis)
- NYAC ’15: did not start
- Salt Lake City Player’s Championship ’15: quarterfinal loss (Daskalakis), finished tie 7th (Moler)
- Simple Green U.S. Open ’15: did not start
Average finish: 5
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