SaoPaulo 2009 — Knockout
📅 30 August - 12 September 2009 · Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Knockout bracket↑ top
Tournament standings — final placement↑ top
Knockout event — places follow from the bracket: shared places (e.g. 5-8) are teams eliminated in the same phase; an unplayed decider leaves the place shared. Click a team for its players below.
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | USA 2 |
| 2 | ITALY |
| 3 | BULGARIA |
| 4 | CHINA LONG ZHU OPEN |
| 5-8 | RUSSIA |
| 5-8 | GERMANY |
| 5-8 | NETHERLANDS |
| 5-8 | NORWAY |
Cumulative Butler by cross-IMPs. Each round's per-board Butler = mean cross-IMP vs that round's full field (raw / (N−1)), rounded to 0.1. Cumulative = sum of a player's per-board Butler over ALL played rounds ÷ total boards played, rounded to 0.01.
Rounds included so far (4 of 4): R1 R2 R3 R4. Columns QF·1… = each player's Butler total in that stanza (each knockout phase is played in segments); they sum to Total.
Cumulative Butler standings — all players↑ top
Player statistics — leaders↑ top
Top 12 in each metric — or, with a team picked as ★ My team, that team’s players. Open the full player-statistics page for every player, sortable by any column — including an opponent-adjusted (strength-of-schedule) Butler. Double-dummy is idealised — the true best play needs all four hands — so read these as tendencies, not verdicts.
| # | Player | vs par |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 J.Meckstroth | +0.74 |
| 1 | 🇺🇸 E.Rodwell | +0.74 |
| 3 | 🇧🇬 V.Aronov | +0.42 |
| 3 | 🇧🇬 J.Stefanov | +0.42 |
| 5 | 🇮🇹 F.Fantoni | +0.29 |
| 5 | 🇮🇹 C.Nunes | +0.29 |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 G.Duboin | +0.15 |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 A.Sementa | +0.15 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳 Z.Fu | +0.04 |
| 9 | 🇨🇳 J.Zhao | +0.04 |
| 11 | 🇧🇬 K.Karaivanov | -0.01 |
| 11 | 🇧🇬 R.Trendafilov | -0.01 |
| # | Player | on tgt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇧🇬 J.Stefanov | 100.0% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 E.Rodwell | 95.5% |
| 3 | 🇧🇬 V.Aronov | 94.7% |
| 4 | 🇮🇹 A.Sementa | 93.3% |
| 5 | 🇮🇹 G.Duboin | 93.1% |
| 6 | 🇮🇹 C.Nunes | 92.9% |
| 7 | 🇨🇳 L.Yang | 91.3% |
| 8 | 🇧🇬 K.Karaivanov | 90.0% |
| 9 | 🇨🇳 J.Dai | 88.2% |
| 10 | 🇺🇸 J.Meckstroth | 82.9% |
| 11 | 🇺🇸 Z.Mahmood | 82.5% |
| 12 | 🇮🇹 F.Fantoni | 81.8% |
| # | Player | on tgt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 Z.Mahmood | 85.7% |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 J.Meckstroth | 85.7% |
| 3 | 🇮🇹 F.Fantoni | 84.2% |
| 4 | 🇮🇹 L.Lauria | 81.5% |
| 5 | 🇨🇳 Z.Fu | 80.0% |
| 6 | 🇧🇬 R.Trendafilov | 78.9% |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 C.Nunes | 77.4% |
| 8 | 🇮🇹 A.Versace | 74.2% |
| 9 | 🇺🇸 B.Hamman | 74.2% |
| 10 | 🇮🇹 G.Duboin | 72.7% |
| 11 | 🇧🇬 K.Karaivanov | 72.4% |
| 12 | 🇺🇸 E.Rodwell | 71.4% |
| # | Player | on tgt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 J.Meckstroth | 97.6% |
| 1 | 🇺🇸 E.Rodwell | 97.6% |
| 3 | 🇮🇹 L.Lauria | 93.8% |
| 3 | 🇮🇹 A.Versace | 93.8% |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 B.Hamman | 93.4% |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Z.Mahmood | 93.4% |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 F.Fantoni | 90.7% |
| 7 | 🇮🇹 C.Nunes | 90.7% |
| 7 | 🇨🇳 Z.Fu | 90.7% |
| 7 | 🇨🇳 J.Zhao | 90.7% |
| 11 | 🇧🇬 K.Karaivanov | 88.6% |
| 11 | 🇧🇬 R.Trendafilov | 88.6% |
Biggest swings — the wildest boards↑ top
Same deal, opposite fortunes: boards where the field’s cross-IMP Butler split the widest. Swing = the best NS result’s Butler minus the best EW result’s, in IMPs; the two columns show those poles (contract, score and Butler). Click a board for its full record.
| Board | Tables | Swing | Best for NS | Best for EW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinal · Bd 41 | 4 | 30.0 | 5♥ +100 🇮🇹 ITALY (+14.7) | 6♥x +1660 🇨🇳 CHINA LONG ZHU OPEN (+15.3) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 55 | 7 | 26.5 | 4♠ +100 🇮🇹 ITALY (+12.8) | 6♠ +1430 🇧🇬 BULGARIA (+13.7) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 10 | 8 | 25.4 | 3N +200 🇩🇪 GERMANY (+10.7) | 6♠ +1430 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+14.7) |
| Semifinal · Bd 54 | 4 | 24.6 | 4♥x +500 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+12.3) | 5♠x +800 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+12.3) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 73 | 8 | 24.5 | 6♠ +100 🇮🇹 ITALY (+9.9) | 6♠ +1430 🇨🇳 CHINA LONG ZHU OPEN (+14.6) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 37 | 8 | 24.3 | 3N +100 🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (+9.6) | 2♦x +1400 🇩🇪 GERMANY (+14.7) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 7 | 8 | 23.8 | 6♠ +1430 🇨🇳 CHINA LONG ZHU OPEN (+15.9) | 7♠ +200 🇮🇹 ITALY (+7.9) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 46 | 8 | 22.8 | 5♣ -440 🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (+12.1) | 6♠xx +1620 🇧🇬 BULGARIA (+10.7) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 59 | 8 | 21.8 | 6N +50 🇧🇬 BULGARIA (+9.9) | 6N +990 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+11.9) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 2 | 8 | 21.3 | 4♠ +50 🇷🇺 RUSSIA (+9.6) | 2Nx +1100 🇩🇪 GERMANY (+11.7) |
| Semifinal · Bd 65 | 4 | 21.3 | 5♦ +150 🇮🇹 ITALY (+13.0) | 6♣ +920 🇮🇹 ITALY (+8.3) |
| Semifinal · Bd 55 | 4 | 20.3 | 5♣x +200 🇧🇬 BULGARIA (+7.0) | 4♥x +790 🇨🇳 CHINA LONG ZHU OPEN (+13.3) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 23 | 8 | 19.4 | 6♥ +1430 🇷🇺 RUSSIA (+2.4) | 6♥ +100 🇺🇸 USA 2 (+17.0) |
| Quarterfinal · Bd 19 | 8 | 18.6 | 5♥x -500 🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (+6.9) | 6♦ +1390 🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS (+11.7) |