2021 World Surf League Finals
2021 World Surf League Finals | |
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Venue | Lower Trestles |
Location | San Clemente, California, United States |
Dates | 14 September 2021 |
Competitors | 10 from 5 nations |
Champions | |
Men | Gabriel Medina |
Women | Carissa Moore |
The 2021 Rip Curl WSL Finals was the eighth and final event of the 2021 World Surf League. It was the inaugural edition of the , and took place at Lower Trestles in California on 14 September 2021.[1][2]
The men's event was won by Brazil's Gabriel Medina, while the women's event was won by Hawaii's Carissa Moore.[3]
Format[]
The event featured the top five surfers from both the men's and women's regular season standings, and consisted of four head-to-head matches, held on a single day. In the first match, the surfers ranked fourth and fifth went head-to-head, with the winner advancing to take on the third-ranked surfer in the second match. The winner of the second match then took on the second-ranked surfer in the third match, with the winner qualifying for the title match against the top-ranked surfer in the standings.[4][5]
Results[]
Men[]
Draw[]
Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Title match | |||||||||||||||
1 | Gabriel Medina | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Ítalo Ferreira | 12.44 | 3 | Filipe Toledo | 0 | |||||||||||||
3 | Filipe Toledo | 16.57 | 3 | Filipe Toledo | 15.97 | |||||||||||||
4 | 15.00 | 4 | 14.33 | |||||||||||||||
5 | 9.84 |
Title match[]
Gabriel Medina | Round | Filipe Toledo |
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16.30 | 1 | 15.70 |
17.53 | 2 | 16.36 |
– | 3 | – |
Women[]
Draw[]
Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Title match | |||||||||||||||
1 | Carissa Moore | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
2 | Tatiana Weston-Webb | 13.17 | 2 | Tatiana Weston-Webb | 1 | |||||||||||||
3 | Sally Fitzgibbons | 11.33 | 3 | Sally Fitzgibbons | 11.73 | |||||||||||||
4 | Stephanie Gilmore | 6.70 | 5 | Johanne Defay | 6.66 | |||||||||||||
5 | Johanne Defay | 12.17 |
Title match[]
Carissa Moore | Round | Tatiana Weston-Webb |
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14.06 | 1 | 15.20 |
17.26 | 2 | 15.60 |
16.60 | 3 | 14.20 |
References[]
- ^ "Rip Curl WSL Finals". World Surf League. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Olympic champs Moore and Ferreira seek World Surf League titles at inaugural WSL Finals". Olympics.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina Are Officially the 2021 World Champions". Surfer.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Rip Curl WSL Finals / Format". World Surf League. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "The waiting period of the first ever Rip Curl WSL Finals starts tonight". Carve. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
External links[]
- World Surf League
- 2021 in surfing
- 2021 in sports in California
- 2021 in American sports
- September 2021 sports events in the United States
- Sports finals