ISAF Match Race Rankings for 25 September 2013

by ISAF on 26 Sep 2013

Canfield during the 2013 Chicago Match Cup Walter Cooper http://waltercooperphoto.com/

The ISAF Match Race rankings for Wednesday 25 September 2013 have been released with Taylor Canfield (ISV) remaining at world number one in the Open Rankings for the second successive release whilst Lucy Macgregor (GBR) continues to hold a strong advantage in the Women's Rankings.

Open Rankings

Taylor Canfield (ISV) maintains his world number one spot in the Open Rankings for the second successive release. Canfield took in the Knickerbocker Cup in Manhasset Bay, USA finishing sixth but the result doesn't affect his points total and he remains 234 points clear of world number two Ian Williams (GBR).

David Gilmour's steady rise up the Open Rankings continues after three strong performances at ISAF Grade 2 regattas. Gilmour took a victory at the ISAF Grade 2 International Match Race for the Detroit Cup in August and followed up with a third at the Knickerbocker Cup and a fourth at the Oakcliff International Match Race. His performances have pushed him up to world number 12 from world number 15, a personal best for the young Australian.

Denmark's Nicolai Sehested enjoyed back to back victories at the Knickerbocker Cup and the Oakcliff International Regatta in August and September. As a result the Danish match racer moves into the top ten for the first time. Coming in at world number eight the Dane has moved up four spots.

Stephanie Roble, Epic Racing (USA) on her way to victory over Taylor Canfield, USone (ISV). She ended the day with 5-0. © 2013 Andrea Watson/Manhasset Bay Yacht Club

Moving back into the top 100 and into a best ranking position of world number 64 is Stephanie Roble (USA). Fifth place finishes at the Knickerbocker Cup and Detroit Cup ensured the American moved up the rankings.

Dutch Youth Open National Championship runner up Dirk-Jan Korpershoek (DEN) moves up from world number 99 to world number 72 this month whilst winner of the ISAF Grade 3 regatta Yasar Celal Tumsen (TUR) climbs to world number 102 having fallen to world number 184 since his last regatta appearance in November 2012.

With plenty of global Open Match Racing action in towards the end of August and throughout September plenty of changes are prevalent in this month's ranking release.

Women's Rankings

There are no changes in the top five of the ISAF Women's Match Race Rankings as Lucy Macgregor (GBR) holds a healthy advantage over Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN), Ekaterina Skudina (RUS), Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN) and Anna Kjellberg (SWE).

Helsinki, Finland played host to the sole Women's Match Racing event this month, the ISAF Grade 3 Vauraus Women's Finnish Championship.

Mikaela Fors took the honours and moves back into the Women's Match Race Rankings for the first time since 16 May 2012. With maximum points from the Grade 3 event she sits at world number 51 with her previous best of world number 24 coming on 22 May 2003.

Runner-up Susanna Kukkonen (FIN), who is ranked at world number 63 in the Open Rankings after some steady performances, sits at world number 57. Her best of world number 46 came in May 2012.

With a handful of Women's Match Racing events to go in 2013 potential shake ups throughout the rankings are possible.

Match racing - Open - Wednesday 25 September 2013

Pos	Name	Country	Crew	Events	Previous	Best	Points
1	Canfield Taylor	ISV		8	1	1	11832
2	Williams Ian	GBR		8	2	1	11598
3	Swinton Keith	AUS		8	3	3	10662
4	Hansen Bjorn	SWE		8	4	2	10304
5	Richard Mathieu	FRA		8	7	1	10098
6	Robertson Philip	NZL		8	9	4	9997
7	Berntsson Johnie	SWE		8	8	6	9871
8	Sehested Nicolai	DEN		8	12	8	9604
9	Ferrarese Simone	ITA		8	10	9	9514
10	Tiller William	NZL		8	6	5	9476
11	Morvan Pierre-antoine	FRA		8	5	3	9423
12	Gilmour David	AUS		8	15	12	8754
13	Aschenbrenner Joachim	DEN		8	14	13	8720
14	Monnin Eric	SUI		8	20	11	8597
15	Tarnacki Przemek	POL		8	16	13	8345
16	Lindberg Staffan	FIN		8	13	5	8273
17	Stanczyk Marek	POL		8	18	13	8180
18	Corbett Reuben	NZL		8	17	10	8054
19	Sepp Mati	EST		8	19	18	7917
20	Ogeman Viktor	SWE		8	21	20	7758

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Match racing - Women - Wednesday 25 September 2013

Pos	Name	Country	Crew	Events	Previous	Best	Points
1	Macgregor Lucy	GBR	Annie Lush Kate Macgregor	8	1	1	10353
2	Ulrikkeholm Camilla	DEN	Louise Ulrikkeholm Josefine Boel Rasmussen Joan Hansen Trine Palludan	8	2	1	9364
3	Skudina Ekaterina	RUS	Ekaterina Chashchina Tatiana Lartseva Silke Hahlbrock Elena Syuzeva Vera Dubina Elena Vorobeva	8	3	2	7940
4	Meldgaard Pedersen Lotte	DEN	Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt	8	4	1	7337
5	Kjellberg Anna	SWE	Malin Källström Karin Almquist Johanna Larsson Linnéa Wennergren Annie Wennergren Linda Härsjö Lotta Harrysson Martin Krite	8	5	5	7229
6	Roble Stephanie	USA	Maggie Shea Darby Smith	8	6	6	7081
7	Leroy Claire	FRA	Marie Riou Elodie Bertrand	6	7	1	6967
8	Echegoyen Tamara	ESP	Mariana Lobato Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos Sofia Toro Angela Pumariega	7	9	4	6643
9	Bezel Alexa	SUI	Corinne Meyer Manon Kivell Romy Hasler Laurane Mettraux	8	10	6	5503
10	Bossard Julie	FRA		6	8	3	5330
11	Sylvan Caroline	SWE	Louise Kruuse Af Verchou Frida Langenius	8	12	11	4408
12	Senfft Juliana	BRA		8	11	11	4195
13	Tunnicliffe Anna	USA	Deborah Capozzi Molly O'bryan Vandemoer	4	14	1	4021
14	Tams Noora	FIN		8	18	14	3681
15	Price Olivia	AUS	Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty	4	16	4	3641
16	Lehtinen Silja	FIN	Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff	4	19	3	3413
17	Pierce Claudia	NZL	Aimee Famularo Paige Maree Cook Janelle Peat Hannah Louise Osborne	4	20	17	3330
18	Barkow Sally	USA	Elizabeth Kratzig Burnham Alana O'reilly	5	21	3	3282
19	Decnop Renata	BRA		7	13	10	2997
20	Roca Mata Silvia	ESP	Eva Gonzalez Lara Cacabelos	4	15	9	2943