The 2001 North American Open was played on two courts at Stern Grove, and two courts at Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco, CA on 21-25 May 2001. For pictures, see the Maui Croquet Club Gallery of Places.
Ed Cunningham of Ireland (7th ranked player in the world) beat Trevor
Bassett of Australia (9th ranked) to win the championship.
Martin Clarke (#22) and Tony Hall (#97) of Australia made the all-unamerican
semifinals. Charlie Smith (#148) beat Rory Kelley (#135) to win the
plate, after early leader Richard Powell withdrew.
Top Ten Players | ||||
Rank | Player | Country | ||
#7 | Ed Cunningham | Ireland | ||
#9 | Trevor Bassett | Australia | ||
#22 | Martin Clarke | Australia | ||
#23 | Mik Mehas | California | ||
#28 | Jacques Fournier | Arizona | ||
#97 | Tony Hall | Australia | ||
#134 | Bill Martin | Tennesee | ||
#135 | Rory Kelley | Arizona | ||
#148 | Charlie Smith | California | ||
#190 | Bob Cherry | Georgia | ||
#201 | Jim Audas | California |
Three days of Block A and Block B play were followed by two days of Knockout and Plate play. All scores below. Some details available.
Player | Country/State | Rank | Semifinal | Final | Champion |
Martin Clarke | Australia | #22 | Clarke
+17, +7 |
Cunningham
+24tp, -26, +26tp |
Cunningham
+3qnp, +25, +9tpo |
Bob Cherry | Georgia | #190 | |||
Ed Cunningham | Ireland | #7 | Cunningham
+26tp, +25 |
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Jacques Fournier | Arizona | #28 | |||
Tony Hall | Australia | #97 | Hall
+25, +3 |
Bassett
-26tp, +19tp, +24tp |
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Rich Lamm | Colorado | #204 | |||
Trevor Bassett | Australia | #9 | Bassett
+17, +9tpo |
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Bill Martin | Tennesee | #134 |
Egyptian format (play as many 2-hour games as you want with whomever you want). Top two finishers play 2/3 to determine winner of plate.
Player | Country/State | Rank | Finish | Index | Kelly | Smith | Audas | Nel | Peterson | Rosenberry | Mitchell | Nikora | Powell | Uhlman |
Rory Kelley | Arizona | #135 | 2nd | 115 | 2/3 | +1t | +17 | |||||||
Charlie Smith | California | #148 | 2nd | 115 | 2/3 | +5t | +2t | |||||||
Jim Audas | California | #201 | 7th | 91 | 1/3 | +6t | ||||||||
Louis Nel | Canada | #205 | 9th | 86 | 1/3 | +17 | ||||||||
Erv Peterson | California | #225 | 5th | 100 | 1/2 | +14 | ||||||||
Ken Rosenberry | Pennsylvania | #260 | 4th | 114 | +11 | +11 | 3/4 | +6t | ||||||
Johnny Mitchell | Texas | #306 | 5th | 100 | 1/2 | +9tp | ||||||||
Leo Nikora | Hawaii | #611 | 10th | 64 | 0/5 | |||||||||
Richard Powell | Alabama | 1st | 128 | +14t | +16 | +3t | +23 | 4/4 | ||||||
Carl Uhlman | Washington | 8th | 87 | +5 | 2/3 |
Difference in Index | Won by Higher Index Player | Won by Lower Index Player |
0 | + and - 10 | |
1-10 | + and - 9 | + and - 11 |
11-20 | + and - 8 | + and - 12 |
21-30 | + and - 7 | + and - 13 |
31-40 | + and - 6 | + and - 14 |
41-50 | + and - 5 | + and - 15 |
51-60 | + and - 4 | + and - 16 |
61-70 | + and - 3 | + and - 17 |
71-80 | + and - 2 | + and - 18 |
Player | Country/State | Rank | Finish | Bassett | Clarke | Fournier | Smith | Lamm | Nel | Peterson | Rosenberry | Lastinger | Powell | Net | Gross |
Trevor Bassett | Australia | #9 | 2 | 8/9 | +16 | +26 | +8tpo | +6 | +26tp | +8 | +20 | +15 | 99 | 208 | |
Martin Clarke | Australia | #22 | 1 | +26 | 9/9 | +26 | +26tp | +25 | +17tp | +25 | +9 | +20 | +6 | 180 | 234 |
Jacques Fournier | Arizona | #28 | 3 | 7/9 | +26 | +9 | +26tp | +26 | +7tp | +6sxp | +26 | 104 | 192 | ||
Charlie Smith | California | #148 | 7 | 3/9 | +7t | +17 | +1 | +12t | -112 | 81 | |||||
Rich Lamm | Colorado | #204 | 4 | +13 | 5/9 | +6 | +3 | +21tp | +23 | 10 | 178 | ||||
Louis Nel | Canada | #205 | 8 | 2/9 | +24 | +23 | -43 | 138 | |||||||
Erv Peterson | California | #225 | 6 | +26 | +3t | 4/9 | +11 | +1t | -41 | 142 | |||||
Kenster Rosenberry | Pennsylvania | #260 | 5 | +25 | +15 | 4/9 | +26tp | +16 | 26 | 178 | |||||
Ron Lastinger | California | 10 | +2t | 1/9 | -162 | 62 | |||||||||
Richard Powell | Alabama | 9 | +14 | +24 | 2/9 | -61 | 128 |
Player | Country | Rank | Finish | Cunningham | Mehas | Hall | Martin | Kelly | Cherry | Audas | Mitchell | Nikora | Uhlman | Net | Gross |
Ed Cunningham | Ireland | #7 | 2 | 6/8 | +4 | +4 | +25 | +17 | +25tp | +25tp | 71 | 179 | |||
Mik Mehas | California | #23 | withdrew | (+17tp) | (+24tp) | ||||||||||
Tony Hall | Australia | #97 | 1 | +20tp | 7/8 | +23tp | +20 | +5 | +4 | +26tp | +19 | 101 | 188 | ||
Bill Martin | Tennesee | #134 | 3 | +16 | 5/8 | +6t | +9 | +4 | +1t | +9t | 21 | 158 | |||
Rory Kelley | Arizona | #135 | 5 | +2t | 5/8 | +11 | +16 | +16 | +13 | 17 | 164 | ||||
Bob Cherry | Georgia | #190 | 4 | +9tp | +12 | +14 | 5/8 | +9t | +20 | 18 | 151 | ||||
Jim Audas | California | #201 | 8 | 1/8 | +3t | -82 | 99 | ||||||||
Johnny Mitchell | Texas | #306 | 7 | +25 | +9 | 3/8 | +12 | -8 | 145 | ||||||
Leo Nikora | Hawaii | #611 | 9 | 0/8 | -109 | 81 | |||||||||
Carl Uhlman | Washington | 6 | +16 | +1t | +17 | +17 | +2t | 4/8 | -29 | 127 |