Matt Graham (#05) at WSC 2001

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Matt Graham (#05) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Matt Surname(s): Graham Home: United States WSC 1993 Rank: 28 WSC 1997 Rank: 2 WSC 2001 Team: United States

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 530 Average for: 418 Average against: 418
Before Round 1		Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1	Larger photo available	Graham played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and won 415 to 282 (a spread of 133) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 1-0, +133.
Round 2		Graham played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 391 to 519 (a spread of -128) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-1, +5. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 3		Graham played #10 Bob Lipton (United States) and lost 336 to 524 (a spread of -188) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 1-2, -183.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Graham played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and won 487 to 378 (a spread of 109) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 2-2, -74.
Round 5		Graham played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and won 450 to 340 (a spread of 110) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 3-2, +36. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Graham played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and lost 357 to 387 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #44. Current record: 3-3, +6.
Round 7		Graham played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 364 to 466 (a spread of -102) . Current ranking: #54. Current record: 3-4, -96.
Round 8		Graham played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and won 410 to 334 (a spread of 76) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 4-4, -20. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Graham played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 530 to 378 (a spread of 152) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 5-4, +132. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits). Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 10		Graham played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and won 420 to 409 (a spread of 11) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 6-4, +143.
Round 11		Graham played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and lost 302 to 518 (a spread of -216) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 6-5, -73.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Graham played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and won 507 to 383 (a spread of 124) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-5, +51.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Graham played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and lost 408 to 529 (a spread of -121) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 7-6, -70. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 14	Larger photo available	Graham played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and won 475 to 372 (a spread of 103) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-6, +33. Graham is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 15	Larger photo available	Graham played #82 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and lost 367 to 447 (a spread of -80) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 8-7, -47.
Round 16		Graham played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and won 454 to 407 (a spread of 47) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 9-7, +0.
Round 17		Graham played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and lost 471 to 479 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 9-8, -8.
Round 18		Graham played #18 Peter Elbourne (Malta) and won 408 to 401 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #35. Current record: 10-8, -1.
Round 19		Graham played #18 Peter Elbourne (Malta) and lost 424 to 441 (a spread of -17) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 10-9, -18.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Graham played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and won 474 to 377 (a spread of 97) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-9, +79. Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 21		Graham played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 433 to 481 (a spread of -48) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-10, +31.
Round 22		Graham played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and lost 319 to 393 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 11-11, -43.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Graham played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and won 443 to 346 (a spread of 97) . Current ranking: #39. Current record: 12-11, +54.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Graham played #82 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and lost 389 to 440 (a spread of -51) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 12-12, +3.
Final Game 2		Graham is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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