Jeff Grant (#07) at WSC 2001

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Jeff Grant (#07) at WSC 2001

Background Information

Given name(s): Jeff
Surname(s): Grant
Home: Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Age: 48
Awards: 1981 1983 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2000 2001 NZ NSC, NZ Masters Champion 7x
Hobbies: tennis, hockey, gardening, word play
Occupation: Writer
WSC 1991 Rank: 17
WSC 1993 Rank: 24
WSC 1995 Rank: 3
WSC 1997 Rank: 13
WSC 1999 Rank: 41
WSC 2001 Team: New Zealand

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: 582 Average for: 424 Average against: 419
Before Round 1		Grant is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1	Larger photo available	Grant played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and won 444 to 380 (a spread of 64) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-0, +64.
Round 2		Grant played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 366 to 416 (a spread of -50) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-1, +14.
Round 3		Grant played #12 Andrew Fisher (England) and lost 395 to 493 (a spread of -98) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 1-2, -84.
Round 4		Grant played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 368 to 334 (a spread of 34) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 2-2, -50.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Grant played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 334 to 475 (a spread of -141) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 2-3, -191.
Round 6		Grant played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and lost 333 to 417 (a spread of -84) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 2-4, -275.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Grant played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and won 417 to 387 (a spread of 30) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 3-4, -245.
Round 8		Grant played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and won 524 to 345 (a spread of 179) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 4-4, -66. Grant is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Grant is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Grant played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 488 to 365 (a spread of 123) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-4, +57.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Grant played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 480 to 343 (a spread of 137) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-4, +194.
Round 11		Grant played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 338 to 508 (a spread of -170) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 6-5, +24.
Round 12		Grant played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and lost 338 to 440 (a spread of -102) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 6-6, -78.
Round 13		Grant played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 352 to 494 (a spread of -142) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 6-7, -220.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Grant played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and won 495 to 430 (a spread of 65) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 7-7, -155.
Round 15	Larger photo available	Grant played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 422 to 367 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 8-7, -100.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Grant played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and won 438 to 427 (a spread of 11) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 9-7, -89.
Round 17		Grant played #18 Peter Elbourne (Malta) and won 531 to 352 (a spread of 179) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 10-7, +90.
Round 18		Grant played #30 David Webb (England) and won 582 to 392 (a spread of 190) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-7, +280.
Round 19		Grant played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and won 479 to 388 (a spread of 91) . Current ranking: #18. Current record: 12-7, +371.
Round 20		Grant played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 411 to 483 (a spread of -72) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 12-8, +299.
Round 21		Grant played #80 Andrew Perry (England) and lost 370 to 441 (a spread of -71) . Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-9, +228.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Grant played #35 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and won 517 to 413 (a spread of 104) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-9, +332.
Round 23		Grant played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 367 to 491 (a spread of -124) . Current ranking: #26. Current record: 13-10, +208.
Round 24		Grant played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 386 to 481 (a spread of -95) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 13-11, +113.

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