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Gareth Williams (#11) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): Gareth
Surname(s): Williams
Home: Wales
Age: 49
Awards: 1989 BMSC, 1992 Prestige, 1996 APSP Masters
Occupation: Lecturer
WSC 1993 Rank: 4
WSC 1995 Rank: 34
WSC 1997 Rank: 26
WSC 1999 Rank: 34
WSC 2001 Team: Wales

 

Tournament Ups and Downs

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

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[Rank 70]


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[Rank 55]


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[Rank 34]


 

Round-by-Round

High score: 514
Average for: 404
Average against: 401

Round 1

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Williams played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and lost 399 to 478 (a spread of -79) .

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 0-1, -79.

Round 2

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Williams played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and lost 313 to 540 (a spread of -227) .

Current ranking: #84.

Current record: 0-2, -306.

Round 3

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Williams played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and won 459 to 407 (a spread of 52) .

Current ranking: #70.

Current record: 1-2, -254.

Round 4

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Williams played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and lost 355 to 397 (a spread of -42) .

Current ranking: #76.

Current record: 1-3, -296.

Round 5

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Williams played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 514 to 327 (a spread of 187) .

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 2-3, -109.

Round 6

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Williams played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 449 to 360 (a spread of 89) .

Current ranking: #46.

Current record: 3-3, -20.

Round 7

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Williams played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 495 to 263 (a spread of 232) .

Current ranking: #31.

Current record: 4-3, +212.

Round 8

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Williams played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 288 to 513 (a spread of -225) .

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 4-4, -13.

Round 9

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Williams played #82 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and lost 352 to 438 (a spread of -86) .

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 4-5, -99.

Round 10

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Williams played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and won 402 to 320 (a spread of 82) .

Current ranking: #47.

Current record: 5-5, -17.

Round 11

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Williams played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and lost 378 to 422 (a spread of -44) .

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 5-6, -61.

Round 12

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Williams played #30 David Webb (England) and won 494 to 466 (a spread of 28) .

Current ranking: #47.

Current record: 6-6, -33.

Round 13

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Williams played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 494 to 355 (a spread of 139) .

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 7-6, +106.

Round 14

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Williams played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and won 456 to 336 (a spread of 120) .

Current ranking: #30.

Current record: 8-6, +226.

Round 15

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Williams played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and won 394 to 344 (a spread of 50) .

Current ranking: #23.

Current record: 9-6, +276.

Round 16

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Williams played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 291 to 415 (a spread of -124) .

Current ranking: #33.

Current record: 9-7, +152.

Round 17

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Williams played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 372 to 490 (a spread of -118) .

Current ranking: #41.

Current record: 9-8, +34.

Round 18

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Williams played #37 James A. Cherry (Canada) and won 438 to 400 (a spread of 38) .

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 10-8, +72.

Round 19

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Williams played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 406 to 381 (a spread of 25) .

Current ranking: #27.

Current record: 11-8, +97.

Round 20

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Williams played #76 Joey Mallick (United States) and lost 320 to 357 (a spread of -37) .

Current ranking: #32.

Current record: 11-9, +60.

Round 21

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Williams played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and won 481 to 433 (a spread of 48) .

Current ranking: #26.

Current record: 12-9, +108.

Round 22

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Williams played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 412 to 464 (a spread of -52) .

Current ranking: #33.

Current record: 12-10, +56.

Round 23

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Williams played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 319 to 372 (a spread of -53) .

Current ranking: #41.

Current record: 12-11, +3.

Round 24

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Williams played #67 Maor Eichler (Israel) and won 425 to 341 (a spread of 84) .

Current ranking: #34.

Current record: 13-11, +87.

Williams is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).


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