Michael Tang (#49) at WSC 2001

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Michael Tang (#49) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Michael Surname(s): Tang Home: Singapore Age: 34 Awards: 1998 Singapore Scrabble Open Champion Hobbies: Reading Autobiographies Occupation: Director, Network Distribution for Turner Broadcasting WSC 1999 Rank: 65 WSC 2001 Team: Malaysia

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: 517 Average for: 393 Average against: 394
Before Round 1		Tang is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 1	Larger photo available	Tang played #05 Matt Graham (United States) and lost 282 to 415 (a spread of -133) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 0-1, -133.
Round 2		Tang played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 469 to 272 (a spread of 197) . Current ranking: #38. Current record: 1-1, +64.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Tang played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 440 to 329 (a spread of 111) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-1, +175.
Round 4	Larger photo available	Tang played #15 John Holgate (Australia) and lost 360 to 399 (a spread of -39) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 2-2, +136.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Tang played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and won 367 to 337 (a spread of 30) . Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-2, +166.
Round 6		Tang played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 361 to 451 (a spread of -90) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-3, +76.
Round 7		Tang played #44 Jim Geary (United States) and lost 399 to 431 (a spread of -32) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 3-4, +44. Tang is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Tang is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 8		Tang played #10 Bob Lipton (United States) and lost 373 to 446 (a spread of -73) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 3-5, -29.
Round 9	Larger photo available	Tang played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 497 to 542 (a spread of -45) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 3-6, -74. Tang is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Tang played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 448 to 340 (a spread of 108) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 4-6, +34.
Round 11		Tang played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and lost 340 to 356 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 4-7, +18.
Round 12		Tang played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and lost 325 to 502 (a spread of -177) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 4-8, -159.
Round 13		Tang played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 354 to 377 (a spread of -23) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 4-9, -182.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Tang played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and lost 380 to 446 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 4-10, -248.
Round 15		Tang played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and lost 348 to 469 (a spread of -121) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 4-11, -369.
Round 16		Tang played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 517 to 348 (a spread of 169) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 5-11, -200.
Round 17	Larger photo available	Tang played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and lost 355 to 435 (a spread of -80) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 5-12, -280.
Round 18		Tang played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 409 to 349 (a spread of 60) . Current ranking: #77. Current record: 6-12, -220.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Tang played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and won 480 to 309 (a spread of 171) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 7-12, -49.
Round 20		Tang played #55 Catherine Costello (Ireland) and won 410 to 328 (a spread of 82) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 8-12, +33.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Tang played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 397 to 363 (a spread of 34) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 9-12, +67.
Round 22		Tang played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 399 to 368 (a spread of 31) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 10-12, +98.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Tang played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 318 to 437 (a spread of -119) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 10-13, -21.
Round 24		Tang played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and won 411 to 406 (a spread of 5) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 11-13, -16.

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