Patrick Litunya (#75) at WSC 2001

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Patrick Litunya (#75) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Patrick Surname(s): Litunya Home: Nairobi, Kenya Age: 39 Awards: (4th) 1998 (7th) 2000 Pan-African Hobbies: Watching football Occupation: Dentist Notes: Also known as Dr. Patrick Lumumba Litunya WSC 2001 Team: Kenya

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: 538 Average for: 423 Average against: 417
Before Round 1		Litunya is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 1		Litunya played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and lost 417 to 451 (a spread of -34) . Current ranking: #55. Current record: 0-1, -34.
Round 2		Litunya played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 525 to 352 (a spread of 173) . Current ranking: #33. Current record: 1-1, +139.
Round 3	Larger photo available	Litunya played #15 John Holgate (Australia) and lost 358 to 559 (a spread of -201) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 1-2, -62.
Round 4		Litunya played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 427 to 447 (a spread of -20) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 1-3, -82.
Round 5		Litunya played #73 James Kramer (United States) and lost 398 to 464 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 1-4, -148.
Round 6		Litunya played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and lost 385 to 480 (a spread of -95) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 1-5, -243.
Round 7		Litunya played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 402 to 350 (a spread of 52) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 2-5, -191.
Round 8	Larger photo available	Litunya played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 407 to 391 (a spread of 16) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 3-5, -175.
Round 9	Larger photo available	Litunya played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 456 to 348 (a spread of 108) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 4-5, -67.
Round 10		Litunya played #18 Peter Elbourne (Malta) and lost 383 to 412 (a spread of -29) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 4-6, -96.
Round 11		Litunya played #02 Joel Sherman (United States) and lost 390 to 393 (a spread of -3) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 4-7, -99. Litunya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Litunya is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 12	Larger photo available	Litunya played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 438 to 263 (a spread of 175) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 5-7, +76.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Litunya played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and won 449 to 440 (a spread of 9) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 6-7, +85.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Litunya played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 436 to 464 (a spread of -28) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 6-8, +57.
Round 15	Larger photo available	Litunya played #81 Kwame Poku (Ghana) and won 420 to 400 (a spread of 20) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 7-8, +77.
Round 16		Litunya played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 352 to 514 (a spread of -162) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 7-9, -85.
Round 17		Litunya played #45 Rashid Khan (Pakistan) and won 538 to 430 (a spread of 108) . Current ranking: #52. Current record: 8-9, +23.
Round 18		Litunya played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 386 to 408 (a spread of -22) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 8-10, +1.
Round 19		Litunya played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and lost 439 to 466 (a spread of -27) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 8-11, -26.
Round 20		Litunya played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 415 to 338 (a spread of 77) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 9-11, +51.
Round 21		Litunya played #86 Christopher Sykes (Canada) and lost 439 to 454 (a spread of -15) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 9-12, +36.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Litunya played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and lost 368 to 399 (a spread of -31) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 9-13, +5.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Litunya played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 501 to 339 (a spread of 162) . Current ranking: #60. Current record: 10-13, +167.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Litunya played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and lost 418 to 454 (a spread of -36) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 10-14, +131.

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