Billabong Pipe Masters 2019
# Billabong Pipe Masters 2019

The Billabong Pipe Masters 2019 was the 11th and final event of the Men's Championship Tour in the 2019 World Surf League. It took place from 9 to 19 December at the Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii, and was contested by 36 surfers.

In an all-Brazilian final, Italo Ferreira defeated Gabriel Medina to win the sixth Championship Tour event of his career. The victory also secured a first World Surf League championship for Ferreira.

## Format

A new competition format was introduced for the 2019 Championship Tour. All 36 surfers take part in the Seeding Round. The top two surfers in each heat advance directly to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer in each heat enters the Elimination Round. In each of the four heats in the Elimination Round, the top two surfers advance to the Round of 32, while the lowest-placed surfer is eliminated from the competition. From the Round of 32 onwards, the competition follows a single elimination format, with the winner of each head-to-head heat advancing to the next round and the loser being eliminated.

## Competition

The competition took place from 9 to 19 December.

### Seeding Round

| Heat 1 1 Soli Bailey 14.33 2 Conner Coffin 7.17 3 Kanoa Igarashi 4.70 | Heat 2 1 Kolohe Andino 7.27 2 Griffin Colapinto 4.34 3 Jadson André 3.33 | Heat 3 1 Filipe Toledo 11.93 2 Deivid Silva 6.07 3 Ricardo Christie 4.10 | Heat 4 1 Peterson Crisanto 7.36 2 Jordy Smith 7.33 3 Frederico Morais 2.60 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Heat 5 1 Gabriel Medina 17.30 2 Willian Cardoso 7.56 3 Imaikalani deVault 6.10 | Heat 6 1 Billy Kemper 15.63 2 Italo Ferreira 10.67 3 Michael Rodrigues 5.60 | Heat 7 1 Owen Wright 7.94 2 Jack Freestone 4.90 3 L. Fioravanti 1.40 | Heat 8 1 Adrian Buchan 7.76 2 Jesse Mendes 7.33 3 John Florence 4.57 |
| Heat 9 1 Ezekiel Lau 16.93 2 Caio Ibelli 15.00 3 Jérémy Florès 11.60 | Heat 10 1 Michel Bourez 11.33 2 Kelly Slater 9.10 3 Sebastian Zietz 4.90 | Heat 11 1 Joan Duru 15.00 2 Julian Wilson 4.60 3 Wade Carmichael 4.23 | Heat 12 1 Seth Moniz 9.34 2 Ryan Callinan 5.77 3 Yago Dora 1.90 |

### Elimination round

| Heat 1 1 Kanoa Igarashi 13.60 2 Imaikalani deVault 8.00 3 L. Fioravanti 3.26 | Heat 2 1 John Florence 10.93 2 Sebastian Zietz 9.16 3 Frederico Morais 2.70 | Heat 3 1 Yago Dora 8.60 2 Ricardo Christie 6.80 3 Jérémy Florès 6.04 | Heat 4 1 Jadson André 12.40 2 Wade Carmichael 9.57 3 Michael Rodrigues 8.07 |
| - | - | - | - |

### Round of 32

| Heat 1 1 Italo Ferreira 8.53 2 Jadson André 7.20 | Heat 2 1 Peterson Crisanto 10.17 2 Conner Coffin 9.77 | Heat 3 1 Yago Dora 11.30 2 Owen Wright 10.50 | Heat 4 1 Julian Wilson 8.30 2 Willian Cardoso 3.40 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Heat 5 1 Ricardo Christie 11.04 2 Filipe Toledo 9.84 | Heat 6 1 Jack Freestone 11.76 2 Ryan Callinan 7.53 | Heat 7 1 Seth Moniz 15.26 2 Billy Kemper 13.00 | Heat 8 1 Kelly Slater 17.33 2 Joan Duru 14.23 |
| Heat 9 1 Gabriel Medina 17.07 2 Imaikalani deVault 13.90 | Heat 10 1 Caio Ibelli 8.84 2 Wade Carmichael 4.43 | Heat 11 1 John Florence 18.50 2 Ezekiel Lau 4.50 | Heat 12 1 Soli Bailey 9.10 2 Kanoa Igarashi 7.54 |
| Heat 13 1 Jesse Mendes 9.10 2 Jordy Smith 7.50 | Heat 14 1 Griffin Colapinto 9.34 2 Adrian Buchan 9.10 | Heat 15 1 Michel Bourez 15.24 2 Deivid Silva 8.94 | Heat 16 1 Kolohe Andino 10.17 2 Sebastian Zietz 8.33 |

### Round of 16

| Heat 1 1 Italo Ferreira 11.84 2 Peterson Crisanto 4.23 | Heat 2 1 Yago Dora 7.50 2 Julian Wilson 6.27 | Heat 3 1 Jack Freestone 5.00 2 Ricardo Christie 4.23 | Heat 4 1 Kelly Slater 7.33 2 Seth Moniz 6.20 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Heat 5 1 Gabriel Medina $4.23^{[I]}$ 2 Caio Ibelli 1.13 | Heat 6 1 John Florence 5.66 2 Soli Bailey 3.90 | Heat 7 1 Griffin Colapinto 10.67 2 Jesse Mendes 8.50 | Heat 8 1 Michel Bourez 13.43 2 Kolohe Andino 9.50 |

### Quarterfinals

| Heat 1 1 Italo Ferreira 15.66 2 Yago Dora 13.50 | Heat 2 1 Kelly Slater 12.94 2 Jack Freestone 9.26 | Heat 3 1 Gabriel Medina 17.63 2 John Florence 12.33 | Heat 4 1 Griffin Colapinto 9.84 2 Michel Bourez 8.77 |
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### Semifinals

| Heat 1 1 Italo Ferreira 14.77 2 Kelly Slater 2.57 | Heat 2 1 Gabriel Medina 13.00 2 Griffin Colapinto 7.10 |
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### Final

Heat 1

1

Italo Ferreira

15.56

2

Gabriel Medina

12.94 :

